2013-10-21
Original: 2013-10-21 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Batman (sitting in a chair): I'M GETTING ON IN YEARS. I CAN'T DO THIS FOREVER. IT'S TIME FOR A NEW BATMAN TO ARISE.
Panel 2:
Caption: SOON...
Batman (firing a gun): bang! bang!
Panel 3:
Batman (chasing a frightened young man): COME BACK! I NEED TO TEACH YOU KARATE!
Votey:
A grinning older man's face leans in close: YOU'LL THANK ME WHEN YOU'RE OLDER!
Batman (sitting in a chair): I'M GETTING ON IN YEARS. I CAN'T DO THIS FOREVER. IT'S TIME FOR A NEW BATMAN TO ARISE.
Panel 2:
Caption: SOON...
Batman (firing a gun): bang! bang!
Panel 3:
Batman (chasing a frightened young man): COME BACK! I NEED TO TEACH YOU KARATE!
Votey:
A grinning older man's face leans in close: YOU'LL THANK ME WHEN YOU'RE OLDER!
Alt text
A three-panel cartoon parodying Batman recruiting a successor. Panel 1: An aging Batman sits in a chair and muses, "I'm getting on in years. I can't do this forever. It's time for a new Batman to arise." Panel 2: Labeled "SOON...", Batman fires a handgun off-panel with "bang! bang!" Panel 3: Batman runs after a terrified young man, shouting "Come back! I need to teach you karate!" — the joke being his recruitment method is to chase and shoot at a kid like a deranged mentor. Votey: A close-up of a grinning older man leaning in to say, "You'll thank me when you're older!"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.