process
Original: process on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A young man with brown hair (the questioner) speaks to a seated man with long red hair and a red beard (the cartoonist).
Questioner: WHAT'S THE SECRET TO BECOMING A CARTOONIST?
Panel 2: The red-haired cartoonist sits at a desk with a stack of papers.
Cartoonist: PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE. LEARN THINGS. MAYBE TRAVEL. BE INTERESTING. BUT MOSTLY IT'S ABOUT PRACTICE.
Panel 3: The young man, now smiling.
Young man: HEY, THANKS! LET'S SHAKE HANDS.
Panel 4: Close-up of the young man (wearing a t-shirt reading "Bot-Individual Continues") and the red-bearded man facing each other.
Panel 5: Close-up of two hands clasped in a handshake.
Panel 6: The young man walks away; the red-haired cartoonist remains seated at his desk in the background.
Panel 7: Close-up of the red-haired cartoonist looking blank/dazed.
Panel 8: The cartoonist stands and peeks out through a stage curtain.
Panel 9: The cartoonist (speaking to someone offscreen).
Cartoonist: MASTER, I THINK THAT MAN LEFT SOME OF HIS SKIN ON MY PALM.
Panel 10: Large yellow lettering of a magical/squelching sound effect: SLLLKHLLK SKLKGHKK...
Panel 11: A glowing green tentacle creature emerges from a glowing pentagram altar.
Creature: FEED ME AND I SHALL REWARD YOU...
Nearby, red lines/magic swirl over the words "...SKIN..." with the sound effect continuing.
Panel 12: The cartoonist kneels/bows before the green tentacle.
Creature: GOOD. GOOD. NOW LET ME THINK...
Panel 13: The cartoonist holds a small white drawing/figure.
Creature: DO ONE ABOUT HOW DOGS ARE DIFFERENT FROM PEOPLE.
Cartoonist: THANK YOU, MASTER.
Votey:
A close-up of the green tentacle creature speaking.
Creature: Now, absorb their souls through the Internet.
Questioner: WHAT'S THE SECRET TO BECOMING A CARTOONIST?
Panel 2: The red-haired cartoonist sits at a desk with a stack of papers.
Cartoonist: PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE. LEARN THINGS. MAYBE TRAVEL. BE INTERESTING. BUT MOSTLY IT'S ABOUT PRACTICE.
Panel 3: The young man, now smiling.
Young man: HEY, THANKS! LET'S SHAKE HANDS.
Panel 4: Close-up of the young man (wearing a t-shirt reading "Bot-Individual Continues") and the red-bearded man facing each other.
Panel 5: Close-up of two hands clasped in a handshake.
Panel 6: The young man walks away; the red-haired cartoonist remains seated at his desk in the background.
Panel 7: Close-up of the red-haired cartoonist looking blank/dazed.
Panel 8: The cartoonist stands and peeks out through a stage curtain.
Panel 9: The cartoonist (speaking to someone offscreen).
Cartoonist: MASTER, I THINK THAT MAN LEFT SOME OF HIS SKIN ON MY PALM.
Panel 10: Large yellow lettering of a magical/squelching sound effect: SLLLKHLLK SKLKGHKK...
Panel 11: A glowing green tentacle creature emerges from a glowing pentagram altar.
Creature: FEED ME AND I SHALL REWARD YOU...
Nearby, red lines/magic swirl over the words "...SKIN..." with the sound effect continuing.
Panel 12: The cartoonist kneels/bows before the green tentacle.
Creature: GOOD. GOOD. NOW LET ME THINK...
Panel 13: The cartoonist holds a small white drawing/figure.
Creature: DO ONE ABOUT HOW DOGS ARE DIFFERENT FROM PEOPLE.
Cartoonist: THANK YOU, MASTER.
Votey:
A close-up of the green tentacle creature speaking.
Creature: Now, absorb their souls through the Internet.
Alt text
A long vertical SMBC comic. A young man asks a red-bearded cartoonist the secret to becoming a cartoonist, and is told: practice, practice, practice, learn things, be interesting, but mostly practice. The young man says "Hey, thanks! Let's shake hands" and they shake. After he leaves, the cartoonist stares blankly, then peeks through a stage curtain and says "Master, I think that man left some of his skin on my palm." A burst of yellow magical sound effects ("SLLLKHLLK") accompanies a glowing green tentacle creature rising from a pentagram altar, saying "Feed me and I shall reward you..." The cartoonist bows; the creature says "Good. Good. Now let me think..." then gives him an idea: "Do one about how dogs are different from people." The cartoonist replies "Thank you, master." The joke: cartoonist inspiration comes from feeding stolen skin to an eldritch tentacle god that dispenses bland comic premises. Votey: a close-up of the green tentacle creature adding, "Now, absorb their souls through the Internet."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.