2014-08-15
Original: 2014-08-15 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Father (a bald man with glasses): Kids, I have to tell you something. Santa Claus is dead.
Panel 2:
Child (a kid with reddish hair): Don't you mean Santa Claus doesn't exist?
Panel 3:
Father: Yep. That's what happens when you die.
Votey:
A woman lying in bed (the children's mother) speaks to the father, who is leaning in over her.
Mother: Stay away from my kid.
Father (a bald man with glasses): Kids, I have to tell you something. Santa Claus is dead.
Panel 2:
Child (a kid with reddish hair): Don't you mean Santa Claus doesn't exist?
Panel 3:
Father: Yep. That's what happens when you die.
Votey:
A woman lying in bed (the children's mother) speaks to the father, who is leaning in over her.
Mother: Stay away from my kid.
Alt text
A three-panel comic. Panel 1: A bald man with glasses speaks solemnly to his kids, saying, "Kids, I have to tell you something. Santa Claus is dead." Panel 2: A wide-eyed, smiling child with reddish hair replies, "Don't you mean Santa Claus doesn't exist?" Panel 3: The father, looking grim, answers, "Yep. That's what happens when you die." The joke is that he treats nonexistence and death as the same nihilistic fact. Votey: A woman lies in bed while the father leans in over her; she warns him, "Stay away from my kid."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.