aethelred
Original: aethelred on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Portrait painter (a bearded man in green): KING AETHELRED, PLEASE! PLEASE STOP GIGGLING. I CAN'T DRAW YOUR PORTRAIT IF YOU KEEP GIGGLING!
(King Aethelred, a crowned figure in red, stands at right.)
Panel 2:
Painter: PLEASE! JUST ONE GOOD DRAWING, SO WE CAN HANG IT IN THE PORTRAIT GALLERY!
Panel 3 (caption: MONTHS LATER...):
Painter: OKAY ONE MORE STROKE AND... GODDAMMIT!!
Panel 4:
(A finished medieval-style portrait of a robed figure holding a staff hangs on a wall, lit by a spotlight.)
Votey:
(A bearded king with a speech bubble:) FUCK IT. I'M BETRAYING YOU TO THE DANES.
Portrait painter (a bearded man in green): KING AETHELRED, PLEASE! PLEASE STOP GIGGLING. I CAN'T DRAW YOUR PORTRAIT IF YOU KEEP GIGGLING!
(King Aethelred, a crowned figure in red, stands at right.)
Panel 2:
Painter: PLEASE! JUST ONE GOOD DRAWING, SO WE CAN HANG IT IN THE PORTRAIT GALLERY!
Panel 3 (caption: MONTHS LATER...):
Painter: OKAY ONE MORE STROKE AND... GODDAMMIT!!
Panel 4:
(A finished medieval-style portrait of a robed figure holding a staff hangs on a wall, lit by a spotlight.)
Votey:
(A bearded king with a speech bubble:) FUCK IT. I'M BETRAYING YOU TO THE DANES.
Alt text
A four-panel comic. Panel 1: a bearded portrait painter in green stands at an easel and pleads with a crowned king in red, "King Aethelred, please! Please stop giggling. I can't draw your portrait if you keep giggling!" Panel 2: the painter, exasperated, begs, "Please! Just one good drawing, so we can hang it in the portrait gallery!" Panel 3, captioned "Months later...": the painter says, "Okay one more stroke and... goddammit!!" Panel 4: a finished, formal medieval portrait of a robed figure holding a staff hangs spotlit on a wall, implying the painter finally succeeded. Votey (aftercomic): a close-up of a frowning bearded king who says, "Fuck it. I'm betraying you to the Danes."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.