a-truly-scary-halloween
Original: a-truly-scary-halloween on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A child in a witch hat: "TRICK OR TREAT!"
A woman answering the door: "OOOOH. WHAT ARE YOU?"
Panel 2:
The child holds up a graph with rising lines.
Child: "I'M A GRAPH OF INCREASE IN COLLEGE TUITION AND INCREASE IN AVERAGE WAGE OVER TIME."
Woman: "WOW. THE NEXT TWENTY YEARS LOOK ROUGH."
Panel 3:
Child (pointing at the graph): "THAT'S THE NEXT FIVE YEARS."
Panel 4:
Child: "THE NEXT 20 YEARS GO OFF THE GRAPH!"
Woman: "LOOK HOW THEY GET FARTHER APART! LIKE THEY'RE TRYING TO ENGULF YOU!"
Panel 5:
The child cowers, frightened.
Child: "OKAY! YOU WIN! I'M SCARED! I HAVE A TREAT!"
Panel 6:
A different child in a witch hat appears.
Woman: "THAT CANDY AIN'T FREE."
Votey:
A close-up of the woman's face, looking grim.
Child (off-panel, in a speech bubble): "I'm gonna TP your house."
A child in a witch hat: "TRICK OR TREAT!"
A woman answering the door: "OOOOH. WHAT ARE YOU?"
Panel 2:
The child holds up a graph with rising lines.
Child: "I'M A GRAPH OF INCREASE IN COLLEGE TUITION AND INCREASE IN AVERAGE WAGE OVER TIME."
Woman: "WOW. THE NEXT TWENTY YEARS LOOK ROUGH."
Panel 3:
Child (pointing at the graph): "THAT'S THE NEXT FIVE YEARS."
Panel 4:
Child: "THE NEXT 20 YEARS GO OFF THE GRAPH!"
Woman: "LOOK HOW THEY GET FARTHER APART! LIKE THEY'RE TRYING TO ENGULF YOU!"
Panel 5:
The child cowers, frightened.
Child: "OKAY! YOU WIN! I'M SCARED! I HAVE A TREAT!"
Panel 6:
A different child in a witch hat appears.
Woman: "THAT CANDY AIN'T FREE."
Votey:
A close-up of the woman's face, looking grim.
Child (off-panel, in a speech bubble): "I'm gonna TP your house."
Alt text
A six-panel comic. A child in a witch hat says "Trick or treat!" at a door. The woman who answers asks what costume it is. The child holds up a line graph and explains it shows the increase in college tuition versus the increase in average wage over time. The woman remarks the next twenty years look rough; the child says that's only the next five years, and the next twenty go off the graph entirely. The woman, leaning in menacingly, points out how the two lines spread farther apart "like they're trying to engulf you." The frightened child gives up its candy, saying "Okay! You win! I'm scared! I have a treat!" In the final panel a second costumed child arrives and the woman warns "That candy ain't free." Votey aftercomic: a grim close-up of the woman's face as an off-panel voice threatens, "I'm gonna TP your house."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.