bat-austerity
Original: bat-austerity on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (single panel):
An elderly woman holding a purse speaks to a Batman-like caped superhero.
Elderly woman: "BLESS YOU, CAPED CRUSADER!"
Elderly woman: "IS THERE A TEAR IN YOUR TIGHTS?"
Batman: "I REMOVED 15% OF THE CASH IN YOUR PURSE. TECHNICALLY, YOU'RE STILL BETTER OFF SINCE I STOPPED THE MUGGING."
Batman: "I'M NOT GONNA THROW THEM OUT BECAUSE OF ONE LITTLE SEAM!"
Caption: The recession hit Bruce Wayne pretty hard.
Votey:
Batman sits hunched and dejected on a bench under a sign that reads "BUS STOP."
An elderly woman holding a purse speaks to a Batman-like caped superhero.
Elderly woman: "BLESS YOU, CAPED CRUSADER!"
Elderly woman: "IS THERE A TEAR IN YOUR TIGHTS?"
Batman: "I REMOVED 15% OF THE CASH IN YOUR PURSE. TECHNICALLY, YOU'RE STILL BETTER OFF SINCE I STOPPED THE MUGGING."
Batman: "I'M NOT GONNA THROW THEM OUT BECAUSE OF ONE LITTLE SEAM!"
Caption: The recession hit Bruce Wayne pretty hard.
Votey:
Batman sits hunched and dejected on a bench under a sign that reads "BUS STOP."
Alt text
A single-panel comic in color. An elderly woman with white-collared dress, clutching a brown purse, addresses a Batman-style caped superhero (blue cowl, scowling face). She says, "Bless you, caped crusader! Is there a tear in your tights?" Batman replies, "I removed 15% of the cash in your purse. Technically, you're still better off since I stopped the mugging." and "I'm not gonna throw them out because of one little seam!" A caption below reads: "The recession hit Bruce Wayne pretty hard." The joke: a broke Bruce Wayne now skims a finder's fee from the people he saves. Votey (black-and-white aftercomic): Batman sits slumped and forlorn on a bench beneath a sign reading "BUS STOP" — the once-wealthy hero now too poor to drive the Batmobile.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.