2013-11-03
Original: 2013-11-03 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Green genie-like figure (arms raised): I CURSE YOU TO LIVE FOREVER!
Small man: HOW'S THAT A CURSE?
Panel 2:
Genie: SOCIETY WILL CHANGE AND CHANGE AND CHANGE AND THEN ONE DAY YOU WILL CEASE TO BELONG ANYWHERE.
Man: YEAH, BUT I'LL BE FAMOUS THE SAME AS THE WORLD'S OLDEST MAN.
Panel 3:
Genie: YOUR IMMORTALITY WILL SEPARATE YOU FROM YOUR MORTAL BRETHREN.
Man: YEAH, IT'LL MAKE ME BETTER THAN THEM.
Panel 4:
Genie: YOU WILL WATCH AS YOUR LOVED ONES DIE.
Man: I'LL GET OVER IT. I HAVE FOREVER.
Panel 5:
Genie: YOU WILL HAVE TO WATCH ENDLESS REMAKES OF BELOVED MOVIES.
Man (on his knees, distraught): HAVE MERCY! HAVE MERCY!
Votey:
The man stares up in horror at a movie marquee/sign reading: BATMAN vs STAR WARS 9
Green genie-like figure (arms raised): I CURSE YOU TO LIVE FOREVER!
Small man: HOW'S THAT A CURSE?
Panel 2:
Genie: SOCIETY WILL CHANGE AND CHANGE AND CHANGE AND THEN ONE DAY YOU WILL CEASE TO BELONG ANYWHERE.
Man: YEAH, BUT I'LL BE FAMOUS THE SAME AS THE WORLD'S OLDEST MAN.
Panel 3:
Genie: YOUR IMMORTALITY WILL SEPARATE YOU FROM YOUR MORTAL BRETHREN.
Man: YEAH, IT'LL MAKE ME BETTER THAN THEM.
Panel 4:
Genie: YOU WILL WATCH AS YOUR LOVED ONES DIE.
Man: I'LL GET OVER IT. I HAVE FOREVER.
Panel 5:
Genie: YOU WILL HAVE TO WATCH ENDLESS REMAKES OF BELOVED MOVIES.
Man (on his knees, distraught): HAVE MERCY! HAVE MERCY!
Votey:
The man stares up in horror at a movie marquee/sign reading: BATMAN vs STAR WARS 9
Alt text
A six-panel comic. A large green genie-like figure pronounces a curse on a small man across several panels. Panel 1: The genie raises its arms and declares 'I curse you to live forever!' The man replies, 'How's that a curse?' Panel 2: The genie warns 'Society will change and change and change and then one day you will cease to belong anywhere,' but the man shrugs it off, saying he'll be famous like the world's oldest man. Panel 3: The genie says immortality will separate him from his mortal brethren; the man says it'll just make him better than them. Panel 4: The genie says 'You will watch as your loved ones die,' and the man says he'll get over it since he has forever. Panel 5: The genie says 'You will have to watch endless remakes of beloved movies,' and the man finally collapses to his knees crying 'Have mercy! Have mercy!' Votey: The man stares up in horror at a movie marquee that reads 'BATMAN vs STAR WARS 9.'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.