klorp
Original: klorp on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: Exterior shot of an office building with a sign reading "KLORPco". A speech bubble emanates from the building.
Voice from inside the building: "WE NEED TO FIND A WAY TO CHARGE 50% MORE PER KLORP."
Panel 2: A boardroom. A woman with dark red hair, gesturing, sits at a table with two colleagues (a man and a blonde woman).
Red-haired woman: "WE COULD IMPROVE THE PRODUCT."
Panel 3: A wider shot of the boardroom table with several executives seated around it.
An executive: "ORRRR..."
Panel 4 (small caption banner): "SOON..."
Panel 5: A yellow tag reading "NEW!" sits above a store shelf.
Panel 6: A store shelf lined with identical blue product containers, each labeled "KLORP" with cursive red text beneath reading "for women".
Votey: Hand-lettered text reads "Now without pockets!"
Voice from inside the building: "WE NEED TO FIND A WAY TO CHARGE 50% MORE PER KLORP."
Panel 2: A boardroom. A woman with dark red hair, gesturing, sits at a table with two colleagues (a man and a blonde woman).
Red-haired woman: "WE COULD IMPROVE THE PRODUCT."
Panel 3: A wider shot of the boardroom table with several executives seated around it.
An executive: "ORRRR..."
Panel 4 (small caption banner): "SOON..."
Panel 5: A yellow tag reading "NEW!" sits above a store shelf.
Panel 6: A store shelf lined with identical blue product containers, each labeled "KLORP" with cursive red text beneath reading "for women".
Votey: Hand-lettered text reads "Now without pockets!"
Alt text
A six-part SMBC comic satirizing gendered product marketing. Panel 1 shows an office building labeled "KLORPco" with a voice from inside saying, "We need to find a way to charge 50% more per Klorp." Panel 2: in a boardroom, a red-haired woman suggests, "We could improve the product." Panel 3: another executive at the table replies, "Orrrr..." A small banner reads "SOON..." The final panels show a store shelf with a yellow "NEW!" tag above rows of identical blue containers, each labeled "KLORP" with cursive red text reading "for women" beneath. The joke: instead of improving the product, the company simply rebrands it "for women" to charge more. Votey (aftercomic): hand-lettered text reads "Now without pockets!" mocking the common practice of making women's versions of products with fewer useful features.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.