super-breath
Original: super-breath on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Narration/Superman (offscreen, in caption box): A HURRICANE'S COMING! I'LL USE MY SUPER-BREATH TO FREEZE THE SURFACE OF THE OCEAN AND STOP IT IN ITS TRACKS!
Superman (standing at the edge of the water): HUH...
Superman (thought, large speech bubble): I WONDER HOW MUCH ENERGY IT TAKES TO FREEZE THE ENTIRE GULF OF MEXICO, USING ONLY COMPRESSED AIR AT THE SURFACE.
Panel 2:
A rolled-up newspaper lying on the ground. Headline text:
ATMOSPHERE SUDDENLY DISAPPEARS
Column 1 subhead: EVERYONE DEAD BUT SUPERMAN
Column 2 subhead: SUPERMAN TO EASE SORROWS BY PRINTING DAILY PAPER
Votey:
A close-up of a man's face, eyes wide and strained, mouth tense, with motion/effort lines around his head.
Speech bubble: CIRCULATION CAN'T GO DOWN!
Narration/Superman (offscreen, in caption box): A HURRICANE'S COMING! I'LL USE MY SUPER-BREATH TO FREEZE THE SURFACE OF THE OCEAN AND STOP IT IN ITS TRACKS!
Superman (standing at the edge of the water): HUH...
Superman (thought, large speech bubble): I WONDER HOW MUCH ENERGY IT TAKES TO FREEZE THE ENTIRE GULF OF MEXICO, USING ONLY COMPRESSED AIR AT THE SURFACE.
Panel 2:
A rolled-up newspaper lying on the ground. Headline text:
ATMOSPHERE SUDDENLY DISAPPEARS
Column 1 subhead: EVERYONE DEAD BUT SUPERMAN
Column 2 subhead: SUPERMAN TO EASE SORROWS BY PRINTING DAILY PAPER
Votey:
A close-up of a man's face, eyes wide and strained, mouth tense, with motion/effort lines around his head.
Speech bubble: CIRCULATION CAN'T GO DOWN!
Alt text
A two-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: Superman stands in his blue costume and red cape at the edge of a turbulent ocean beneath a waterfall. A caption reads, "A hurricane's coming! I'll use my super-breath to freeze the surface of the ocean and stop it in its tracks!" Superman pauses, saying "Huh...", then thinks in a large bubble: "I wonder how much energy it takes to freeze the entire Gulf of Mexico, using only compressed air at the surface." Panel 2: A rolled-up newspaper on the ground with the headline "ATMOSPHERE SUDDENLY DISAPPEARS" and two subheads: "Everyone dead but Superman" and "Superman to ease sorrows by printing daily paper." The joke: blasting that much air out of the atmosphere to freeze the ocean would strip the planet of air, killing everyone except the invulnerable Superman. Votey: An extreme close-up of a wide-eyed, strained man's face shouting "Circulation can't go down!" — a pun in which the newspaper publisher's panic about losing readership (circulation) doubles as the cause of the catastrophe (the atmosphere's circulation collapsing).
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.