oil
Original: oil on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: Two businesspeople sit at a table. A man with gray hair speaks.
Man (gray hair): "Young people aren't buying cars, and when they do buy them, they go electric! Petroleum sales are plummeting!"
Panel 2: The same man, now looking strained and desperate.
Man (gray hair): "We need some way to redesign gas stations to appeal to modern sensibilities!"
Panel 3: A view under the canopy of a gas station. Cars are parked beneath it. A pink sign hangs from the canopy.
Sign: "Essential Oil of Shale Sold Here"
Small text on the building: "SOON..."
Votey:
Handwritten text inside a hand-drawn square frame: "Made in (geologically) small batches!"
Man (gray hair): "Young people aren't buying cars, and when they do buy them, they go electric! Petroleum sales are plummeting!"
Panel 2: The same man, now looking strained and desperate.
Man (gray hair): "We need some way to redesign gas stations to appeal to modern sensibilities!"
Panel 3: A view under the canopy of a gas station. Cars are parked beneath it. A pink sign hangs from the canopy.
Sign: "Essential Oil of Shale Sold Here"
Small text on the building: "SOON..."
Votey:
Handwritten text inside a hand-drawn square frame: "Made in (geologically) small batches!"
Alt text
A three-panel SMBC comic. Panels 1-2: two businesspeople sit at a table; a gray-haired man frets, "Young people aren't buying cars, and when they do buy them, they go electric! Petroleum sales are plummeting!" then strains, "We need some way to redesign gas stations to appeal to modern sensibilities!" Panel 3: a gas station rebranded with a trendy pink sign reading "Essential Oil of Shale Sold Here," with "SOON..." lettered on the building, mocking artisanal/wellness marketing applied to petroleum. Votey: a hand-drawn framed label in handwriting reading "Made in (geologically) small batches!"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.