the-league-of-curmudgeons
Original: the-league-of-curmudgeons on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Chairperson (a figure at a podium): I CALL THIS MEETING OF THE LEAGUE OF CURMUDGEONS TO ORDER.
Panel 2:
First speaker (a green-skinned figure): FOR YEARS, WE HAVE HATED EACH OTHER, BUT ONLY RARELY CROSSED PATHS.
Panel 3:
Second speaker: I, A PALEONTOLOGIST, CAN ONLY IDENTIFY FLAWS IN DINOSAUR MOVIES, BUT, WHAT OF HISTORICAL AND LITERARY FLAWS?
Panel 4:
Third speaker: YOU, THE PHYSICIST, WOULD KNOW A SATELLITE'S MOTION IS INACCURATE, BUT NOT KNOW THE ASTROPHYSICS LAMENT THAT THE STARS BEHIND IT ARE INACCURATE.
Panel 5:
Fourth speaker: THE TIME HAS COME TO POOL OUR RESOURCES.
Panel 6:
Fifth speaker: WITH OUR COMBINED FOCUS ON IRRELEVANT DETAIL, TOGETHER WE CAN HATE EVERY MOVIE EVER!
Panel 7:
A questioner: WHAT ABOUT GOOD FILMS?
Panel 8:
Chairperson: MOTION TO BANISH THE FILM SNOB FROM THE LEAGUE OF CURMUDGEONS.
Panel 9:
The assembled curmudgeons (in unison): AYE!
Votey:
A scowling, grumpy-looking man with thought/speech text above him: The economy of Narnia makes zero sense
Chairperson (a figure at a podium): I CALL THIS MEETING OF THE LEAGUE OF CURMUDGEONS TO ORDER.
Panel 2:
First speaker (a green-skinned figure): FOR YEARS, WE HAVE HATED EACH OTHER, BUT ONLY RARELY CROSSED PATHS.
Panel 3:
Second speaker: I, A PALEONTOLOGIST, CAN ONLY IDENTIFY FLAWS IN DINOSAUR MOVIES, BUT, WHAT OF HISTORICAL AND LITERARY FLAWS?
Panel 4:
Third speaker: YOU, THE PHYSICIST, WOULD KNOW A SATELLITE'S MOTION IS INACCURATE, BUT NOT KNOW THE ASTROPHYSICS LAMENT THAT THE STARS BEHIND IT ARE INACCURATE.
Panel 5:
Fourth speaker: THE TIME HAS COME TO POOL OUR RESOURCES.
Panel 6:
Fifth speaker: WITH OUR COMBINED FOCUS ON IRRELEVANT DETAIL, TOGETHER WE CAN HATE EVERY MOVIE EVER!
Panel 7:
A questioner: WHAT ABOUT GOOD FILMS?
Panel 8:
Chairperson: MOTION TO BANISH THE FILM SNOB FROM THE LEAGUE OF CURMUDGEONS.
Panel 9:
The assembled curmudgeons (in unison): AYE!
Votey:
A scowling, grumpy-looking man with thought/speech text above him: The economy of Narnia makes zero sense
Alt text
Main comic: A nine-panel scene of a meeting held in a dim, ominous lair, attended by several robed and oddly-colored figures. A chairperson at a podium declares, "I call this meeting of the League of Curmudgeons to order." One member explains that for years they have hated each other but rarely crossed paths. A paleontologist says he can only identify flaws in dinosaur movies and wonders about historical and literary flaws. Another notes that a physicist would catch a satellite's inaccurate motion but not the astrophysicists' lament about the inaccurate stars behind it. They resolve that the time has come to pool their resources: with their combined focus on irrelevant detail, together they can hate every movie ever. A lone member asks, "What about good films?" The chairperson immediately responds, "Motion to banish the film snob from the League of Curmudgeons," and the whole assembly shouts "Aye!"
Votey: A loose ink drawing of a scowling, grumpy-looking man with handwritten text above his head reading, "The economy of Narnia makes zero sense."
Votey: A loose ink drawing of a scowling, grumpy-looking man with handwritten text above his head reading, "The economy of Narnia makes zero sense."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.