the-best
Original: the-best on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (top):
Newcomer (a man in a red shirt): "I made it! I made it to heaven!"
Panel 2 (middle-left, an old bearded man speaks to the newcomer):
Bearded man: "You sure did! Now you get to do all the best stuff!"
Panel 3 (top-right / continuing):
Bearded man: "You can design new systems of mathematics! You can attempt to create self-consistent physics systems. Best of all, try to create a maximally complex reality using the simplest possible constructions!"
Panel 4 (lower-left):
Newcomer: "But that sounds terrible."
Panel 5 (lower-middle):
Bearded man (angry): "QUIET!"
Panel 6 (lower-right, bearded man leans in close and whispers to the newcomer):
Bearded man: "He hears everything."
Votey:
A voice from above (off-panel): "That's a smitin'!"
(A round planet/world on the left is shown being struck/destroyed by lightning-like beams coming from the upper right.)
Newcomer (a man in a red shirt): "I made it! I made it to heaven!"
Panel 2 (middle-left, an old bearded man speaks to the newcomer):
Bearded man: "You sure did! Now you get to do all the best stuff!"
Panel 3 (top-right / continuing):
Bearded man: "You can design new systems of mathematics! You can attempt to create self-consistent physics systems. Best of all, try to create a maximally complex reality using the simplest possible constructions!"
Panel 4 (lower-left):
Newcomer: "But that sounds terrible."
Panel 5 (lower-middle):
Bearded man (angry): "QUIET!"
Panel 6 (lower-right, bearded man leans in close and whispers to the newcomer):
Bearded man: "He hears everything."
Votey:
A voice from above (off-panel): "That's a smitin'!"
(A round planet/world on the left is shown being struck/destroyed by lightning-like beams coming from the upper right.)
Alt text
A six-panel SMBC comic. A man in a red shirt arrives in the clouds, beaming: "I made it! I made it to heaven!" An old, white-bearded man greets him: "You sure did! Now you get to do all the best stuff!" He enthusiastically lists the activities: "You can design new systems of mathematics! You can attempt to create self-consistent physics systems. Best of all, try to create a maximally complex reality using the simplest possible constructions!" The newcomer replies flatly, "But that sounds terrible." The bearded man's face contorts in alarm and he shouts "QUIET!", then leans in close to whisper nervously into the newcomer's ear: "He hears everything." Votey (aftercomic): a hand-drawn scene where a round planet on the left is blasted apart by beams from the upper right, while a voice declares, "That's a smitin'!" — implying God overheard the complaint and smote something in retaliation.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.