sleeping-beauty-2
Original: sleeping-beauty-2 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: An old, gray-bearded man (wizard-like figure) gestures toward a dark stone archway in a castle.
Old man: "THERE, THE PRINCESS SLEEPS! ONLY TRUE LOVE'S KISS CAN AWAKEN HER!"
Panel 2: A knight wearing a red cape spreads his hands in a shrug.
Panel 3: The knight leans in and kisses the sleeping blonde princess on the lips.
Panel 4: (Silent panel — the knight straightens up.)
Panel 5: The knight, looking puzzled.
Knight: "HUH. NOTHING HAPPENED. I GUESS YOU'RE NOT IT."
Panel 6: The knight, with a slightly disturbed expression.
Knight: "WOW. I FEEL... KINDA GROSS? AM I A CREEPY GUY NOW?"
Panel 7: The knight and the old man face each other.
Panel 8: The old man, deadpan.
Old man: "YOU JUST KISSED AN UNCONSCIOUS LADY YOU'D NEVER MET BECAUSE YOU IMAGINED SHE WAS IN LOVE WITH YOU. WANT ME TO CONNECT THE DOTS FOR YOU?"
Panel 9: The knight responds; the old man answers.
Knight: "I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A LITTLE MORE NUANCE TO IT."
Old man: "LIKE HOW TECHNICALLY SHE'S DEAD?"
Votey:
A thought bubble drawn in black-and-white sketch style contains the words "Heh heh heh." A bearded figure (the old man) is partly visible at the right, and the sleeping/dead princess's body lies in the foreground. The old man is privately chuckling to himself.
Old man: "THERE, THE PRINCESS SLEEPS! ONLY TRUE LOVE'S KISS CAN AWAKEN HER!"
Panel 2: A knight wearing a red cape spreads his hands in a shrug.
Panel 3: The knight leans in and kisses the sleeping blonde princess on the lips.
Panel 4: (Silent panel — the knight straightens up.)
Panel 5: The knight, looking puzzled.
Knight: "HUH. NOTHING HAPPENED. I GUESS YOU'RE NOT IT."
Panel 6: The knight, with a slightly disturbed expression.
Knight: "WOW. I FEEL... KINDA GROSS? AM I A CREEPY GUY NOW?"
Panel 7: The knight and the old man face each other.
Panel 8: The old man, deadpan.
Old man: "YOU JUST KISSED AN UNCONSCIOUS LADY YOU'D NEVER MET BECAUSE YOU IMAGINED SHE WAS IN LOVE WITH YOU. WANT ME TO CONNECT THE DOTS FOR YOU?"
Panel 9: The knight responds; the old man answers.
Knight: "I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A LITTLE MORE NUANCE TO IT."
Old man: "LIKE HOW TECHNICALLY SHE'S DEAD?"
Votey:
A thought bubble drawn in black-and-white sketch style contains the words "Heh heh heh." A bearded figure (the old man) is partly visible at the right, and the sleeping/dead princess's body lies in the foreground. The old man is privately chuckling to himself.
Alt text
A Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal comic parodying the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale. An old gray-bearded wizard leads a red-caped knight to a stone archway and announces, "There, the princess sleeps! Only true love's kiss can awaken her!" The knight shrugs, then kisses the sleeping blonde princess on the lips. Nothing happens. He straightens up, puzzled: "Huh. Nothing happened. I guess you're not it." Then, unsettled, "Wow. I feel... kinda gross? Am I a creepy guy now?" The old man replies deadpan: "You just kissed an unconscious lady you'd never met because you imagined she was in love with you. Want me to connect the dots for you?" The knight protests, "I feel like there's a little more nuance to it," and the old man answers, "Like how technically she's dead?" In the votey aftercomic, a rough sketch shows a thought bubble reading "Heh heh heh" above the bearded old man, who stands beside the princess's body, privately chuckling at the whole situation.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.