together
Original: together on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Mother (to two kids): GREAT NEWS, KIDS! WE'VE DECIDED TO STAY TOGETHER AFTER ALL!
Panel 2:
Child (off-panel, to father): YOU REDISCOVERED LOVE?
Father: NO, NO, NO. JEEZE, THAT'S SWEET, KID. I'LL BUY YOU A DISNEY MOVIE.
Panel 3:
Father (close-up, smiling): NO, SEE, WE STARTED DIVORCE PROCEEDINGS, AND IT TURNS OUT WE HAVE SO MUCH DIRT ON EACH OTHER THAT IF THIS GOT TO COURT WE'D NOT ONLY *BOTH* LOSE CUSTODY, WE'D LOSE OUR SAVINGS, OUR FRIENDSHIPS, OUR JOBS, AND POSSIBLY OUR NON-FELON STATUS.
Father: SO, WE'VE DECIDED TO STAY TOGETHER!
Panel 4:
The parents stand together, the mother's arm around the father.
Caption (father, with a knowing look): THE TIE THAT BINDS US...
Panel 5:
Mother: IS DIRTY LAUNDRY.
Panel 6:
Child (off-panel): WAIT, WHAT WOULD MAKE YOU FELONS?
Parents (in the background, embracing): YOU'LL FIND OUT ONE DAY WHEN YOU MAKE A CREDIT APPLICATION.
Votey:
A man with closed eyes and a contented smile leans toward a smiling woman.
Man: THE LINE BETWEEN HATE AND LOVE IS SO SMALL.
Woman: DOES IT EVEN EXIST?
Mother (to two kids): GREAT NEWS, KIDS! WE'VE DECIDED TO STAY TOGETHER AFTER ALL!
Panel 2:
Child (off-panel, to father): YOU REDISCOVERED LOVE?
Father: NO, NO, NO. JEEZE, THAT'S SWEET, KID. I'LL BUY YOU A DISNEY MOVIE.
Panel 3:
Father (close-up, smiling): NO, SEE, WE STARTED DIVORCE PROCEEDINGS, AND IT TURNS OUT WE HAVE SO MUCH DIRT ON EACH OTHER THAT IF THIS GOT TO COURT WE'D NOT ONLY *BOTH* LOSE CUSTODY, WE'D LOSE OUR SAVINGS, OUR FRIENDSHIPS, OUR JOBS, AND POSSIBLY OUR NON-FELON STATUS.
Father: SO, WE'VE DECIDED TO STAY TOGETHER!
Panel 4:
The parents stand together, the mother's arm around the father.
Caption (father, with a knowing look): THE TIE THAT BINDS US...
Panel 5:
Mother: IS DIRTY LAUNDRY.
Panel 6:
Child (off-panel): WAIT, WHAT WOULD MAKE YOU FELONS?
Parents (in the background, embracing): YOU'LL FIND OUT ONE DAY WHEN YOU MAKE A CREDIT APPLICATION.
Votey:
A man with closed eyes and a contented smile leans toward a smiling woman.
Man: THE LINE BETWEEN HATE AND LOVE IS SO SMALL.
Woman: DOES IT EVEN EXIST?
Alt text
A six-panel SMBC comic in color. Panel 1: A mother stands before her two young children and announces cheerfully, "Great news, kids! We've decided to stay together after all!" Panel 2: A child asks, "You rediscovered love?" The bespectacled father replies, "No, no, no. Jeeze, that's sweet, kid. I'll buy you a Disney movie." Panel 3: Close-up of the smiling father explaining: "No, see, we started divorce proceedings, and it turns out we have so much dirt on each other that if this got to court we'd not only BOTH lose custody, we'd lose our savings, our friendships, our jobs, and possibly our non-felon status. So, we've decided to stay together!" Panel 4: The parents stand together, mother's arm around father, as he says portentously, "The tie that binds us..." Panel 5: The mother finishes, "Is dirty laundry." Panel 6: A child asks, "Wait, what would make you felons?" The embracing parents answer, "You'll find out one day when you make a credit application." Votey (bottom aftercomic, black-and-white line art): A man with closed eyes and a blissful smile leans close to a smiling woman. He says, "The line between hate and love is so small." She replies, "Does it even exist?"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.