2013-12-22
Original: 2013-12-22 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Cat: I'm sorry I killed you. I don't want to poor mouse. But it is feline law that I must give an acceptable kill to the one who provides lodging.
Panel 2:
Woman (to the cat, named Scruffles): Oh no. There's Scruffles. What's he killed now?
Panel 3:
Woman: Another body is your pledge. Please let it meet your satisfaction. I don't want to kill any more.
Cat (Scruffles): Mow.
Panel 4:
Woman: Shoo Scruffles! Shoo! Ugh... this is disgusting.
Panel 5:
Woman (offscreen / to the cat): Can nothing sate your bloodlust?
Cat: (silent, staring)
Votey:
Text above the cat's head: I AM BECOME DEATH
The cat stares blankly at the viewer.
Cat: I'm sorry I killed you. I don't want to poor mouse. But it is feline law that I must give an acceptable kill to the one who provides lodging.
Panel 2:
Woman (to the cat, named Scruffles): Oh no. There's Scruffles. What's he killed now?
Panel 3:
Woman: Another body is your pledge. Please let it meet your satisfaction. I don't want to kill any more.
Cat (Scruffles): Mow.
Panel 4:
Woman: Shoo Scruffles! Shoo! Ugh... this is disgusting.
Panel 5:
Woman (offscreen / to the cat): Can nothing sate your bloodlust?
Cat: (silent, staring)
Votey:
Text above the cat's head: I AM BECOME DEATH
The cat stares blankly at the viewer.
Alt text
A five-panel comic reversing the usual relationship between a house cat and its owner. Panel 1: a close-up of an orange tabby cat looking remorseful, narrating: "I'm sorry I killed you. I don't want to, poor mouse. But it is feline law that I must give an acceptable kill to the one who provides lodging." Panel 2: a woman stands in a yard, reacting to the cat (Scruffles): "Oh no. There's Scruffles. What's he killed now?" Panel 3: the cat, now drawn as the one apologizing, says "Mow," while text frames it as a solemn pledge: "Another body is your pledge. Please let it meet your satisfaction. I don't want to kill any more." Panel 4: the woman shoos the cat, looking revolted: "Shoo Scruffles! Shoo! Ugh... this is disgusting." Panel 5: an extreme close-up of the cat's face staring blankly, with a caption questioning it: "Can nothing sate your bloodlust?" The joke flips perspective so the cat seems forced into killing as tribute to its human, who is horrified. Votey: a hand-drawn close-up of a cat's face staring deadpan at the viewer with the words "I AM BECOME DEATH" scrawled above its head, parodying the Oppenheimer quote.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.