2014-01-03
Original: 2014-01-03 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title caption (above the comic): AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH:
Panel 1: A red-haired man holds up a yellow piece of paper with handwritten text that reads: "THIS IS A BANK STATEMENT. EVERYTHING IS FUCKED. OPEN NOW." (The word FUCKED is in large bold letters.)
Panel 2: A black caption banner across the top reads: OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD. Below, the man (now in a blue shirt) panics, gritting his teeth wide-eyed, hands fumbling as he tears open the yellow envelope/paper.
Panel 3: The man, calmer and looking deflated/annoyed, holds a white sheet of paper. The handwritten note on it reads: "That's what you'll say if you don't sign up for our LOW APR credit card!!" (The last word "card!!" runs off the bottom edge of the note.)
Votey: A speech bubble (spoken by a bearded man shown resting his chin on his hand) reads: "THIS COMIC WAS AN OBSERVATION ABOUT THE MAILING TACTICS OF BANKS."
Panel 1: A red-haired man holds up a yellow piece of paper with handwritten text that reads: "THIS IS A BANK STATEMENT. EVERYTHING IS FUCKED. OPEN NOW." (The word FUCKED is in large bold letters.)
Panel 2: A black caption banner across the top reads: OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD. Below, the man (now in a blue shirt) panics, gritting his teeth wide-eyed, hands fumbling as he tears open the yellow envelope/paper.
Panel 3: The man, calmer and looking deflated/annoyed, holds a white sheet of paper. The handwritten note on it reads: "That's what you'll say if you don't sign up for our LOW APR credit card!!" (The last word "card!!" runs off the bottom edge of the note.)
Votey: A speech bubble (spoken by a bearded man shown resting his chin on his hand) reads: "THIS COMIC WAS AN OBSERVATION ABOUT THE MAILING TACTICS OF BANKS."
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A three-panel SMBC comic titled "AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH:". Panel 1: a red-haired man holds up a yellow paper covered in alarming handwriting: "THIS IS A BANK STATEMENT. EVERYTHING IS FUCKED. OPEN NOW." Panel 2: a black banner reads "OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD" while the man, wide-eyed and panicked, frantically tears the paper open. Panel 3: now looking deflated and unimpressed, he reads the actual note inside: "That's what you'll say if you don't sign up for our LOW APR credit card!!" The joke: a bank's scare-tactic envelope turns out to be a sneaky credit-card sales pitch. Votey (aftercomic): a bearded man resting his chin on his hand says in a speech bubble, "THIS COMIC WAS AN OBSERVATION ABOUT THE MAILING TACTICS OF BANKS."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.