soul-5
Original: soul-5 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Man (holding a drink): So, I gave my soul away.
Woman: To Satan?
Panel 2:
Man: No. To Steve, a co-worker.
Woman: Why?
Panel 3:
Man: I just couldn't stand having an eternal immaterial essence.
Panel 4:
Man: Now I'm free. I can't be blamed for anything. I'm just a shambling meat machine. When I die, POOF, all gone. No more playing morality games against a judgmental deity.
Panel 5:
Woman: Won't the soul go to hell?
Man: That's Steve's problem.
Votey:
A man (presumably Steve) with a big grin: Can you believe he paid me.?
Man (holding a drink): So, I gave my soul away.
Woman: To Satan?
Panel 2:
Man: No. To Steve, a co-worker.
Woman: Why?
Panel 3:
Man: I just couldn't stand having an eternal immaterial essence.
Panel 4:
Man: Now I'm free. I can't be blamed for anything. I'm just a shambling meat machine. When I die, POOF, all gone. No more playing morality games against a judgmental deity.
Panel 5:
Woman: Won't the soul go to hell?
Man: That's Steve's problem.
Votey:
A man (presumably Steve) with a big grin: Can you believe he paid me.?
Alt text
A four-panel comic. A man holding a drink chats with a woman. Panel 1: he says "So, I gave my soul away," and she asks "To Satan?" Panel 2: he replies "No. To Steve, a co-worker," and she asks "Why?" Panel 3: he explains "I just couldn't stand having an eternal immaterial essence." Panel 4 (close-up of his content face): "Now I'm free. I can't be blamed for anything. I'm just a shambling meat machine. When I die, POOF, all gone. No more playing morality games against a judgmental deity." Panel 5: the woman asks "Won't the soul go to hell?" and he answers "That's Steve's problem." Votey (aftercomic): a loosely sketched grinning man's face, presumably Steve, with a speech bubble reading "Can you believe he paid me.?" — revealing Steve was paid to take the soul rather than paying for it.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.