symbols
Original: symbols on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A messenger (a man holding a stone tablet) speaks to a robed man.
Robed man: "What's this?"
Messenger: "Argak sends it to you. The symbols indicate sounds, which form words and sentences."
Panel 2:
A woman beside the robed man reacts.
Woman: "That's brilliant! It'll have so many uses! ...But... why didn't he bring it himself?"
Panel 3:
The robed man holds up the stone tablet, which is covered in rows of carved alphabet-like symbols. The messenger looks on.
Caption below the comic:
Fun fact:
The first alphabet was invented to avoid a face-to-face breakup.
Votey:
A stone tablet is divided into sections by vertical lines, each pairing a carved pictographic/letter symbol with handwritten red text beneath it, spelling out a message:
Eye symbol — "We should see"
Next symbol — "other"
Next symbol — "people"
Final symbol — "like your hot sister."
Together reading: "We should see other people like your hot sister."
A messenger (a man holding a stone tablet) speaks to a robed man.
Robed man: "What's this?"
Messenger: "Argak sends it to you. The symbols indicate sounds, which form words and sentences."
Panel 2:
A woman beside the robed man reacts.
Woman: "That's brilliant! It'll have so many uses! ...But... why didn't he bring it himself?"
Panel 3:
The robed man holds up the stone tablet, which is covered in rows of carved alphabet-like symbols. The messenger looks on.
Caption below the comic:
Fun fact:
The first alphabet was invented to avoid a face-to-face breakup.
Votey:
A stone tablet is divided into sections by vertical lines, each pairing a carved pictographic/letter symbol with handwritten red text beneath it, spelling out a message:
Eye symbol — "We should see"
Next symbol — "other"
Next symbol — "people"
Final symbol — "like your hot sister."
Together reading: "We should see other people like your hot sister."
Alt text
A three-panel SMBC comic set in an ancient time. Panel 1: a messenger holding a stone tablet hands it over, telling a robed man, "Argak sends it to you. The symbols indicate sounds, which form words and sentences." The robed man asks, "What's this?" Panel 2: a woman beside him says, "That's brilliant! It'll have so many uses! ...But... why didn't he bring it himself?" Panel 3: the man holds up the stone tablet, which is carved with rows of alphabet-like symbols. Caption: "Fun fact: The first alphabet was invented to avoid a face-to-face breakup." Votey (aftercomic): the breakup tablet itself, showing four pictograph symbols (starting with an eye) over handwritten red text that reads, "We should see other people like your hot sister."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.