2014-02-02
Original: 2014-02-02 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (header banner): BASIC POLICE TECHNIQUE: GOOD COP
A mustached cop in a blue uniform leans toward a bald prisoner in a brown shirt.
Cop: How 'bout you talk, and we'll get you some better food.
Prisoner: Never.
Panel 2 (header banner): INTERMEDIATE: GOOD COP, BAD COP
A woman cop in sunglasses (the "bad cop") jabs a finger at the same prisoner while a male cop stands in the background.
Bad cop: My partner plays by the book. I don't. If you want your mouth to stay intact, make it talk!
Prisoner: Do your worst, pig!
Panel 3 (header banner): ADVANCED: GOOD COP, BAD COP, NIETZSCHEAN COP
A dark-haired cop (the "Nietzschean cop") addresses the prisoner, with the good cop and bad cop standing behind.
Nietzschean cop: There is no universal morality. Only will to power. And with that knowledge in mind, I have chosen to be an interrogator.
Prisoner: I'll talk! I'll talk!
Votey:
A man with a slightly worried, wide-eyed expression speaks.
Man: Hooray.
A mustached cop in a blue uniform leans toward a bald prisoner in a brown shirt.
Cop: How 'bout you talk, and we'll get you some better food.
Prisoner: Never.
Panel 2 (header banner): INTERMEDIATE: GOOD COP, BAD COP
A woman cop in sunglasses (the "bad cop") jabs a finger at the same prisoner while a male cop stands in the background.
Bad cop: My partner plays by the book. I don't. If you want your mouth to stay intact, make it talk!
Prisoner: Do your worst, pig!
Panel 3 (header banner): ADVANCED: GOOD COP, BAD COP, NIETZSCHEAN COP
A dark-haired cop (the "Nietzschean cop") addresses the prisoner, with the good cop and bad cop standing behind.
Nietzschean cop: There is no universal morality. Only will to power. And with that knowledge in mind, I have chosen to be an interrogator.
Prisoner: I'll talk! I'll talk!
Votey:
A man with a slightly worried, wide-eyed expression speaks.
Man: Hooray.
Alt text
A three-panel comic showing escalating police interrogation techniques, each with a red header banner. Panel 1, 'BASIC POLICE TECHNIQUE: GOOD COP': a friendly mustached cop tells a bald prisoner, 'How 'bout you talk, and we'll get you some better food,' and the prisoner replies 'Never.' Panel 2, 'INTERMEDIATE: GOOD COP, BAD COP': a tough female cop in sunglasses jabs her finger and threatens, 'My partner plays by the book. I don't. If you want your mouth to stay intact, make it talk!' The prisoner defiantly answers 'Do your worst, pig!' Panel 3, 'ADVANCED: GOOD COP, BAD COP, NIETZSCHEAN COP': a third cop calmly delivers a philosophy lecture, 'There is no universal morality. Only will to power. And with that knowledge in mind, I have chosen to be an interrogator.' Terrified, the prisoner immediately cracks: 'I'll talk! I'll talk!' Votey: a man with a faintly uneasy, wide-eyed face flatly says 'Hooray.'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.