conscious-3
Original: conscious-3 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Man (arms spread wide, addressing a glowing disc-shaped God in the sky): "The afterlife! Wow! Hey, God, which beings are conscious? Which ones have immortal souls worthy of protection by right-thinking people?"
Panel 2:
God (glowing yellow disc): "Only humans and mosquitoes."
Panel 3:
Man (close-up, dismayed): "Hoo boy."
Panel 4:
God: "Ha! Just kidding! Nothing's immortal."
Panel 5:
God: "Now, step right up."
(A line of people waits beside a building labeled "SOUL-RECYCLER" with two smokestacks belching black smoke.)
Votey:
Man (in profile, looking content): "Boy, I'm glad I killed and ate all those people while I had the chance!"
Man (arms spread wide, addressing a glowing disc-shaped God in the sky): "The afterlife! Wow! Hey, God, which beings are conscious? Which ones have immortal souls worthy of protection by right-thinking people?"
Panel 2:
God (glowing yellow disc): "Only humans and mosquitoes."
Panel 3:
Man (close-up, dismayed): "Hoo boy."
Panel 4:
God: "Ha! Just kidding! Nothing's immortal."
Panel 5:
God: "Now, step right up."
(A line of people waits beside a building labeled "SOUL-RECYCLER" with two smokestacks belching black smoke.)
Votey:
Man (in profile, looking content): "Boy, I'm glad I killed and ate all those people while I had the chance!"
Alt text
A five-panel SMBC comic. In a snowy outdoor scene, a man spreads his arms wide and addresses a glowing yellow disc-shaped God floating in the sky, asking, "The afterlife! Wow! Hey, God, which beings are conscious? Which ones have immortal souls worthy of protection by right-thinking people?" God answers, "Only humans and mosquitoes." The man, in close-up, looks dismayed and says, "Hoo boy." God then says, "Ha! Just kidding! Nothing's immortal," followed by "Now, step right up." The final panel reveals a line of small figures queued outside an industrial building labeled "SOUL-RECYCLER" with two smokestacks pouring out black smoke, the glowing God-disc hovering above. Votey (aftercomic): a man shown in profile looks calmly satisfied and says, "Boy, I'm glad I killed and ate all those people while I had the chance!" — the punchline being that with no immortal souls, his crimes carry no eternal consequence.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.