running
Original: running on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Woman with red hair: How'd you get so fit so fast?
Bald man: I got this new earpiece.
Panel 2:
Woman: What?
Bald man: It constantly whispers secret regrets to me.
Panel 3 (yellow caption over the characters): YOU NEVER FOUGHT HARD ENOUGH FOR YOUR DREAMS AND NOW YOU'RE OLD. YOUR FATHER DIED SAD AND YOU WERE PARTLY TO BLAME. DAVE REALLY LOVED YOU BUT YOU LET IT GO OVER A MISUNDERSTANDING.
Bald man (grinning): I AM RUNNING AND NOT THINKING! AND NOT THINKING! AND NOT THINKING!
Panel 4:
The bald man grins broadly, wearing the earpiece, as the red-haired woman watches in the background.
Votey:
The bald man, looking sad/strained, thinks (in a thought bubble): IF ONLY I'D BEEN A CARTOONIST INSTEAD OF A RICH GUY!
Woman with red hair: How'd you get so fit so fast?
Bald man: I got this new earpiece.
Panel 2:
Woman: What?
Bald man: It constantly whispers secret regrets to me.
Panel 3 (yellow caption over the characters): YOU NEVER FOUGHT HARD ENOUGH FOR YOUR DREAMS AND NOW YOU'RE OLD. YOUR FATHER DIED SAD AND YOU WERE PARTLY TO BLAME. DAVE REALLY LOVED YOU BUT YOU LET IT GO OVER A MISUNDERSTANDING.
Bald man (grinning): I AM RUNNING AND NOT THINKING! AND NOT THINKING! AND NOT THINKING!
Panel 4:
The bald man grins broadly, wearing the earpiece, as the red-haired woman watches in the background.
Votey:
The bald man, looking sad/strained, thinks (in a thought bubble): IF ONLY I'D BEEN A CARTOONIST INSTEAD OF A RICH GUY!
Alt text
A four-panel comic. Panel 1: A red-haired woman asks a bald man, "How'd you get so fit so fast?" He replies, "I got this new earpiece." Panel 2: She says, "What?" He explains, "It constantly whispers secret regrets to me." Panel 3: A yellow caption box represents the earpiece's whispers: "You never fought hard enough for your dreams and now you're old. Your father died sad and you were partly to blame. Dave really loved you but you let it go over a misunderstanding." The man grins manically and shouts, "I am running and not thinking! And not thinking! And not thinking!" Panel 4: A close-up of the bald man grinning widely while wearing the earpiece. The joke: he uses a stream of devastating personal regrets as motivation to exercise so he doesn't have to dwell on them. Votey (aftercomic): The same man, now looking sad and worn, thinks: "If only I'd been a cartoonist instead of a rich guy!"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.