phantasm
Original: phantasm on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A blond, clean-shaven warrior in red armor holds a sword out, pointing it at someone off-panel.
Blond warrior: "Halt or be slain! How do I know you're really my brother and not a phantasm sent by the dread wizard Dokalf!"
Panel 2: A bearded man in gray, calm-faced, replies.
Bearded man: "When you were 3, you tried to stick Skittles in your butt to see if you could eat them that way."
Panel 3: The blond warrior is now seen in profile on the left, facing the bearded man, who gestures as he continues talking.
Bearded man: "You got like 20 in there before mom had to stop-"
Panel 4: The blond warrior, looking dismayed, swings the sword across in front of him.
Sound effect: "slice!"
Votey:
A close-up of the bearded man's face, now wide-eyed and alarmed, with a thin slicing line drawn across his neck/throat.
Bearded man: "Stop smililng while you die!" (text as written, with that spelling)
Blond warrior: "Halt or be slain! How do I know you're really my brother and not a phantasm sent by the dread wizard Dokalf!"
Panel 2: A bearded man in gray, calm-faced, replies.
Bearded man: "When you were 3, you tried to stick Skittles in your butt to see if you could eat them that way."
Panel 3: The blond warrior is now seen in profile on the left, facing the bearded man, who gestures as he continues talking.
Bearded man: "You got like 20 in there before mom had to stop-"
Panel 4: The blond warrior, looking dismayed, swings the sword across in front of him.
Sound effect: "slice!"
Votey:
A close-up of the bearded man's face, now wide-eyed and alarmed, with a thin slicing line drawn across his neck/throat.
Bearded man: "Stop smililng while you die!" (text as written, with that spelling)
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: a blond, clean-shaven warrior in red armor levels a sword at someone off-panel and demands, "Halt or be slain! How do I know you're really my brother and not a phantasm sent by the dread wizard Dokalf!" Panel 2: a calm bearded man in gray answers, "When you were 3, you tried to stick Skittles in your butt to see if you could eat them that way." Panel 3: the two face each other; the bearded man adds, "You got like 20 in there before mom had to stop-" Panel 4: the now-dismayed warrior, embarrassed by the proof, swings his sword across with a "slice!" The joke: the embarrassing memory proves identity but provokes a deadly reaction. Votey: a close-up of the bearded man's alarmed, wide-eyed face with a slice line drawn across his throat, saying, "Stop smililng while you die!"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.