donation
Original: donation on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: Two small figures walk up a dark hillside at twilight. An older man (speaking, offscreen-ish in a speech balloon): "I've never understood flowers for a funeral. I'm dead! What am I gonna do with all these flowers when I'm not even here?"
Panel 2: A younger man and an older bald man with glasses stand together. The younger man: "Well dad, why don't you ask people to make donations?"
Panel 3: Close-up of the older man (the dad), grinning widely with bright round glasses: "Yes. Yes, that's excellent."
Panel 4: A title bar reads "LATER..." Below, a framed funeral sign sits on an easel in a dim room, showing a photo of the smiling old man. The sign text: "In lieu of flowers, please donate your body to the Great Pyre so that you may serve the deceased in the Beyond Worlds."
Votey: A hand-drawn sign with bold black border reads: "Guests are encouraged to enter the purifying flame while holding tools, food, or precious metals. Thank you!"
Panel 2: A younger man and an older bald man with glasses stand together. The younger man: "Well dad, why don't you ask people to make donations?"
Panel 3: Close-up of the older man (the dad), grinning widely with bright round glasses: "Yes. Yes, that's excellent."
Panel 4: A title bar reads "LATER..." Below, a framed funeral sign sits on an easel in a dim room, showing a photo of the smiling old man. The sign text: "In lieu of flowers, please donate your body to the Great Pyre so that you may serve the deceased in the Beyond Worlds."
Votey: A hand-drawn sign with bold black border reads: "Guests are encouraged to enter the purifying flame while holding tools, food, or precious metals. Thank you!"
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: two tiny figures walk up a dark twilight hill; an old man's voice in a speech balloon complains, "I've never understood flowers for a funeral. I'm dead! What am I gonna do with all these flowers when I'm not even here?" Panel 2: a young man stands beside his bald, bespectacled father and suggests, "Well dad, why don't you ask people to make donations?" Panel 3: close-up of the grinning old father, eyes hidden behind bright round glasses, replying ominously, "Yes. Yes, that's excellent." Panel 4: titled "LATER...", a framed funeral easel displays the smiling old man's photo above a sign reading, "In lieu of flowers, please donate your body to the Great Pyre so that you may serve the deceased in the Beyond Worlds" -- the donation suggestion has turned into a cult-like demand for human sacrifice. Votey: a separate bordered sign reads, "Guests are encouraged to enter the purifying flame while holding tools, food, or precious metals. Thank you!" -- the deceased wants grave goods and servants for the afterlife.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.