death-3
Original: death-3 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (single panel):
Professor Thompson (a balding, bearded man in a suit, gesturing with one hand while holding a cigarette in the other): "They have a radical view of death. They recognize death as an aspect of existence like many others. They believe the days we don't live are not to be lamented, but the days we have are to be celebrated as a gift from fortune."
Professor Thompson (continuing, quoting): "'Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else.' - Marcus Aurelius."
Caption below panel: Professor Thompson explains why the only ethical food is Stoic philosophers.
Votey:
A disembodied head in profile (presumably Professor Thompson) thinks/says: "I like to think of myself as a conscientious cannibal."
Professor Thompson (a balding, bearded man in a suit, gesturing with one hand while holding a cigarette in the other): "They have a radical view of death. They recognize death as an aspect of existence like many others. They believe the days we don't live are not to be lamented, but the days we have are to be celebrated as a gift from fortune."
Professor Thompson (continuing, quoting): "'Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else.' - Marcus Aurelius."
Caption below panel: Professor Thompson explains why the only ethical food is Stoic philosophers.
Votey:
A disembodied head in profile (presumably Professor Thompson) thinks/says: "I like to think of myself as a conscientious cannibal."
Alt text
Main comic, one panel: A balding, bearded man in a suit, identified by the caption as Professor Thompson, gestures earnestly while holding a cigarette. His speech bubble reads: "They have a radical view of death. They recognize death as an aspect of existence like many others. They believe the days we don't live are not to be lamented, but the days we have are to be celebrated as a gift from fortune." A second bubble quotes: "'Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else.' - Marcus Aurelius." The caption beneath reads: "Professor Thompson explains why the only ethical food is Stoic philosophers." The joke: he is justifying eating Stoic philosophers on the grounds that Stoics themselves don't mind dying. Votey (aftercomic): A loose line-drawn head in profile, presumably Thompson, with the text: "I like to think of myself as a conscientious cannibal."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.