dog-years
Original: dog-years on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A man and a red-haired woman stand at a table with a birthday cake. A dog wearing a party hat sits at the table looking at a phone.
Man: Congratulations!
Woman: You're 120 years old in dog years!
Panel 2:
Close-up of the woman looking thoughtfully at the dog (who holds the phone).
Woman: Wait. Does that mean he has 120 year old political views?
Panel 3:
The dog, still wearing the party hat, looks down with a slightly troubled expression. A thought bubble trails from him.
Dog (thinking): Why does the man make the cake and not his woman?
Votey:
Extreme close-up of the dog's worried face.
Dog (thinking): The cartoonist was too nervous to have me say something racist, wasn't he?
A man and a red-haired woman stand at a table with a birthday cake. A dog wearing a party hat sits at the table looking at a phone.
Man: Congratulations!
Woman: You're 120 years old in dog years!
Panel 2:
Close-up of the woman looking thoughtfully at the dog (who holds the phone).
Woman: Wait. Does that mean he has 120 year old political views?
Panel 3:
The dog, still wearing the party hat, looks down with a slightly troubled expression. A thought bubble trails from him.
Dog (thinking): Why does the man make the cake and not his woman?
Votey:
Extreme close-up of the dog's worried face.
Dog (thinking): The cartoonist was too nervous to have me say something racist, wasn't he?
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: A man and a red-haired woman stand behind a birthday cake at a table; a dog wearing a party cone hat sits with them holding a phone. The man says "Congratulations!" and the woman adds "You're 120 years old in dog years!" Panel 2: The woman looks at the dog thoughtfully and wonders, "Wait. Does that mean he has 120 year old political views?" Panel 3: The party-hatted dog gazes down uneasily, thinking in a bubble, "Why does the man make the cake and not his woman?" The joke: turning the dog's age into human years also gives him outdated, sexist attitudes. Votey (aftercomic): An extreme close-up of the dog's worried face as he thinks, "The cartoonist was too nervous to have me say something racist, wasn't he?"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.