a-recording
Original: a-recording on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Woman (mother): "I probably won't survive the operation. You are only a baby and I can't properly say goodbye, so for you, my daughter, I record this video of all my wisdom."
Panel 2:
Daughter (now grown, off-panel or to the side): "And it just cuts out there?"
Narration / explanation: "She apparently thought the red button on-screen would dispense a lollipop."
Votey:
The grown daughter, looking sad, with a thought/speech bubble: "DID IT?"
Woman (mother): "I probably won't survive the operation. You are only a baby and I can't properly say goodbye, so for you, my daughter, I record this video of all my wisdom."
Panel 2:
Daughter (now grown, off-panel or to the side): "And it just cuts out there?"
Narration / explanation: "She apparently thought the red button on-screen would dispense a lollipop."
Votey:
The grown daughter, looking sad, with a thought/speech bubble: "DID IT?"
Alt text
Two-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: A smiling woman speaks to camera, recording a video: "I probably won't survive the operation. You are only a baby and I can't properly say goodbye, so for you, my daughter, I record this video of all my wisdom." Panel 2: A grown woman (the daughter) sits and asks, "And it just cuts out there?" while another speaker explains: "She apparently thought the red button on-screen would dispense a lollipop" — implying the dying mother, as a baby herself or confused, pressed the record-stopping button expecting candy, ending the video of wisdom almost immediately. Votey (aftercomic): The grown daughter, drawn with a sad expression, has a speech bubble asking hopefully, "DID IT?" — i.e., did the button actually dispense a lollipop, a poignant deadpan button.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.