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monolith

Original: monolith on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Transcript

Panel 1:
A woman with dark hair (left): I think women should form into a single political monolith and take control of the government.

Panel 2:
A woman with curly orange hair and round glasses (right): Women aren't all the same politically. Even if we were, how would you organize behavior among such geographically dispersed people?

Panel 3:
The dark-haired woman: Oh. No I don't mean a metaphorical monolith. I mean a gargantuan tower made of women, rumbling across the country, making demands and getting them immediately.

Panel 4:
The orange-haired woman (eyes now eager/wide): Where do I sign up?

Panel 5 (news broadcast):
Caption banner: SOON...
A news anchor at a desk, with a screen behind him showing a giant humanoid figure striding past the Washington Monument and Capitol: This morning the "Fe-Maelstrom" laid waste to Capitol Hill. Senators were seen groveling and promising mandatory pockets on all garments.

Votey:
The giant figure (a colossal humanoid made of many women's bodies) stands with arms outstretched, speech bubble: Also affordable healthcare but mostly pockets.

Alt text

A five-panel SMBC comic. In the first panels, a dark-haired woman tells an orange-haired woman with round glasses, "I think women should form into a single political monolith and take control of the government." The orange-haired woman objects: "Women aren't all the same politically. Even if we were, how would you organize behavior among such geographically dispersed people?" The dark-haired woman clarifies: "Oh. No I don't mean a metaphorical monolith. I mean a gargantuan tower made of women, rumbling across the country, making demands and getting them immediately." The orange-haired woman, suddenly eager, says, "Where do I sign up?" The final panel is a news broadcast labeled "SOON...": a male anchor at a desk reports, "This morning the 'Fe-Maelstrom' laid waste to Capitol Hill. Senators were seen groveling and promising mandatory pockets on all garments," while the screen behind him shows an enormous humanoid figure striding past the Washington Monument and the Capitol. In the votey aftercomic, the giant figure is shown up close, a towering body built out of countless tiny women, arms outstretched, declaring, "Also affordable healthcare but mostly pockets."

Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.