you-made-me
Original: you-made-me on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Reflection (in the mirror, with a wild, flame-like mane of hair and a full beard): YOU WAITED TOO LONG, GERALD. YOU LET ME GROW FOR WEEKS AND WEEKS, AND ONE DAY THERE WAS A VITAL SPARK. A LIFE FORCE. YES, GERALD, I LIVE. AND, I MUST KILL YOU SO NO MAN CAN KNOW OF MY LOWLY BIRTH.
Caption (below the panel): I'm beginning to regret putting off shaving for so long.
Votey:
The man (now seen from behind, his head and body engulfed by the enormous flame-like mane of hair): Now, to move to Portland
Reflection (in the mirror, with a wild, flame-like mane of hair and a full beard): YOU WAITED TOO LONG, GERALD. YOU LET ME GROW FOR WEEKS AND WEEKS, AND ONE DAY THERE WAS A VITAL SPARK. A LIFE FORCE. YES, GERALD, I LIVE. AND, I MUST KILL YOU SO NO MAN CAN KNOW OF MY LOWLY BIRTH.
Caption (below the panel): I'm beginning to regret putting off shaving for so long.
Votey:
The man (now seen from behind, his head and body engulfed by the enormous flame-like mane of hair): Now, to move to Portland
Alt text
Main comic: A single panel showing a shirtless man named Gerald standing at a bathroom mirror, having just lathered up. His reflection has grown a huge, wild, flame-like mane of hair and a thick beard. The sentient reflection speaks to him: 'You waited too long, Gerald. You let me grow for weeks and weeks, and one day there was a vital spark. A life force. Yes, Gerald, I live. And, I must kill you so no man can know of my lowly birth.' A caption beneath the panel reads: 'I'm beginning to regret putting off shaving for so long.' The joke is that his neglected, overgrown hair has come to life and turned murderous. Votey (aftercomic): The man is shown from behind, his head and body now completely taken over and covered by the giant flame-like mane of hair, which declares in a speech bubble: 'Now, to move to Portland' — implying the living hair has won and is off to live the hipster life.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.