history-2
Original: history-2 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (caption: READING HISTORY, DAY ZERO):
Man: As a frequent podcast dabbler, I know most of the past.
Panel 2 (caption: READING HISTORY, DAY ONE):
Man: Maybe it's a little complicated.
Panel 3 (caption: DAY 100):
Man: I don't know a goddamned thing.
Panel 4 (caption: DAY 1000):
Man: Nobody knows a goddamned thing.
Votey:
Man: Except Robert Caro. He knows things.
Man: As a frequent podcast dabbler, I know most of the past.
Panel 2 (caption: READING HISTORY, DAY ONE):
Man: Maybe it's a little complicated.
Panel 3 (caption: DAY 100):
Man: I don't know a goddamned thing.
Panel 4 (caption: DAY 1000):
Man: Nobody knows a goddamned thing.
Votey:
Man: Except Robert Caro. He knows things.
Alt text
A four-panel comic charting one man's despair as he reads more history over time. DAY ZERO: he sits confidently with a book, saying "As a frequent podcast dabbler, I know most of the past." DAY ONE: "Maybe it's a little complicated." DAY 100: slumping forward, "I don't know a goddamned thing." DAY 1000: lying face-down on the desk, "Nobody knows a goddamned thing." Votey (aftercomic): a close-up of the man's face as he adds, "Except Robert Caro. He knows things."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.