2015-02-03
Original: 2015-02-03 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A ghostly figure (Barbara) appears, floating with arms outstretched, calling out.
Barbara (ghost): BAAAAAARBARA!
Panel 2: A living woman (Barbara) responds.
Barbara (living): JOHN!
Panel 3: The ghost speaks earnestly.
Ghost (John): BEFORE I DIED, WE AGREED THAT IF THERE WERE SOMETHING BEYOND DEATH, I SHOULD TRY TO CONTACT YOU.
Barbara: YES! YES!
Panel 4: The ghost continues.
Ghost (John): YEAH, YOU GET TWO FREE HAUNTINGS BEFORE THEY CAST YOU INTO OBLIVION.
Barbara: BUT, YOU'RE TALKING TO ME.
Panel 5: The ghost, now looking strained/glitchy, urges her.
Ghost (John): WELL... THERE'S NOTHING, SORRY.
Panel 6: Barbara, annoyed, addresses something offscreen.
Barbara: WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THE OTHER HAUNTING?
Ghost (John): YOU NEED TO RESPECT MY BOUNDARIES, BARBARA.
Votey:
A fuzzy/scribbly ghost cloud with glasses and a face drifts in.
Voice 1: SONNN...
A second small fuzzy ghost with glasses responds.
Voice 2 (son): DAD?
Voice 1 (Dad): GET A REAL JOB...
Barbara (ghost): BAAAAAARBARA!
Panel 2: A living woman (Barbara) responds.
Barbara (living): JOHN!
Panel 3: The ghost speaks earnestly.
Ghost (John): BEFORE I DIED, WE AGREED THAT IF THERE WERE SOMETHING BEYOND DEATH, I SHOULD TRY TO CONTACT YOU.
Barbara: YES! YES!
Panel 4: The ghost continues.
Ghost (John): YEAH, YOU GET TWO FREE HAUNTINGS BEFORE THEY CAST YOU INTO OBLIVION.
Barbara: BUT, YOU'RE TALKING TO ME.
Panel 5: The ghost, now looking strained/glitchy, urges her.
Ghost (John): WELL... THERE'S NOTHING, SORRY.
Panel 6: Barbara, annoyed, addresses something offscreen.
Barbara: WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THE OTHER HAUNTING?
Ghost (John): YOU NEED TO RESPECT MY BOUNDARIES, BARBARA.
Votey:
A fuzzy/scribbly ghost cloud with glasses and a face drifts in.
Voice 1: SONNN...
A second small fuzzy ghost with glasses responds.
Voice 2 (son): DAD?
Voice 1 (Dad): GET A REAL JOB...
Alt text
A six-panel black-and-white comic. Panel 1: a ghostly figure floats with arms wide, wailing "BAAAAAARBARA!" Panel 2: a living woman cries "JOHN!" Panel 3: the ghost explains, "Before I died, we agreed that if there were something beyond death, I should try to contact you." The woman says "Yes! Yes!" Panel 4: the ghost says "Yeah, you get two free hauntings before they cast you into oblivion," and she replies "But, you're talking to me." Panel 5: the ghost, looking strained, says "Well... there's nothing, sorry." Panel 6: the annoyed woman demands "What are you doing with the other haunting?" and the ghost deflects, "You need to respect my boundaries, Barbara" — the joke being he wasted one of his two precious afterlife contacts admitting there's nothing, then guards the second one selfishly. Votey: two small fuzzy scribble-cloud ghosts with glasses. One says "Sonnn...", the other answers "Dad?", and the first replies "Get a real job..."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.