finches
Original: finches on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (caption): SOMEWHERE IN THE GALAPAGOS...
A bearded naturalist sits sketching in a field, watching a bird.
Naturalist: MY WORD... THAT FINCH BEAK IS ADAPTED FOR EATING TERMITES!
Panel 2: The naturalist, seen from behind, observes another bird.
Naturalist: AND THAT FINCH BEAK IS ADAPTED FOR CRACKING NUTS!
Panel 3: Close-up of the smiling naturalist's face.
Naturalist: AND THAT FINCH...
Panel 4: Close-up of a bird whose beak is shaped like a penis.
Panel 5: The naturalist's face, now uncertain.
Naturalist: BUT...
Panel 6: A crowd of pirates is gathered, one feeding the bird.
Pirate: OI! CORN FOR THE NUDEY-BIRD!
Another pirate: WHO'S A GOOD NUDEY-FINCH!
Panel 7: A shadowed/silhouette beat: the bird's phallic shape looms while the naturalist reads on, looking ahead.
Panel 8: The naturalist sits reading his book, frowning.
Panel 9: The naturalist continues reading, expression flat.
Panel 10: The phallic bird in the field honks.
Bird: HONNNNNK!
Panel 11: The naturalist, frowning, tears a page out of his book.
Sound effect: rrrrip!
Votey:
A loose pencil-style sketch (no dialogue): a bearded man works at a drafting board or easel while an annoyed woman and two unhappy children stand behind him, watching.
A bearded naturalist sits sketching in a field, watching a bird.
Naturalist: MY WORD... THAT FINCH BEAK IS ADAPTED FOR EATING TERMITES!
Panel 2: The naturalist, seen from behind, observes another bird.
Naturalist: AND THAT FINCH BEAK IS ADAPTED FOR CRACKING NUTS!
Panel 3: Close-up of the smiling naturalist's face.
Naturalist: AND THAT FINCH...
Panel 4: Close-up of a bird whose beak is shaped like a penis.
Panel 5: The naturalist's face, now uncertain.
Naturalist: BUT...
Panel 6: A crowd of pirates is gathered, one feeding the bird.
Pirate: OI! CORN FOR THE NUDEY-BIRD!
Another pirate: WHO'S A GOOD NUDEY-FINCH!
Panel 7: A shadowed/silhouette beat: the bird's phallic shape looms while the naturalist reads on, looking ahead.
Panel 8: The naturalist sits reading his book, frowning.
Panel 9: The naturalist continues reading, expression flat.
Panel 10: The phallic bird in the field honks.
Bird: HONNNNNK!
Panel 11: The naturalist, frowning, tears a page out of his book.
Sound effect: rrrrip!
Votey:
A loose pencil-style sketch (no dialogue): a bearded man works at a drafting board or easel while an annoyed woman and two unhappy children stand behind him, watching.
Alt text
A Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal comic. Caption: "Somewhere in the Galapagos..." A bearded Victorian naturalist sits in a field sketching birds and excitedly narrating how each finch's beak is adapted to its niche: "adapted for eating termites," then "adapted for cracking nuts." He begins "And that finch..." but the next bird is drawn with a beak shaped like a penis, and he trails off uncertainly: "But..." The joke escalates: a crowd of pirates is happily feeding the bird, cooing "Oi! Corn for the nudey-bird!" and "Who's a good nudey-finch!" The naturalist sits reading his book with an increasingly flat, disapproving frown as the phallic bird honks "HONNNNNK!" in the field. Finally, fed up, he tears a page out of his book: "rrrrip!" Votey (bonus panel): a rough pencil sketch of a bearded man working at a drawing board while an irritated woman and two glum children stand behind him watching, no text.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.