death-6
Original: death-6 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Child: Mama, where do Daddy go when he died?
Panel 2:
Mother: Died inside. Died for real?
Panel 3:
Child: Inside.
Mother: Florida.
Panel 4:
Mother: We apparently had enough savings for a beach house and a downpayment on a car.
Panel 5:
Child: What about when we died for real?
Panel 6:
Mother: Did you know that alligators are part of a great circle of life?
Votey:
Mother (speech bubble): You sure sing that song a lot.
(Below, a small drawing of the child's face looking up.)
Child: Mama, where do Daddy go when he died?
Panel 2:
Mother: Died inside. Died for real?
Panel 3:
Child: Inside.
Mother: Florida.
Panel 4:
Mother: We apparently had enough savings for a beach house and a downpayment on a car.
Panel 5:
Child: What about when we died for real?
Panel 6:
Mother: Did you know that alligators are part of a great circle of life?
Votey:
Mother (speech bubble): You sure sing that song a lot.
(Below, a small drawing of the child's face looking up.)
Alt text
A six-panel SMBC comic. A small boy stands beside his mother, who is holding a baby. In panel one the boy asks, 'Mama, where do Daddy go when he died?' The mother, confused, replies 'Died inside. Died for real?' The boy clarifies 'Inside,' and the mother answers 'Florida.' She continues that they 'apparently had enough savings for a beach house and a downpayment on a car.' The boy presses, 'What about when we died for real?' Dodging the morbid question, the mother deflects: 'Did you know that alligators are part of a great circle of life?' The joke is a parent evading a child's questions about death by changing the subject. Votey (aftercomic): the mother, in a speech bubble, says 'You sure sing that song a lot,' above a small sketch of the boy's upturned face.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.