cryogenic-2
Original: cryogenic-2 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Elderly man (in a hospital bed, silhouetted at first): If my heart fails during surgery, I want my head to be frozen.
Elderly woman (silhouette, speech bubble): Stored cryogenically until technology improves?
Panel 2:
The man's face is now shown clearly — he lies in the hospital bed with eyes wide.
Man: What? No. Just frozen.
Panel 3:
Man: I want my frozen head in the freezer in case you start dating again after I'm gone.
The elderly woman stands beside the bed, looking troubled.
Panel 4:
The woman claps both hands to her face in shock/horror.
Off-panel/nurse (speech bubble at top): Doctor, he's ready for the gas!
Man (now grinning maniacally in the bed): I'm gonna see if I can hold an angry face.
Votey:
A rough, hand-drawn sketch of the man's face with eyes closed, wearing a peaceful, serene smile.
Elderly man (in a hospital bed, silhouetted at first): If my heart fails during surgery, I want my head to be frozen.
Elderly woman (silhouette, speech bubble): Stored cryogenically until technology improves?
Panel 2:
The man's face is now shown clearly — he lies in the hospital bed with eyes wide.
Man: What? No. Just frozen.
Panel 3:
Man: I want my frozen head in the freezer in case you start dating again after I'm gone.
The elderly woman stands beside the bed, looking troubled.
Panel 4:
The woman claps both hands to her face in shock/horror.
Off-panel/nurse (speech bubble at top): Doctor, he's ready for the gas!
Man (now grinning maniacally in the bed): I'm gonna see if I can hold an angry face.
Votey:
A rough, hand-drawn sketch of the man's face with eyes closed, wearing a peaceful, serene smile.
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic. An elderly man lies in a hospital bed about to undergo surgery, with his elderly wife at his bedside. Panel 1: he says, "If my heart fails during surgery, I want my head to be frozen." She asks, "Stored cryogenically until technology improves?" Panel 2: his face shown clearly, eyes wide, replying, "What? No. Just frozen." Panel 3: "I want my frozen head in the freezer in case you start dating again after I'm gone." The wife looks disturbed. Panel 4: she claps her hands to her face in horror as a nurse announces, "Doctor, he's ready for the gas!" The man grins maniacally and says, "I'm gonna see if I can hold an angry face" — planning to freeze with a scowl to haunt her future dates. Votey aftercomic: a rough sketch of the man's face, but instead of an angry expression he has frozen with eyes gently closed and a calm, contented smile.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.