magic
Original: magic on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (narration over a child asleep in bed, with a coin and a note signed "Sincerely, The Tooth Fairy" tucked under the pillow):
Narrator (a father): WE DECIDED TO LET OUR KIDS BELIEVE IN MAGICAL THINGS.
Panel 2 (two young kids cheering with arms raised in front of a Christmas tree, Santa Claus standing beside it):
Narrator: IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE SENTIMENTAL PEOPLE.
Kids: YAYYYY!
Panel 3 (a balding father with glasses sitting on a couch while a young boy plays a video game in front of him):
Narrator: IT'S BECAUSE, ONE DAY, ONE OF THEM WILL BE ABOUT TO BEAT ME AT A VIDEO GAME.
Boy: DID THEY EVEN HAVE VIDEO GAMES WHEN YOU WERE A KID?
Panel 4 (close-up of the father with glasses, looking grim and determined, the boy's head in the foreground):
Narrator: AND BY GOD, I WILL NOT GO DOWN GENTLY.
Father: THERE IS NO SANTA, THERE IS NO TOOTH FAIRY, AND IF AN EGG COMES OUT OF A BUNNY IT'S BECAUSE SOMETHING HAS GONE HORRIBLY WRONG!
Votey:
A shocked, wide-eyed cartoon face (the child) with a small "S" sound near the mouth.
The father (off-panel speech bubble): Also, babies come from doing your mom.
Narrator (a father): WE DECIDED TO LET OUR KIDS BELIEVE IN MAGICAL THINGS.
Panel 2 (two young kids cheering with arms raised in front of a Christmas tree, Santa Claus standing beside it):
Narrator: IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE SENTIMENTAL PEOPLE.
Kids: YAYYYY!
Panel 3 (a balding father with glasses sitting on a couch while a young boy plays a video game in front of him):
Narrator: IT'S BECAUSE, ONE DAY, ONE OF THEM WILL BE ABOUT TO BEAT ME AT A VIDEO GAME.
Boy: DID THEY EVEN HAVE VIDEO GAMES WHEN YOU WERE A KID?
Panel 4 (close-up of the father with glasses, looking grim and determined, the boy's head in the foreground):
Narrator: AND BY GOD, I WILL NOT GO DOWN GENTLY.
Father: THERE IS NO SANTA, THERE IS NO TOOTH FAIRY, AND IF AN EGG COMES OUT OF A BUNNY IT'S BECAUSE SOMETHING HAS GONE HORRIBLY WRONG!
Votey:
A shocked, wide-eyed cartoon face (the child) with a small "S" sound near the mouth.
The father (off-panel speech bubble): Also, babies come from doing your mom.
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: a child sleeps in bed with a coin and a note signed "The Tooth Fairy" under the pillow; a father narrates, "We decided to let our kids believe in magical things." Panel 2: two kids cheer "YAYYYY!" in front of a Christmas tree with Santa beside it; narration: "It's not that we're sentimental people." Panel 3: a balding, bespectacled dad sits behind a young boy playing a video game; narration: "It's because, one day, one of them will be about to beat me at a video game." The boy asks, "Did they even have video games when you were a kid?" Panel 4: a grim close-up of the dad declares, "And by God, I will not go down gently. There is no Santa, there is no tooth fairy, and if an egg comes out of a bunny it's because something has gone horribly wrong!" Votey (aftercomic): a stunned, wide-eyed child's face as the dad adds, "Also, babies come from doing your mom."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.