seasonal
Original: seasonal on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A fishing boat is out on the water near a rocky shore.
Panel 2: On a beach, small pumpkins with stick-like legs scurry across the sand. A man's voice cries out.
Man (off-panel): MY GOD, THEY'RE BACK. BACK AGAIN! RUN CHILDREN! TRY TO STAY AHEAD!
Panel 3: The pumpkins swarm across the beach as more emerge from the water.
Panel 4: Two men stand on the shore. One older man (with a beard, holding a knife) and a younger man (aiming a rifle) prepare to fight.
Older man: TO EVERY THING...
Panel 5: Close-up of the older bearded man speaking grimly.
Older man: ...THERE IS A SEASON.
Panel 6: The younger man fires the rifle.
Sound effect: BANG
Panel 7: A pumpkin recoils, struck.
Panel 8: Nighttime exterior of a CAFE. Two patrons sit at an outdoor table. A lit window sign reads: PUMPKIN SPICE LATTES ARE BACK! Pumpkins are visible in the window display.
Votey: A diagram of a to-go coffee cup with three labeled layers, arrows pointing to each.
Labels (top to bottom): foam, espresso, blood.
Panel 2: On a beach, small pumpkins with stick-like legs scurry across the sand. A man's voice cries out.
Man (off-panel): MY GOD, THEY'RE BACK. BACK AGAIN! RUN CHILDREN! TRY TO STAY AHEAD!
Panel 3: The pumpkins swarm across the beach as more emerge from the water.
Panel 4: Two men stand on the shore. One older man (with a beard, holding a knife) and a younger man (aiming a rifle) prepare to fight.
Older man: TO EVERY THING...
Panel 5: Close-up of the older bearded man speaking grimly.
Older man: ...THERE IS A SEASON.
Panel 6: The younger man fires the rifle.
Sound effect: BANG
Panel 7: A pumpkin recoils, struck.
Panel 8: Nighttime exterior of a CAFE. Two patrons sit at an outdoor table. A lit window sign reads: PUMPKIN SPICE LATTES ARE BACK! Pumpkins are visible in the window display.
Votey: A diagram of a to-go coffee cup with three labeled layers, arrows pointing to each.
Labels (top to bottom): foam, espresso, blood.
Alt text
An eight-panel comic. A fishing boat sits offshore. On a beach, small legged pumpkins scurry around as a man's voice yells 'My God, they're back. Back again! Run children! Try to stay ahead!' The pumpkins swarm the shore, emerging from the water. An older bearded man with a knife and a younger man with a rifle stand ready. The older man intones 'To every thing... there is a season.' The young man fires (BANG) and a pumpkin is hit. The final panel shows a nighttime cafe with a glowing window sign reading 'Pumpkin Spice Lattes Are Back!' and pumpkins on display, framing the seasonal pumpkin-spice return as a recurring monstrous invasion that gets harvested into coffee. Votey: a labeled diagram of a to-go coffee cup with three layers, arrows pointing to 'foam,' 'espresso,' and at the bottom 'blood.'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.