western-sociology
Original: western-sociology on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title: A HISTORY OF WESTERN SOCIOLOGY
Panel 1 (MEDIEVAL):
Header: MEDIEVAL
A king wearing a crown and red robe.
King: SOME PEOPLE ARE SUPERIOR TO OTHERS.
Panel 2 (REFORMATION):
Header: REFORMATION
A man with dark hair (resembling Martin Luther).
Man: WE ARE ALL EQUALLY AWFUL.
Panel 3 (ENLIGHTENMENT):
Header: ENLIGHTENMENT
A man in a white powdered wig (resembling an Enlightenment-era philosopher).
Man: WE ARE ALL EQUAL.
Panel 4 (MODERN):
Header: MODERN
A man in a suit.
Man: WE ARE ALL AWFUL.
Caption beneath the panels: (THIS BONUS COMIC THANKS TO PRE-ORDERS OF ME AND KELLY'S BOOK "SOONISH" CLICK FOR INFO!)
Votey:
Handwritten text: Please insert a "post-modern" joke of your choice.
Panel 1 (MEDIEVAL):
Header: MEDIEVAL
A king wearing a crown and red robe.
King: SOME PEOPLE ARE SUPERIOR TO OTHERS.
Panel 2 (REFORMATION):
Header: REFORMATION
A man with dark hair (resembling Martin Luther).
Man: WE ARE ALL EQUALLY AWFUL.
Panel 3 (ENLIGHTENMENT):
Header: ENLIGHTENMENT
A man in a white powdered wig (resembling an Enlightenment-era philosopher).
Man: WE ARE ALL EQUAL.
Panel 4 (MODERN):
Header: MODERN
A man in a suit.
Man: WE ARE ALL AWFUL.
Caption beneath the panels: (THIS BONUS COMIC THANKS TO PRE-ORDERS OF ME AND KELLY'S BOOK "SOONISH" CLICK FOR INFO!)
Votey:
Handwritten text: Please insert a "post-modern" joke of your choice.
Alt text
A four-panel comic titled "A History of Western Sociology," each panel labeled with a historical era and showing a representative figure delivering a one-line summary of that era's view of humanity. Panel 1, MEDIEVAL: a crowned king in a red robe says, "Some people are superior to others." Panel 2, REFORMATION: a dark-haired man (Luther-like) says, "We are all equally awful." Panel 3, ENLIGHTENMENT: a man in a white powdered wig says, "We are all equal." Panel 4, MODERN: a man in a suit says, "We are all awful." A caption below reads: "(This bonus comic thanks to pre-orders of me and Kelly's book 'Soonish' click for info!)". The votey (aftercomic) is a hand-drawn panel containing only handwritten text: "Please insert a 'post-modern' joke of your choice." The joke is that the final, post-modern era is left deliberately blank for the reader to fill in.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.