fisher-of-men
Original: fisher-of-men on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A wide beach scene. A small distant figure runs across the sand toward the ocean. A small orange dot floats in the water near the shore. (No dialogue.)
Panel 2: Close on a man with reddish-brown hair, seen from the chest up against the dark water. He looks ahead. (No dialogue.)
Panel 3: The same man now in the water, holding the string of a large orange balloon that floats above the surface. (No dialogue.)
Panel 4: An underwater view. A large fish (greenish) swims at the left. On the right, a pair of legs and an arm stick up out of the water above, the man having gone under / drowned. (No dialogue.)
Votey:
Text (in a speech bubble): "HOPE THERE'S NOT TOO MUCH MERCURY IN THEM THIS YEAR."
Below, a fish skeleton lies on the sea floor, with a fishing-line and hook trailing down toward it from above.
Panel 2: Close on a man with reddish-brown hair, seen from the chest up against the dark water. He looks ahead. (No dialogue.)
Panel 3: The same man now in the water, holding the string of a large orange balloon that floats above the surface. (No dialogue.)
Panel 4: An underwater view. A large fish (greenish) swims at the left. On the right, a pair of legs and an arm stick up out of the water above, the man having gone under / drowned. (No dialogue.)
Votey:
Text (in a speech bubble): "HOPE THERE'S NOT TOO MUCH MERCURY IN THEM THIS YEAR."
Below, a fish skeleton lies on the sea floor, with a fishing-line and hook trailing down toward it from above.
Alt text
A mostly wordless SMBC comic. Panel 1: a wide, lonely beach where a tiny distant figure runs toward the ocean, a small orange speck floating in the water. Panel 2: a close-up of a man with reddish hair looking out over the dark water. Panel 3: the man is now in the water holding the string of a big orange balloon floating above him. Panel 4: an underwater view shows a large fish swimming while, to the side, the man's legs and arm jut up out of the water above—he has gone under and drowned, his cheerful orange balloon having lured or accompanied him out too far. The votey aftercomic shows a fish skeleton on the seabed with a fishing line and hook dangling toward it, and a speech bubble reading: "HOPE THERE'S NOT TOO MUCH MERCURY IN THEM THIS YEAR."—implying the fish are now eating the drowned humans.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.