cure
Original: cure on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Caption (yellow banner at top): MY FAVORITE THING ABOUT 19TH CENTURY BRITISH NOVELS IS HOW LIQUOR IS CONSIDERED MEDICINE FOR EVERYTHING.
Panel 1:
A tall man in a black top hat and dark red coat, holding a bottle, looks down with concern at a slumped, glassy-eyed man with long brown hair behind him.
Top-hat man: I'M AFRAID HE HAS A SERIOUS CASE OF ALCOHOLISM.
A second man in a brown top hat, wearing round spectacles, a gray mustache, and a red cravat, responds confidently.
Spectacled man: A BRACING DRAFT OF BRANDY SHOULD PUT THINGS RIGHT!
Votey:
Handwritten text floating above a man's face: I feel better now!
The man's face is drawn smiling contentedly, eyes closed, mouth curved into a relaxed grin (a face that appears mildly drunk/blissful).
Panel 1:
A tall man in a black top hat and dark red coat, holding a bottle, looks down with concern at a slumped, glassy-eyed man with long brown hair behind him.
Top-hat man: I'M AFRAID HE HAS A SERIOUS CASE OF ALCOHOLISM.
A second man in a brown top hat, wearing round spectacles, a gray mustache, and a red cravat, responds confidently.
Spectacled man: A BRACING DRAFT OF BRANDY SHOULD PUT THINGS RIGHT!
Votey:
Handwritten text floating above a man's face: I feel better now!
The man's face is drawn smiling contentedly, eyes closed, mouth curved into a relaxed grin (a face that appears mildly drunk/blissful).
Alt text
An SMBC comic. A yellow caption at the top reads: "My favorite thing about 19th century British novels is how liquor is considered medicine for everything." The single panel shows two well-dressed Victorian gentlemen in top hats. A tall man in a dark red coat holds a bottle and says with concern, "I'm afraid he has a serious case of alcoholism," gesturing toward a slumped, bleary-eyed long-haired man behind him. A second gentleman wearing round spectacles, a gray mustache, and a red cravat replies cheerfully, "A bracing draft of brandy should put things right!" The joke: the prescribed cure for alcoholism is more alcohol. Votey (aftercomic): a close-up of a man's face, eyes closed and smiling blissfully (as if drunk), with handwritten text above reading "I feel better now!"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.