basilisk
Original: basilisk on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Store clerk (a man with red hair, blue shirt): Excuse me, Mister Bozmodiklax?
Panel 2:
Basilisk (a green dinosaur-like creature with a horned ram skull for a head, surrounded by a mane of red flames): Yes?
Panel 3:
Store clerk: You can't have that basilisk in the store.
Panel 4:
Basilisk: THIS IS A SERVICE BASILISK. It's for my emotional well-being.
Panel 5:
Store clerk: The only permitted service animals are dogs and tiny ponies.
Panel 6:
Basilisk (off-panel, eyes glowing): Wheels are turning, store clerk. Wheels within wheels within wheels.
Panel 7 (labeled LATER...):
The basilisk stands in the store next to a tiny pony, which is on sale.
Basilisk: You know, I had my doubts, but this is great.
Votey:
A close-up of the basilisk's flaming-maned ram-skull head. To the side is a speech bubble drawn like a person's hand-lettered note that reads: Pet me.
Store clerk (a man with red hair, blue shirt): Excuse me, Mister Bozmodiklax?
Panel 2:
Basilisk (a green dinosaur-like creature with a horned ram skull for a head, surrounded by a mane of red flames): Yes?
Panel 3:
Store clerk: You can't have that basilisk in the store.
Panel 4:
Basilisk: THIS IS A SERVICE BASILISK. It's for my emotional well-being.
Panel 5:
Store clerk: The only permitted service animals are dogs and tiny ponies.
Panel 6:
Basilisk (off-panel, eyes glowing): Wheels are turning, store clerk. Wheels within wheels within wheels.
Panel 7 (labeled LATER...):
The basilisk stands in the store next to a tiny pony, which is on sale.
Basilisk: You know, I had my doubts, but this is great.
Votey:
A close-up of the basilisk's flaming-maned ram-skull head. To the side is a speech bubble drawn like a person's hand-lettered note that reads: Pet me.
Alt text
A seven-panel SMBC comic. A red-haired store clerk in a blue shirt addresses a tall green dinosaur-like creature whose head is a horned ram skull surrounded by a mane of red flames, calling it 'Mister Bozmodiklax.' The clerk says the creature can't have 'that basilisk' in the store. The basilisk insists, 'THIS IS A SERVICE BASILISK. It's for my emotional well-being.' The clerk replies that the only permitted service animals are dogs and tiny ponies. The basilisk's eyes glow as it ominously intones, 'Wheels are turning, store clerk. Wheels within wheels within wheels.' In a final 'LATER...' panel, the basilisk stands contentedly in the store beside a tiny pony marked on sale, saying, 'You know, I had my doubts, but this is great' — the joke being it acquired a tiny pony as its own permitted service animal. Votey aftercomic: a close-up of the basilisk's flaming ram-skull head with a small hand-lettered note beside it reading 'Pet me.'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.