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modern-art

Original: modern-art on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Transcript

Panel 1: A van labeled "MODERN MUSE" drives down a road.
Person (off-panel, inside van): Why do we go to modern art museums? All we do is complain about how we don't get it!

Panel 2: Two people sit in the front seats of the van.
Woman (driver): Dammit! If people follow Joey's new lead funding for the arts will die!
Man (passenger): Hit the gas, Frank!

Panel 3: The van speeds up.
Sound effect: VRRRM!

Panel 4: View of the van's driver through the windshield.
(no dialogue)

Panel 5: The van drives away; its wheels are now square.
Woman: Dammit, why are the wheels square?
Driver (Frank): Because I am re-imagining cubism!

Votey: A close-up of the driver's face, grinning intensely.
Driver: I will reimagine YOUR FACE for a portraiture exhibit.

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A black-and-white comic. Panel 1: A van labeled "MODERN MUSE" drives along; an unseen passenger says, "Why do we go to modern art museums? All we do is complain about how we don't get it!" Panel 2: Inside the van, a woman driver says, "Dammit! If people follow Joey's new lead funding for the arts will die!" and a man passenger urges, "Hit the gas, Frank!" Panel 3: The van accelerates with a "VRRRM!" Panel 4: We see the grinning driver, Frank, through the windshield. Panel 5: The van drives off but its wheels have become squares. The woman asks, "Dammit, why are the wheels square?" and Frank answers, "Because I am re-imagining cubism!" Votey: An extreme close-up of Frank's intense grinning face as he declares, "I will reimagine YOUR FACE for a portraiture exhibit."

Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.