prime-mover
Original: prime-mover on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A man (brown hair, eyes closed, peaceful) speaks upward.
Man: DEAR GOD, WHAT WAS THERE BEFORE YOU?
Panel 2: A bright yellow voice (God, off-panel) answers; the small figure of the man is visible far below.
God: THAT'S A NONSENSICAL QUESTION. "BEFORE" IMPLIES TIME. BUT I EXIST BEYOND TIME. THERE WAS NOTHING BEFORE ME. I CREATED MYSELF FROM NOTHING.
Panel 3: The man, now wide-eyed and amazed.
Man: WOWWW...
Caption bar: MEANWHILE, IN HEAVEN...
Panel 4: Two cookie-like round figures stand on clouds (one is God, depicted as a round face). A smaller cookie figure addresses the larger one.
Smaller figure: WHATCHA DOIN' SON?
God: QUIET! I'M TALKING TO THE HUMANS AND OH MY GOD ARE YOU WEARING WHITE SOCKS AND BLACK SHOES AGAIN?!
Votey:
A round cookie-like figure (God) stands on clouds, looking down with a frown, wearing white socks and black shoes. A voice from above (God's own father) speaks.
Voice from above: MAKE ME MORE GRANDSONS.
Man: DEAR GOD, WHAT WAS THERE BEFORE YOU?
Panel 2: A bright yellow voice (God, off-panel) answers; the small figure of the man is visible far below.
God: THAT'S A NONSENSICAL QUESTION. "BEFORE" IMPLIES TIME. BUT I EXIST BEYOND TIME. THERE WAS NOTHING BEFORE ME. I CREATED MYSELF FROM NOTHING.
Panel 3: The man, now wide-eyed and amazed.
Man: WOWWW...
Caption bar: MEANWHILE, IN HEAVEN...
Panel 4: Two cookie-like round figures stand on clouds (one is God, depicted as a round face). A smaller cookie figure addresses the larger one.
Smaller figure: WHATCHA DOIN' SON?
God: QUIET! I'M TALKING TO THE HUMANS AND OH MY GOD ARE YOU WEARING WHITE SOCKS AND BLACK SHOES AGAIN?!
Votey:
A round cookie-like figure (God) stands on clouds, looking down with a frown, wearing white socks and black shoes. A voice from above (God's own father) speaks.
Voice from above: MAKE ME MORE GRANDSONS.
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: a man with closed eyes looks upward and asks, "Dear God, what was there before you?" Panel 2: a glowing yellow speech bubble from the heavens answers, "That's a nonsensical question. 'Before' implies time. But I exist beyond time. There was nothing before me. I created myself from nothing." Panel 3: the man, now wide-eyed, says, "Wowww..." A caption reads "Meanwhile, in heaven..." Panel 4: on the clouds of heaven, God is drawn as a round cookie-like figure being interrupted by an even smaller cookie figure (God's own father) who asks, "Whatcha doin' son?" God snaps back, "Quiet! I'm talking to the humans and oh my God are you wearing white socks and black shoes again?!" The joke: the all-powerful God who claims to have created himself from nothing actually has a nagging father of his own. Votey: the round cookie God stands frowning on the clouds, wearing white socks and black shoes, as a voice from above (his father) commands, "Make me more grandsons."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.