goodbye
Original: goodbye on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A figure sits hunched over in a chair in front of a large dark window, head down in a posture of despair.
Panel 2: A handwritten suicide note, in red cursive script, reads: "Goodbye cruel world."
Panel 3: A bald man with round glasses, wearing a white lab coat, holds up a small device with a red button.
Panel 4: Close-up of his thumb pressing down on the large red button.
Panel 5 (wide): A small spaceship floats in space with the man visible inside. In the distance, the planet Earth explodes in a burst of yellow rays, with the word "BOOM" emblazoned across it.
Votey:
The bald man, now smiling contentedly with his eyes closed, thinks: "Makin' a difference!"
Panel 2: A handwritten suicide note, in red cursive script, reads: "Goodbye cruel world."
Panel 3: A bald man with round glasses, wearing a white lab coat, holds up a small device with a red button.
Panel 4: Close-up of his thumb pressing down on the large red button.
Panel 5 (wide): A small spaceship floats in space with the man visible inside. In the distance, the planet Earth explodes in a burst of yellow rays, with the word "BOOM" emblazoned across it.
Votey:
The bald man, now smiling contentedly with his eyes closed, thinks: "Makin' a difference!"
Alt text
A five-panel comic. Panel 1: a figure slumps hunched in a chair before a large dark window, the picture of despair. Panel 2: a handwritten note in red cursive reads "Goodbye cruel world." Panel 3: a bald man in round glasses and a white lab coat holds up a small remote with a red button. Panel 4: a close-up of his thumb pressing the red button. Panel 5: a wide shot of space, with his little spaceship at left and, at right, the planet Earth blowing apart in yellow rays with "BOOM" across it. The twist: the "goodbye cruel world" note wasn't a suicide note for himself but for the whole world, which he destroys. Votey: a close-up of the same bald man, now smiling serenely with eyes closed, thinking "Makin' a difference!"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.