propaganda
Original: propaganda on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A group of executives sit around a conference table in a meeting room.
Executive (a bald man at the head of the table): "We need a way to get kids to stop falling for propaganda and fake news."
Panel 2: Two other executives respond.
Man: "But what can we do? We're just a candy company."
Panel 3: Caption: "SOON..."
A child sits on a set of concrete steps outside, holding a small candy package, reading it skeptically.
Child: "The smallest size is called 'fun size'?"
Panel 4: The child, now grinning widely with clenched fists, full of dawning realization.
Child: "By God you can't trust the powerful!"
Small figure in the bushes (whispering): "Goood. Goooood."
Votey: Close-up of a sinister, grinning face (drawn in a loose sketch style) leaning in.
Face: "Let the skepticism flow through you..."
Executive (a bald man at the head of the table): "We need a way to get kids to stop falling for propaganda and fake news."
Panel 2: Two other executives respond.
Man: "But what can we do? We're just a candy company."
Panel 3: Caption: "SOON..."
A child sits on a set of concrete steps outside, holding a small candy package, reading it skeptically.
Child: "The smallest size is called 'fun size'?"
Panel 4: The child, now grinning widely with clenched fists, full of dawning realization.
Child: "By God you can't trust the powerful!"
Small figure in the bushes (whispering): "Goood. Goooood."
Votey: Close-up of a sinister, grinning face (drawn in a loose sketch style) leaning in.
Face: "Let the skepticism flow through you..."
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: executives around a conference table; a bald man says, "We need a way to get kids to stop falling for propaganda and fake news." Panel 2: another executive replies, "But what can we do? We're just a candy company." Panel 3, captioned "SOON...": a child sitting on outdoor steps reads a candy wrapper skeptically and says, "The smallest size is called 'fun size'?" Panel 4: the child grins with clenched fists, exclaiming, "By God you can't trust the powerful!" while a tiny figure hidden in the bushes whispers, "Goood. Goooood." The joke: marketing a candy as 'fun size' inadvertently teaches kids to distrust the powerful. Votey: a close-up of a sinister grinning face leaning in, saying "Let the skepticism flow through you..." parodying a Star Wars Emperor line.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.