2013-12-11
Original: 2013-12-11 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A red-haired woman asks a man named John.
Woman: Do I really know you, John?
John: I don't know!
Panel 2: The two stand close together.
Woman: We all wear masks.
John: Even to ourselv— BAHAHA HAHA!
Panel 3: John laughs hard, head thrown back.
John: AHAHAHAHA! Sorry, sorry, sorry, I'm sure this is super romantic, but COME ON!
Panel 4: John keeps laughing.
John: What 14-year-old secrets are you hiding? "VVHP" THAT YOU CAN'T GROW A PROPER MUSTACHE? BAHA HAHAHAHA!
Panel 5: The woman looks annoyed; John is still cracking up.
John: Sorry, that was mean, but COME ON. What mask are you wearing? IS IT THE BATMAN MASK YOU USED THREE YEARS AGO AT HALLOWEEN?! BAHAHAHAHA HA!
Woman: STOP IT! STOP! WHY DO YOU ALWAYS DO THIS?!
Bottom panel (large hand-lettered text):
I CAN'T WAIT TO BE A DAD
Votey:
A stark black-and-white image of a skull (drawn like a cartoon mask/dad joke icon), set in a black frame.
Woman: Do I really know you, John?
John: I don't know!
Panel 2: The two stand close together.
Woman: We all wear masks.
John: Even to ourselv— BAHAHA HAHA!
Panel 3: John laughs hard, head thrown back.
John: AHAHAHAHA! Sorry, sorry, sorry, I'm sure this is super romantic, but COME ON!
Panel 4: John keeps laughing.
John: What 14-year-old secrets are you hiding? "VVHP" THAT YOU CAN'T GROW A PROPER MUSTACHE? BAHA HAHAHAHA!
Panel 5: The woman looks annoyed; John is still cracking up.
John: Sorry, that was mean, but COME ON. What mask are you wearing? IS IT THE BATMAN MASK YOU USED THREE YEARS AGO AT HALLOWEEN?! BAHAHAHAHA HA!
Woman: STOP IT! STOP! WHY DO YOU ALWAYS DO THIS?!
Bottom panel (large hand-lettered text):
I CAN'T WAIT TO BE A DAD
Votey:
A stark black-and-white image of a skull (drawn like a cartoon mask/dad joke icon), set in a black frame.
Alt text
A six-part SMBC comic. A red-haired woman and a man (John) have a would-be deep, romantic conversation that he keeps puncturing by laughing. She asks if she really knows him; he says he doesn't know. She says solemnly, "We all wear masks. Even to ourselv—" and he bursts out laughing: "BAHAHAHA! Sorry, I'm sure this is super romantic, but COME ON!" He mocks her by guessing her hidden secrets are teenage embarrassments—that she can't grow a proper mustache, or that her "mask" is the literal Batman mask she wore at Halloween three years ago—while she yells "STOP IT! Why do you always do this?!" A large hand-lettered final panel reads: "I CAN'T WAIT TO BE A DAD," reframing his relentless teasing as classic dad-joke behavior. The votey aftercomic is a stark white skull on a black background, drawn like a simple icon or mask.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.