kettling
Original: kettling on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: Two people (a person with dark hair, and a person with red/orange hair) stand on a hillside looking up at birds circling overhead.
Person with dark hair: See those vultures? They're kettling.
Panel 2: Wide shot of the vultures circling in the sky over green hills.
Panel 3: The red-haired person explains.
Red-haired person: People think they're circling for scavenging reasons. Actually they're catching a thermal updraft, hoping to reach a high altitude before heading elsewhere.
Panel 4: A close shot showing an object (a hamburger) on the ground.
Red-haired person: It's the same behavior as young humans saving money to get away from their hometown. Only vultures do it by soaring on warm air, while we do it by making burgers for assholes.
Panel 5: The two people face each other.
Panel 6: Close-up of the red-haired person making a hand gesture.
Panel 7: The two figures stand silhouetted on the hillside under the circling birds.
Panel 8: The dark-haired person addresses the red-haired one by name.
Dark-haired person: Maybe you should quit your job, Sandy.
Red-haired person (Sandy), arms spread wide: I will fly! Fly on the waves of a greasetrap!
Votey: A loose black-and-white sketch of a person, arms flung out wide and head tilted back joyously, with a big speech balloon overhead reading: CAW! CAW!
Person with dark hair: See those vultures? They're kettling.
Panel 2: Wide shot of the vultures circling in the sky over green hills.
Panel 3: The red-haired person explains.
Red-haired person: People think they're circling for scavenging reasons. Actually they're catching a thermal updraft, hoping to reach a high altitude before heading elsewhere.
Panel 4: A close shot showing an object (a hamburger) on the ground.
Red-haired person: It's the same behavior as young humans saving money to get away from their hometown. Only vultures do it by soaring on warm air, while we do it by making burgers for assholes.
Panel 5: The two people face each other.
Panel 6: Close-up of the red-haired person making a hand gesture.
Panel 7: The two figures stand silhouetted on the hillside under the circling birds.
Panel 8: The dark-haired person addresses the red-haired one by name.
Dark-haired person: Maybe you should quit your job, Sandy.
Red-haired person (Sandy), arms spread wide: I will fly! Fly on the waves of a greasetrap!
Votey: A loose black-and-white sketch of a person, arms flung out wide and head tilted back joyously, with a big speech balloon overhead reading: CAW! CAW!
Alt text
An eight-panel color comic. On a green hillside, a dark-haired person points out vultures circling overhead to a red-haired companion, saying they're "kettling." The red-haired person explains the birds aren't scavenging but catching a thermal updraft to gain altitude before heading elsewhere, comparing it to young humans saving money to escape their hometown: "Only vultures do it by soaring on warm air, while we do it by making burgers for assholes" (a hamburger is shown on the ground). The dark-haired person says, "Maybe you should quit your job, Sandy." The red-haired person, named Sandy, throws their arms wide and declares, "I will fly! Fly on the waves of a greasetrap!" Votey (aftercomic): a rough black-and-white sketch of a person with arms flung out and head thrown back in joy, a large speech balloon overhead reading "CAW! CAW!"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.