wonder
Original: wonder on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A man stands outdoors at night under a starry sky.
Man: "My dad always took me out on cold clear nights to look at the sky."
Panel 2 (inset, top left):
Man: "I can still hear him now..."
Panel 3 (inset, top right): A father figure speaks.
Dad: "Don't look at the spot on Jupiter!" He'd say. "It looks like a nipple! The devil's gland!"
Panel 4: A child silhouette gazes upward in wonder.
Man: "That always filled me with wonder."
Panel 5: The man (now older) talks with another, younger person.
Younger person: "When do I get to meet Grampa Andrum?"
Man: "When you're old enough for him to be dead."
Votey: A close-up drawing of Jupiter with its swirling bands and Great Red Spot. A speech bubble above it reads:
"You like that, baby?"
Man: "My dad always took me out on cold clear nights to look at the sky."
Panel 2 (inset, top left):
Man: "I can still hear him now..."
Panel 3 (inset, top right): A father figure speaks.
Dad: "Don't look at the spot on Jupiter!" He'd say. "It looks like a nipple! The devil's gland!"
Panel 4: A child silhouette gazes upward in wonder.
Man: "That always filled me with wonder."
Panel 5: The man (now older) talks with another, younger person.
Younger person: "When do I get to meet Grampa Andrum?"
Man: "When you're old enough for him to be dead."
Votey: A close-up drawing of Jupiter with its swirling bands and Great Red Spot. A speech bubble above it reads:
"You like that, baby?"
Alt text
A five-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: a man stands outside at night under stars, saying his dad always took him out on cold clear nights to look at the sky. Panel 2 (small inset): the man says he can still hear his father now. Panel 3 (small inset): the dad sternly warns, 'Don't look at the spot on Jupiter! It looks like a nipple! The devil's gland!' Panel 4: a child silhouette gazes up at the sky as the man narrates that this always filled him with wonder. Panel 5: the man, now older, talks to a younger person who asks when they get to meet 'Grampa Andrum'; the man replies, 'When you're old enough for him to be dead.' Votey aftercomic: a hand-drawn close-up of Jupiter with its swirling cloud bands and Great Red Spot, with a speech bubble reading 'You like that, baby?' — implying the planet is flirtatiously showing off its nipple-like spot.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.