hugs
Original: hugs on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A man with red/orange hair holds up a cardboard sign that reads "FREE HUGS". Another man approaches.
Panel 2: The red-haired man hugs the other man.
Red-haired man: Your arms are rotated backward, and you're pressing your nose into my ear.
Panel 3: The two men, mid-hug, faces close together.
Red-haired man: These are hugs with manufacturing defects. That's why they're free.
Panel 4: Close-up of the two men's faces.
Red-haired man: This is the only love you can afford.
Votey:
A speech bubble against a close-up of a face.
Voice: Due to inflation, free now means 4 dollars.
Panel 2: The red-haired man hugs the other man.
Red-haired man: Your arms are rotated backward, and you're pressing your nose into my ear.
Panel 3: The two men, mid-hug, faces close together.
Red-haired man: These are hugs with manufacturing defects. That's why they're free.
Panel 4: Close-up of the two men's faces.
Red-haired man: This is the only love you can afford.
Votey:
A speech bubble against a close-up of a face.
Voice: Due to inflation, free now means 4 dollars.
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: a red-haired man holds up a cardboard "FREE HUGS" sign as another man walks toward him. Panel 2: the red-haired man hugs the other man and says, "Your arms are rotated backward, and you're pressing your nose into my ear." Panel 3, faces close together mid-hug, he says, "These are hugs with manufacturing defects. That's why they're free." Panel 4, an extreme close-up of the two faces, he deadpans, "This is the only love you can afford." Votey aftercomic: a close-up face with a speech bubble reading, "Due to inflation, free now means 4 dollars."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.