you39re-off-this-case
Original: you39re-off-this-case on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Chief (police chief with a mustache): You're off of this case, Sanderson!
Panel 2:
Detective Sanderson (a bald man in a shirt and tie): If I'm off this case, I'm turning in my badge, Chief!
Panel 3:
Chief: You can't do that!
Panel 4:
Sanderson: Why not?
Panel 5:
Chief: Because this is the case about finding out who stole your badge.
Chief: That's why it's personal.
Votey:
A crudely hand-drawn version of the two characters facing each other.
First character: Give it back!
Second character (wearing a hat): No!
Chief (police chief with a mustache): You're off of this case, Sanderson!
Panel 2:
Detective Sanderson (a bald man in a shirt and tie): If I'm off this case, I'm turning in my badge, Chief!
Panel 3:
Chief: You can't do that!
Panel 4:
Sanderson: Why not?
Panel 5:
Chief: Because this is the case about finding out who stole your badge.
Chief: That's why it's personal.
Votey:
A crudely hand-drawn version of the two characters facing each other.
First character: Give it back!
Second character (wearing a hat): No!
Alt text
A five-panel comic styled like a cliché cop-drama showdown between a mustached police chief in uniform and a bald detective in a shirt and tie. Panel 1, the chief: "You're off of this case, Sanderson!" Panel 2, the detective: "If I'm off this case, I'm turning in my badge, Chief!" Panel 3, the chief: "You can't do that!" Panel 4, the detective: "Why not?" Panel 5, the chief, smiling slyly: "Because this is the case about finding out who stole your badge. That's why it's personal." The joke turns the standard 'hand in your badge' trope into an absurd loop. Votey: a crude hand-drawn sketch of the two characters arguing, one saying "Give it back!" and the other, wearing a hat, replying "No!"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.