what-researchers-study
Original: what-researchers-study on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title: WHAT RESEARCHERS STUDY
Panel 1 (MATHEMATICIAN):
A person with dark hair and glasses, gesturing.
Mathematician: "WHAT IS"
(Chalkboard shows a simple triangle.)
Panel 2 (SCIENTIST):
A person with red hair.
Scientist: "WHAT PROBABLY IS,"
(Chalkboard shows a bell curve / normal distribution.)
Panel 3 (ENGINEER):
A person with glasses, hand to chin.
Engineer: "WHAT ISN'T YET"
(Chalkboard shows a catapult / trebuchet-like mechanical diagram.)
Panel 4 (BIOENGINEER):
A worried-looking person with reddish hair, eyes wide.
Bioengineer: "WHAT NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN."
(Chalkboard shows a tangled, monstrous creature diagram.)
Votey:
A cartoon snake-like / tentacled creature with a wide open mouth, recoiling.
Text: "SSSS!"
Panel 1 (MATHEMATICIAN):
A person with dark hair and glasses, gesturing.
Mathematician: "WHAT IS"
(Chalkboard shows a simple triangle.)
Panel 2 (SCIENTIST):
A person with red hair.
Scientist: "WHAT PROBABLY IS,"
(Chalkboard shows a bell curve / normal distribution.)
Panel 3 (ENGINEER):
A person with glasses, hand to chin.
Engineer: "WHAT ISN'T YET"
(Chalkboard shows a catapult / trebuchet-like mechanical diagram.)
Panel 4 (BIOENGINEER):
A worried-looking person with reddish hair, eyes wide.
Bioengineer: "WHAT NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN."
(Chalkboard shows a tangled, monstrous creature diagram.)
Votey:
A cartoon snake-like / tentacled creature with a wide open mouth, recoiling.
Text: "SSSS!"
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic titled "WHAT RESEARCHERS STUDY," each panel showing a person beside a chalkboard. Panel 1, MATHEMATICIAN: a person says "WHAT IS" next to a board drawn with a plain triangle. Panel 2, SCIENTIST: a red-haired person says "WHAT PROBABLY IS," next to a board showing a bell curve. Panel 3, ENGINEER: a person says "WHAT ISN'T YET" next to a board showing a mechanical catapult diagram. Panel 4, BIOENGINEER: a wide-eyed, anxious person says "WHAT NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN." next to a board showing a tangled, monstrous creature. The joke escalates each discipline's subject toward something horrifying. Votey (aftercomic): the monstrous tentacled creature from the last board, mouth gaping, hissing "SSSS!"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.