literary
Original: literary on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title: LITERARY ADJECTIVES AS ACTUALLY USED:
Panel 1 (label: HOMERIC):
An old bearded man (depicting Homer).
Speech bubble: "THE STORY WAS LONG WITH LOTS OF FIGHTS."
Panel 2 (label: SHAKESPEAREAN):
A man with long hair, a beard, and a ruffled collar (depicting Shakespeare).
Speech bubble: "THE LANGUAGE WAS CONFUSING AND THEN EVERYONE DIED."
Panel 3 (label: KAFKAESQUE):
A pale, gaunt man in a suit and tie (depicting Kafka).
Speech bubble: "IT WAS WEIRD."
Panel 4 (label: ORWELLIAN):
A man with dark hair and a small mustache in a suit and tie (depicting Orwell).
Speech bubble: "I DISAGREE WITH YOU, AND I HAVE ELEVATED THAT DISAGREEMENT TO A CONSPIRACY THEORY."
Votey:
Text (no character; caption inside the comic's border): "(ANYONE CALLING THIS AN OVERSIMPLIFICATION WILL BE ACCUSED OF BEING ORWELLIAN)"
Panel 1 (label: HOMERIC):
An old bearded man (depicting Homer).
Speech bubble: "THE STORY WAS LONG WITH LOTS OF FIGHTS."
Panel 2 (label: SHAKESPEAREAN):
A man with long hair, a beard, and a ruffled collar (depicting Shakespeare).
Speech bubble: "THE LANGUAGE WAS CONFUSING AND THEN EVERYONE DIED."
Panel 3 (label: KAFKAESQUE):
A pale, gaunt man in a suit and tie (depicting Kafka).
Speech bubble: "IT WAS WEIRD."
Panel 4 (label: ORWELLIAN):
A man with dark hair and a small mustache in a suit and tie (depicting Orwell).
Speech bubble: "I DISAGREE WITH YOU, AND I HAVE ELEVATED THAT DISAGREEMENT TO A CONSPIRACY THEORY."
Votey:
Text (no character; caption inside the comic's border): "(ANYONE CALLING THIS AN OVERSIMPLIFICATION WILL BE ACCUSED OF BEING ORWELLIAN)"
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic titled "Literary adjectives as actually used," each panel showing a famous author defining the adjective named after them. Panel 1, labeled HOMERIC: an old bearded man (Homer) says, "The story was long with lots of fights." Panel 2, labeled SHAKESPEAREAN: a long-haired bearded man in a ruffled collar (Shakespeare) says, "The language was confusing and then everyone died." Panel 3, labeled KAFKAESQUE: a gaunt pale man in a suit (Kafka) says, "It was weird." Panel 4, labeled ORWELLIAN: a dark-haired mustached man in a suit (Orwell) says, "I disagree with you, and I have elevated that disagreement to a conspiracy theory." The votey (bonus panel) is text only: "(Anyone calling this an oversimplification will be accused of being Orwellian)."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.