unique
Original: unique on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Man (red-haired): Zorklan, are humans special?
Green alien (Zorklan): Unique!
Panel 2:
Zorklan: You guys are the only species that mechanically duplicated their own intelligence, then used it for convenience.
Panel 3:
Zorklan: Other creatures would work WITH superminds to find full self-expression. YOU have offloaded every aspect of your individuality to robots who take care of you like you're idiotic children.
Panel 4:
Zorklan: Humans are the only parasites who created their own host!
Panel 5 (Zorklan, now standing and gesturing with arms spread):
[no text]
Panel 6 (black panel, two human silhouettes):
First silhouette: What about our music and art and poetry?
Second silhouette: It's trash. All trash.
Votey:
A silhouetted speech tail points down to the alien's head.
Voice (off-panel): Comics are good though.
Man (red-haired): Zorklan, are humans special?
Green alien (Zorklan): Unique!
Panel 2:
Zorklan: You guys are the only species that mechanically duplicated their own intelligence, then used it for convenience.
Panel 3:
Zorklan: Other creatures would work WITH superminds to find full self-expression. YOU have offloaded every aspect of your individuality to robots who take care of you like you're idiotic children.
Panel 4:
Zorklan: Humans are the only parasites who created their own host!
Panel 5 (Zorklan, now standing and gesturing with arms spread):
[no text]
Panel 6 (black panel, two human silhouettes):
First silhouette: What about our music and art and poetry?
Second silhouette: It's trash. All trash.
Votey:
A silhouetted speech tail points down to the alien's head.
Voice (off-panel): Comics are good though.
Alt text
A six-panel SMBC comic. A red-haired man asks a smiling green alien, 'Zorklan, are humans special?' The alien replies, 'Unique!' then explains: 'You guys are the only species that mechanically duplicated their own intelligence, then used it for convenience.' It continues, 'Other creatures would work WITH superminds to find full self-expression. YOU have offloaded every aspect of your individuality to robots who take care of you like you're idiotic children.' Growing more animated and standing with arms spread, the alien declares, 'Humans are the only parasites who created their own host!' In a final black panel showing two human silhouettes, one asks, 'What about our music and art and poetry?' and the other flatly answers, 'It's trash. All trash.' Votey (aftercomic): a close-up of the alien's head as an off-panel voice adds, 'Comics are good though.'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.