life
Original: life on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Old man (standing before a fountain): The fountain of life!
Panel 2:
Spirit emerging from the fountain (a face/figure formed of water): You've found me. I will restore you to your youth.
Panel 3:
Old man: Would you like to go back to the angry teens, the confused twenties, the anxious thirties, the cynical fifties, or the aching sixties?
Panel 4:
Spirit: I... uh.
Panel 5:
Spirit: It's really more about attitude than age, isn't it?
Panel 6:
Old man: I guess I really just want to have no responsibilities, no pain, no fear for my friends and family, and no concern about other people's opinions of me.
Panel 7:
Spirit: Sorry, I believe you want the Fountain of Death?
Votey:
Close-up of the old man's deadpan face.
Caption (the spirit, off-panel): You, sir, just lost a penny.
Old man (standing before a fountain): The fountain of life!
Panel 2:
Spirit emerging from the fountain (a face/figure formed of water): You've found me. I will restore you to your youth.
Panel 3:
Old man: Would you like to go back to the angry teens, the confused twenties, the anxious thirties, the cynical fifties, or the aching sixties?
Panel 4:
Spirit: I... uh.
Panel 5:
Spirit: It's really more about attitude than age, isn't it?
Panel 6:
Old man: I guess I really just want to have no responsibilities, no pain, no fear for my friends and family, and no concern about other people's opinions of me.
Panel 7:
Spirit: Sorry, I believe you want the Fountain of Death?
Votey:
Close-up of the old man's deadpan face.
Caption (the spirit, off-panel): You, sir, just lost a penny.
Alt text
A seven-panel SMBC comic. An old bald man stands before a stone fountain and exclaims "The fountain of life!" A spirit made of splashing water rises and says "You've found me. I will restore you to your youth." The man replies that he doesn't want to go back to "the angry teens, the confused twenties, the anxious thirties, the cynical fifties, or the aching sixties." The water spirit, flustered, says "I... uh," then offers "It's really more about attitude than age, isn't it?" The man explains what he actually wants: "to have no responsibilities, no pain, no fear for my friends and family, and no concern about other people's opinions of me." The spirit responds: "Sorry, I believe you want the Fountain of Death?" Votey (aftercomic): a close-up of the old man's flat, unimpressed face while the spirit deadpans, "You, sir, just lost a penny."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.