lent
Original: lent on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1
Man with red hair: Hey Christ, are you giving up anything for Lent?
Panel 2
Jesus (bearded, long-haired man): Me? I... I can't. I'm perfection made flesh. Any behavior I gave up would make me worse.
Panel 3
Man with red hair: Just seems to me like if you want us all to do something you should be willing to do it yourself.
Panel 4
Narration: And that's when Jesus' liquor problem began.
Jesus (slumped on a couch, sweating, holding a bottle): It started as a joke, but now I can't relax without it.
Votey:
A close-up of Jesus' face, eyes shut.
Thought/text above him: Just as planned.
Man with red hair: Hey Christ, are you giving up anything for Lent?
Panel 2
Jesus (bearded, long-haired man): Me? I... I can't. I'm perfection made flesh. Any behavior I gave up would make me worse.
Panel 3
Man with red hair: Just seems to me like if you want us all to do something you should be willing to do it yourself.
Panel 4
Narration: And that's when Jesus' liquor problem began.
Jesus (slumped on a couch, sweating, holding a bottle): It started as a joke, but now I can't relax without it.
Votey:
A close-up of Jesus' face, eyes shut.
Thought/text above him: Just as planned.
Alt text
A four-panel comic. Panel 1: A red-haired man asks a bearded, long-haired man (Jesus), "Hey Christ, are you giving up anything for Lent?" Panel 2: Jesus replies, "Me? I... I can't. I'm perfection made flesh. Any behavior I gave up would make me worse." Panel 3: The red-haired man says, "Just seems to me like if you want us all to do something you should be willing to do it yourself." Panel 4: Narration reads, "And that's when Jesus' liquor problem began." Jesus is slumped on a couch, sweating, clutching a liquor bottle, saying, "It started as a joke, but now I can't relax without it." Votey: A close-up of Jesus' face with his eyes closed, captioned "Just as planned."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.