2014-01-23
Original: 2014-01-23 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title: REVOLUTION: A GUIDE
Panel 1: FIRST, THEY IGNORE YOU.
(A small group of blue figures march with flags while others stand by, paying no attention.)
Panel 2: THEN THEY LAUGH AT YOU.
(The marchers with flags continue past a crowd that watches and laughs.)
Panel 3: THEN THEY FIGHT YOU.
(The figures clash violently, swords drawn, shouting at each other.)
Panel 4: THEN YOU WIN.
(A figure wearing a crown stands above, raising a fist; others below raise their hands.)
Panel 5: THEN YOU IGNORE THEM.
(The crowned figure sits enthroned, surrounded by attendants, ignoring the gathered crowd below.)
Final panel: (The cycle begins again — a small group of blue figures, now including a newly crowned figure, march with flags, as before.)
Votey: Hand-lettered text reads "¡VIVA LA REVOLUCIÓN MÁS RECIENTE!" (Long live the most recent revolution!)
Panel 1: FIRST, THEY IGNORE YOU.
(A small group of blue figures march with flags while others stand by, paying no attention.)
Panel 2: THEN THEY LAUGH AT YOU.
(The marchers with flags continue past a crowd that watches and laughs.)
Panel 3: THEN THEY FIGHT YOU.
(The figures clash violently, swords drawn, shouting at each other.)
Panel 4: THEN YOU WIN.
(A figure wearing a crown stands above, raising a fist; others below raise their hands.)
Panel 5: THEN YOU IGNORE THEM.
(The crowned figure sits enthroned, surrounded by attendants, ignoring the gathered crowd below.)
Final panel: (The cycle begins again — a small group of blue figures, now including a newly crowned figure, march with flags, as before.)
Votey: Hand-lettered text reads "¡VIVA LA REVOLUCIÓN MÁS RECIENTE!" (Long live the most recent revolution!)
Alt text
A tall multi-panel SMBC comic titled "REVOLUTION: A GUIDE," presenting the famous Gandhi-attributed quote as stages, drawn with simple blue humanoid figures. Panel 1, "FIRST, THEY IGNORE YOU": a few figures march with flags while bystanders pay no attention. Panel 2, "THEN THEY LAUGH AT YOU": the flag-carriers march past a laughing crowd. Panel 3, "THEN THEY FIGHT YOU": the figures clash in a chaotic, sword-drawn brawl. Panel 4, "THEN YOU WIN": a figure now wearing a crown raises a triumphant fist above the others. Panel 5, "THEN YOU IGNORE THEM": the crowned figure sits enthroned among attendants, ignoring the crowd below. The final panel loops back to the start — a small group marches with flags again, this time including a freshly crowned leader, implying the revolutionary cycle repeats endlessly. The votey is a hand-lettered sign reading "¡VIVA LA REVOLUCIÓN MÁS RECIENTE!" (Spanish for "Long live the most recent revolution!"), driving home that each victorious revolution just becomes the new establishment to be overthrown.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.