soul
Original: soul on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: Two green aliens speak to a human man at what appears to be a gathering or party.
Alien: "You're so advanced! Millions of years ahead of us in your understanding of the universe!"
Panel 2: A close view of one alien.
Alien: "Tell me, Zorgang. Do human beings have souls?"
Panel 3: The human man (Zorgang) responds, smiling slyly.
Zorgang: "Of course. Of course."
Panel 4: The aliens lean in eagerly.
Alien: "Zoun! Oh Zoun! That's exactly why you're here!"
Panel 5: Zorgang reaches toward a device.
Zorgang: "Activate the soul-harvester!"
Panel 6: A machine blasts a stream of energy/water down onto a crowd of humans, who scream and flail in the torrent.
Votey:
The alien (off-panel, large speech bubble) asks: "What do you use them for?"
The other party (a human in profile, on the right) replies: "Clean, renewable energy!"
The alien stands at the lower left, looking up.
Alien: "You're so advanced! Millions of years ahead of us in your understanding of the universe!"
Panel 2: A close view of one alien.
Alien: "Tell me, Zorgang. Do human beings have souls?"
Panel 3: The human man (Zorgang) responds, smiling slyly.
Zorgang: "Of course. Of course."
Panel 4: The aliens lean in eagerly.
Alien: "Zoun! Oh Zoun! That's exactly why you're here!"
Panel 5: Zorgang reaches toward a device.
Zorgang: "Activate the soul-harvester!"
Panel 6: A machine blasts a stream of energy/water down onto a crowd of humans, who scream and flail in the torrent.
Votey:
The alien (off-panel, large speech bubble) asks: "What do you use them for?"
The other party (a human in profile, on the right) replies: "Clean, renewable energy!"
The alien stands at the lower left, looking up.
Alt text
A six-panel SMBC comic. Two green aliens flatter a human, calling humanity millions of years more advanced in understanding the universe. They ask "Zorgang" whether human beings have souls. The human slyly answers "Of course." The delighted aliens exclaim "That's exactly why you're here!" The human then shouts "Activate the soul-harvester!" and a large machine blasts a torrent of energy down onto a crowd of screaming humans below, revealing the aliens are harvesting human souls. Votey: the alien asks "What do you use them for?" and the answer comes back, "Clean, renewable energy!"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.