santa
Original: santa on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A red-haired woman, looking distressed, stands beside a bespectacled man with a gray mustache.
Woman: We should tell him Santa exists!
Panel 2: An orange-haired person (seen from behind) faces the gray-mustached man, who looks stern.
Orange-haired person: We should tell him Santa DOESN'T exist!
Panel 3: The man and the red-haired woman stand together, the woman's hand on her chin in thought.
Man: Hmmm...
Woman: If only there were a compromise solution...
Panel 4: The man, smiling slightly, leans toward a red-haired child (seen from behind).
Caption: And so...
Man: Son, Santa is dead.
Votey:
A woman with a bob haircut holds a finger to her chin, looking thoughtful.
Woman: Actually, undead.
Woman: We should tell him Santa exists!
Panel 2: An orange-haired person (seen from behind) faces the gray-mustached man, who looks stern.
Orange-haired person: We should tell him Santa DOESN'T exist!
Panel 3: The man and the red-haired woman stand together, the woman's hand on her chin in thought.
Man: Hmmm...
Woman: If only there were a compromise solution...
Panel 4: The man, smiling slightly, leans toward a red-haired child (seen from behind).
Caption: And so...
Man: Son, Santa is dead.
Votey:
A woman with a bob haircut holds a finger to her chin, looking thoughtful.
Woman: Actually, undead.
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic. Two parents argue about what to tell their child about Santa. In panel one, a distressed red-haired woman says "We should tell him Santa exists!" In panel two, the other parent insists "We should tell him Santa DOESN'T exist!" to a stern gray-mustached man. In panel three the man muses "Hmmm..." and the woman says "If only there were a compromise solution..." In the final panel, captioned "And so...," the smiling father leans toward his young son and says "Son, Santa is dead." In the votey aftercomic, a thoughtful woman with a finger to her chin adds the clarification: "Actually, undead."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.