browning
Original: browning on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (caption): NO MATTER HOW EMBARRASSED YOU FEEL ABOUT SOMETHING YOU SAID...
Panel 2 (caption): NO MATTER HOW HARD IT IS FOR YOU TO FORGET...
Panel 3 (caption): ALWAYS REMEMBER THIS ONE FACT...
Panel 4 (caption): IN 1841, ROBERT BROWNING PUBLISHED A VERSE DRAMA...
Panel 5 (caption): IN WHICH HE MISTAKENLY THOUGHT THE WORD "TWAT" REFERRED TO A NUN'S HAT.
Panel 6 (poem text on a sheet held by a figure): But at night, Brother Howlet, far over the woods,
Toll the world to thy chantry,
Sing to the bats sweet sisterhoods
Full complines with gallantry:
Then, owls and bats, cowls and twats,
Monks and nuns, in a cloister's moods,
Adjourn to the oak-stump pantry!
Panel 7 (caption): AND YOU'LL FEEL ALL BETTER!
Panel 8: A smiling woman gives a thumbs up.
Woman: THANKS, LITERATURE!
Footer: THIS BONUS COMIC IS THANKS TO PEOPLE WHO PREORDERED MY NEW BOOK! CLICK FOR MORE INFO!
Votey:
A scowling nun (or hooded monk-like figure) stares off, looking annoyed. Behind/beside her a bearded man appears with a thought bubble.
Man (thought bubble): What'd I say?
Panel 2 (caption): NO MATTER HOW HARD IT IS FOR YOU TO FORGET...
Panel 3 (caption): ALWAYS REMEMBER THIS ONE FACT...
Panel 4 (caption): IN 1841, ROBERT BROWNING PUBLISHED A VERSE DRAMA...
Panel 5 (caption): IN WHICH HE MISTAKENLY THOUGHT THE WORD "TWAT" REFERRED TO A NUN'S HAT.
Panel 6 (poem text on a sheet held by a figure): But at night, Brother Howlet, far over the woods,
Toll the world to thy chantry,
Sing to the bats sweet sisterhoods
Full complines with gallantry:
Then, owls and bats, cowls and twats,
Monks and nuns, in a cloister's moods,
Adjourn to the oak-stump pantry!
Panel 7 (caption): AND YOU'LL FEEL ALL BETTER!
Panel 8: A smiling woman gives a thumbs up.
Woman: THANKS, LITERATURE!
Footer: THIS BONUS COMIC IS THANKS TO PEOPLE WHO PREORDERED MY NEW BOOK! CLICK FOR MORE INFO!
Votey:
A scowling nun (or hooded monk-like figure) stares off, looking annoyed. Behind/beside her a bearded man appears with a thought bubble.
Man (thought bubble): What'd I say?
Alt text
An eight-panel SMBC comic offering reassurance about embarrassing things you've said. Pink caption banners over a worried, frowning woman read, panel by panel: "No matter how embarrassed you feel about something you said... No matter how hard it is for you to forget... Always remember this one fact..." The next captions explain: "In 1841, Robert Browning published a verse drama... in which he mistakenly thought the word 'twat' referred to a nun's hat." A figure holds a sheet of poetry that includes the lines "Then, owls and bats, cowls and twats, / Monks and nuns, in a cloister's moods, / Adjourn to the oak-stump pantry!" A final caption reads "And you'll feel all better!" and the now-cheerful woman gives a thumbs up, saying "Thanks, literature!" A footer notes the bonus comic is thanks to people who preordered the author's new book. Votey: a close-up of a scowling nun-like hooded figure; behind her a bearded man (Robert Browning) appears with a thought bubble reading "What'd I say?"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.