the-discomfort-bomb
Original: the-discomfort-bomb on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Batman: WE'VE GOT TO CLEAR CENTRAL STATION BEFORE THE JOKER COMES!
Robin: BETTER USE THE DISCOMFORT BOMB.
Panel 2:
Batman: WHAT'S THAT?
Panel 3:
Batman: WHEN THE TIMER HITS ZERO, YOUR GRANDPA APPEARS AND STARTS TALKING ABOUT HIS VIEWS ON RACE.
Robin: HE WAS A HEARING AID SO HE DOESN'T REALIZE HOW LOUDLY HE'S TALKING.
Panel 4:
(Wide shot of a crowded station concourse. People scatter and flee in a panic as an elderly man stands among them, presumably talking.)
Votey:
Elderly man: THIS MAY SOUND A LITTLE HITLERISH, BUT-
Batman: WE'VE GOT TO CLEAR CENTRAL STATION BEFORE THE JOKER COMES!
Robin: BETTER USE THE DISCOMFORT BOMB.
Panel 2:
Batman: WHAT'S THAT?
Panel 3:
Batman: WHEN THE TIMER HITS ZERO, YOUR GRANDPA APPEARS AND STARTS TALKING ABOUT HIS VIEWS ON RACE.
Robin: HE WAS A HEARING AID SO HE DOESN'T REALIZE HOW LOUDLY HE'S TALKING.
Panel 4:
(Wide shot of a crowded station concourse. People scatter and flee in a panic as an elderly man stands among them, presumably talking.)
Votey:
Elderly man: THIS MAY SOUND A LITTLE HITLERISH, BUT-
Alt text
A four-panel comic drawn in a flat cartoon style parodies Batman and Robin. In the first panel, Batman says they have to clear Central Station before the Joker comes, and Robin suggests they use the "discomfort bomb." Batman asks what that is. Robin explains that when the timer hits zero, your grandpa appears and starts talking about his views on race, adding that he wears a hearing aid so he doesn't realize how loudly he's talking. The final wide panel shows a crowded station concourse where panicked people scatter and flee around a single bald elderly man standing in the middle. The votey (bonus panel) is a close-up of the bald, jowly old man speaking, with a speech bubble reading: "This may sound a little Hitlerish, but-"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.