justice-league
Original: justice-league on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (top banner over an image of a modernist building/aquarium):
Speaker (off-panel, a figure addressing a crowd): "LISTEN UP EVERYONE! WE'VE JUST SECURED A FINANCIAL ENDORSEMENT FROM THE WORLD WILDLIFE FEDERATION."
Panel 2 (the speaker, a caped superhero figure, addresses a small crowd of silhouetted heroes including Robin):
Speaker: "IN ORDER TO GET IT, WE HAD TO AGREE TO MAKE OURSELVES MORE BIOLOGICALLY RELEVANT HENCEFORTH."
Panel 3 (caption box, then Batman in the dark):
Caption: "BATMAN IS ONLY ALLOWED TO 'SEE' VIA ECHOLOCATION."
Batman (mouth open, emitting a sound): "skeek"
Panel 4 (caption box, then Robin crouching protectively):
Caption: "ROBIN MUST GUARD A CLUTCH OF TINY EGGS."
Panel 5 (caption box, then Hawkman holding a bag):
Caption: "HAWKMAN MUST PREY ON SMALL MAMMALS AND INSECTS."
Label on the bag Hawkman holds: "CRICKET MEAL"
Panel 6 (caption box, then Black Canary recoiling with hands raised):
Caption: "AND BLACK CANARY WILL REGURGITATE FOOD AS A COURTSHIP BEHAVIOR."
Black Canary: "NOPE. NOPE. THAT'S THE LINE."
Votey:
A simple black-and-white drawing of a baby bird (chick) with its mouth open, chirping up at someone off-panel.
Chick: "mama...."
Speaker (off-panel, a figure addressing a crowd): "LISTEN UP EVERYONE! WE'VE JUST SECURED A FINANCIAL ENDORSEMENT FROM THE WORLD WILDLIFE FEDERATION."
Panel 2 (the speaker, a caped superhero figure, addresses a small crowd of silhouetted heroes including Robin):
Speaker: "IN ORDER TO GET IT, WE HAD TO AGREE TO MAKE OURSELVES MORE BIOLOGICALLY RELEVANT HENCEFORTH."
Panel 3 (caption box, then Batman in the dark):
Caption: "BATMAN IS ONLY ALLOWED TO 'SEE' VIA ECHOLOCATION."
Batman (mouth open, emitting a sound): "skeek"
Panel 4 (caption box, then Robin crouching protectively):
Caption: "ROBIN MUST GUARD A CLUTCH OF TINY EGGS."
Panel 5 (caption box, then Hawkman holding a bag):
Caption: "HAWKMAN MUST PREY ON SMALL MAMMALS AND INSECTS."
Label on the bag Hawkman holds: "CRICKET MEAL"
Panel 6 (caption box, then Black Canary recoiling with hands raised):
Caption: "AND BLACK CANARY WILL REGURGITATE FOOD AS A COURTSHIP BEHAVIOR."
Black Canary: "NOPE. NOPE. THAT'S THE LINE."
Votey:
A simple black-and-white drawing of a baby bird (chick) with its mouth open, chirping up at someone off-panel.
Chick: "mama...."
Alt text
A six-panel SMBC comic about DC superheroes being forced to behave like real animals. Panel 1, over a drawing of a sleek modernist building: an off-panel hero announces to a crowd, "Listen up everyone! We've just secured a financial endorsement from the World Wildlife Federation." Panel 2: the speaker tells the assembled heroes (including Robin), "In order to get it, we had to agree to make ourselves more biologically relevant henceforth." Panel 3, captioned "Batman is only allowed to 'see' via echolocation": Batman stands in pitch darkness with his mouth open, emitting a bat-like "skeek" sound. Panel 4, captioned "Robin must guard a clutch of tiny eggs": Robin crouches protectively on the ground. Panel 5, captioned "Hawkman must prey on small mammals and insects": a glum Hawkman holds up a paper bag labeled "CRICKET MEAL." Panel 6, captioned "And Black Canary will regurgitate food as a courtship behavior": Black Canary throws up her hands and recoils, exclaiming, "Nope. Nope. That's the line." The votey (bonus panel) is a simple black-and-white drawing of a baby bird with its beak open, peeping "mama...."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.