working-hard
Original: working-hard on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: An older bald boss approaches a younger red-haired man (Dave) at his desk.
Boss: "Hey, Dave. Workin' hard or hardly workin'?"
Panel 2: Dave, sitting at his computer, replies with a smile.
Dave: "Ha! That's tough to say, boss. Tough to say."
Panel 3: Close-up on the boss, smiling.
Boss: "Really?"
Panel 4: The boss puts a hand on Dave's shoulder, leaning in.
Boss: "You're fired, Dave."
Votey:
A sketchy, sad close-up face (Dave) with drooping eyes and downturned mouth.
Dave (thought/speech): "So senseless."
Boss: "Hey, Dave. Workin' hard or hardly workin'?"
Panel 2: Dave, sitting at his computer, replies with a smile.
Dave: "Ha! That's tough to say, boss. Tough to say."
Panel 3: Close-up on the boss, smiling.
Boss: "Really?"
Panel 4: The boss puts a hand on Dave's shoulder, leaning in.
Boss: "You're fired, Dave."
Votey:
A sketchy, sad close-up face (Dave) with drooping eyes and downturned mouth.
Dave (thought/speech): "So senseless."
Alt text
A four-panel comic in a generic office. An older bald boss in a suit walks up to a younger red-haired man at his desk and asks, "Hey, Dave. Workin' hard or hardly workin'?" Dave, sitting at his computer, grins and answers, "Ha! That's tough to say, boss. Tough to say." The boss, smiling warmly, says, "Really?" Then, still smiling and resting a friendly hand on Dave's shoulder, the boss says, "You're fired, Dave." The joke: the cheerful cliche back-and-forth abruptly ends in a firing delivered with the same friendly tone. Votey: a loose, sketchy close-up of Dave's face with heavy-lidded, defeated eyes and a frowning mouth, with the words "So senseless."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.