path-of-the-hero
Original: path-of-the-hero on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Young woman (blonde, kneeling at the bedside): "But father! If you die I shall be alone."
Old bearded man (lying in bed): "You must journey to see a wise man."
Panel 2:
Old man: "He will tell you where to find the silver sword. It was your grandfather's, but it was lost."
Panel 3:
Old man: "I became a farmer... turning away from a life of adventure, but you... you must seek your destiny far far away... beyond the river, through the mountain pass to--"
Sound effect (his throat/chest): "CHK! HKG!"
Panel 4:
Young woman: "Father, no!"
Panel 5:
(A silhouette of the old man's face in profile, white-on-black.)
Panel 6:
(The old man's bald head, eyes closed.)
Panel 7:
Old man (now awake, sitting up): "Oh wow! Wow! I thought I was just dying but it was just heartburn! I feel great!"
Panel 8:
Young woman: "Do I still go on a journey?"
Panel 9:
Old man: "A journey? Sure!"
Panel 10:
Old man: "You can journey your ass up and down the wheat field!"
Panel 11:
Old man: "Your quest is to convince me you deserve to sleep indoors."
Panel 12:
Young woman (holding an axe, looking unimpressed): "What about adventure and danger?"
Old man: "Technically, your life expectancy is still about 25."
Votey:
The old man's face (now drawn in a loose hand-sketched style).
Off-panel voice: "Honestly, your grampa was kind of a moron."
Young woman (blonde, kneeling at the bedside): "But father! If you die I shall be alone."
Old bearded man (lying in bed): "You must journey to see a wise man."
Panel 2:
Old man: "He will tell you where to find the silver sword. It was your grandfather's, but it was lost."
Panel 3:
Old man: "I became a farmer... turning away from a life of adventure, but you... you must seek your destiny far far away... beyond the river, through the mountain pass to--"
Sound effect (his throat/chest): "CHK! HKG!"
Panel 4:
Young woman: "Father, no!"
Panel 5:
(A silhouette of the old man's face in profile, white-on-black.)
Panel 6:
(The old man's bald head, eyes closed.)
Panel 7:
Old man (now awake, sitting up): "Oh wow! Wow! I thought I was just dying but it was just heartburn! I feel great!"
Panel 8:
Young woman: "Do I still go on a journey?"
Panel 9:
Old man: "A journey? Sure!"
Panel 10:
Old man: "You can journey your ass up and down the wheat field!"
Panel 11:
Old man: "Your quest is to convince me you deserve to sleep indoors."
Panel 12:
Young woman (holding an axe, looking unimpressed): "What about adventure and danger?"
Old man: "Technically, your life expectancy is still about 25."
Votey:
The old man's face (now drawn in a loose hand-sketched style).
Off-panel voice: "Honestly, your grampa was kind of a moron."
Alt text
A 12-panel comic. A dying old bearded man, lying in bed, tells his kneeling blonde daughter she must journey to see a wise man who will reveal where to find the lost silver sword that was her grandfather's. He says he became a farmer, turning away from adventure, but she must seek her destiny far away, beyond the river and through the mountain pass to-- then he chokes ("CHK! HKG!"). The daughter cries "Father, no!" A dramatic black-and-white silhouette of his face appears, then his still bald head. Suddenly he sits up, fully recovered: "Oh wow! Wow! I thought I was just dying but it was just heartburn! I feel great!" When she asks if she still goes on a journey, he says yes -- she can journey her ass up and down the wheat field, and her quest is to convince him she deserves to sleep indoors. Holding an axe, she asks about adventure and danger; he replies, "Technically, your life expectancy is still about 25." Votey aftercomic: a loosely sketched drawing of the old man's face while an off-panel voice says, "Honestly, your grampa was kind of a moron."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.