immortality
Original: immortality on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A group of scientists in white lab coats cheer with their arms raised in triumph. One of them shouts.
Scientist: "WE'VE DONE IT! HUMANS ARE NOW IMMORTAL!"
Panel 2: A view of space. The small blue planet Earth floats on the left. On the right, a personified Sun (a glowing orange-yellow star with a face and a robe-like body) speaks ominously toward Earth.
Sun: "SORRY, EARTH. I'M AFRAID IT HAS METASTASIZED."
Votey:
The Sun (a large round yellow face) speaks.
Sun: "I RECOMMEND A METEOR STRIKE."
Scientist: "WE'VE DONE IT! HUMANS ARE NOW IMMORTAL!"
Panel 2: A view of space. The small blue planet Earth floats on the left. On the right, a personified Sun (a glowing orange-yellow star with a face and a robe-like body) speaks ominously toward Earth.
Sun: "SORRY, EARTH. I'M AFRAID IT HAS METASTASIZED."
Votey:
The Sun (a large round yellow face) speaks.
Sun: "I RECOMMEND A METEOR STRIKE."
Alt text
A two-panel comic. Top panel: a group of scientists in white lab coats throw their arms up in celebration, one shouting "WE'VE DONE IT! HUMANS ARE NOW IMMORTAL!" Bottom panel: a scene of outer space with the tiny blue Earth on the left and a personified Sun on the right, drawn as a glowing orange star with a face. The Sun says gravely, "SORRY, EARTH. I'M AFRAID IT HAS METASTASIZED." The joke treats immortal humanity as a cancer that has spread, with the Sun delivering the diagnosis. Votey (bonus panel): a close-up of the round yellow Sun's face saying, "I RECOMMEND A METEOR STRIKE" — prescribing planetary treatment for the human tumor.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.