why-4
Original: why-4 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A man lies awake in bed in the dark, eyes open.
Man (praying): "Dear God, I can't sleep. I keep wondering... how come I'm poor, alone, weak, confused, and tired all the time?"
Panel 2: The man lies in bed, eyes open, listening.
Voice (in a speech bubble, God answering): "In a past life you were a hot billionaire genius who had non-stop sex."
Panel 3: Close-up of the man's face, mouth open in shock/dismay.
Voice (God): "This lifetime is a punishment for that one."
Panel 4: The man lies in bed asleep.
Sound: "zzz..."
Votey:
The same man lies asleep, now with a thought bubble above his head reading: "THIS IS HELL."
Man (praying): "Dear God, I can't sleep. I keep wondering... how come I'm poor, alone, weak, confused, and tired all the time?"
Panel 2: The man lies in bed, eyes open, listening.
Voice (in a speech bubble, God answering): "In a past life you were a hot billionaire genius who had non-stop sex."
Panel 3: Close-up of the man's face, mouth open in shock/dismay.
Voice (God): "This lifetime is a punishment for that one."
Panel 4: The man lies in bed asleep.
Sound: "zzz..."
Votey:
The same man lies asleep, now with a thought bubble above his head reading: "THIS IS HELL."
Alt text
A four-panel comic. In the dark, a man lying awake in bed prays: "Dear God, I can't sleep. I keep wondering... how come I'm poor, alone, weak, confused, and tired all the time?" A voice from above answers: "In a past life you were a hot billionaire genius who had non-stop sex." The man's face goes slack with dismay as the voice continues: "This lifetime is a punishment for that one." In the final panel he is asleep, snoring "zzz..." Votey (black-and-white aftercomic): the man sleeps with a thought bubble reading "THIS IS HELL."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.