burial
Original: burial on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Person (off-panel, approaching): WHATCHA DOING?
Man with flame-like red hair (kneeling, digging a hole): BURYING MY PRIZED POSSESSIONS.
Panel 2:
Red-haired man: I WROTE MY NAME ON THEM. WHEN PEOPLE DIG UP THIS STUFF IN A THOUSAND YEARS THEY'LL CALL IT "THE HORDE OF STEVE."
Panel 3:
Other man: BUT THESE ARE POKEMON CARDS.
Red-haired man (Steve): LOOK I CAN'T AFFORD A GOLDEN SWORD OR WHATEVER. THESE ARE THE MOST VALUABLE THINGS I OWN.
Panel 4 (caption): MILLENNIA LATER...
Future archaeologist (excavating the buried box): OH MY GOD A FIRST EDITION BLASTOISE!
Another future archaeologist: THEIR LIVES WERE SO RICH AND MEANINGFUL.
Votey:
A large eyeball gazes at the viewer.
Speech bubble: TOO BAD THEY WERE SO DELICIOUS.
Person (off-panel, approaching): WHATCHA DOING?
Man with flame-like red hair (kneeling, digging a hole): BURYING MY PRIZED POSSESSIONS.
Panel 2:
Red-haired man: I WROTE MY NAME ON THEM. WHEN PEOPLE DIG UP THIS STUFF IN A THOUSAND YEARS THEY'LL CALL IT "THE HORDE OF STEVE."
Panel 3:
Other man: BUT THESE ARE POKEMON CARDS.
Red-haired man (Steve): LOOK I CAN'T AFFORD A GOLDEN SWORD OR WHATEVER. THESE ARE THE MOST VALUABLE THINGS I OWN.
Panel 4 (caption): MILLENNIA LATER...
Future archaeologist (excavating the buried box): OH MY GOD A FIRST EDITION BLASTOISE!
Another future archaeologist: THEIR LIVES WERE SO RICH AND MEANINGFUL.
Votey:
A large eyeball gazes at the viewer.
Speech bubble: TOO BAD THEY WERE SO DELICIOUS.
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: a man with flame-like red hair kneels digging a hole in a grassy field while another man approaches asking "Whatcha doing?" The red-haired man replies, "Burying my prized possessions." Panel 2: close on the red-haired man saying he wrote his name on them so that when people dig the stuff up in a thousand years they'll call it "The Horde of Steve." Panel 3: the other man points out "But these are Pokemon cards." Steve responds that he can't afford a golden sword or whatever, and these are the most valuable things he owns. Panel 4, captioned "Millennia later...": three robed future archaeologists excavate the buried box; one exclaims "Oh my god a first edition Blastoise!" and another says reverently "Their lives were so rich and meaningful." The joke: a man's worthless-seeming Pokemon cards become treasured ancient artifacts that future people misread as profound. Votey: a single large eyeball stares at the viewer, with a speech bubble reading "Too bad they were so delicious" — implying the future excavators ate the people.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.