buds
Original: buds on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Young man with flame-like orange hair (to his father): Mom, Dad... I'm asexual.
Panel 2:
Mother: We understand, and thank you for telling us. You know when you were a teen, I-
Young man: No. I mean REPRODUCTIVELY asexual.
Panel 3:
The young man lifts his shirt; a small duplicate of himself is budding off from his torso.
Young man: I'm budding off a duplicate as we speak!
Panel 4:
Now two identical young men stand side by side, each budding a small duplicate from his torso.
Young man (in unison): We will both bud now.
Panel 5:
The father (an older man) speaks to the mother while a crowd of identical silhouetted figures looms.
Father: See I told you the liberals have gone too far.
The crowd of duplicates (in unison): WE ARE LEGION!
Votey:
A close-up of one of the budded duplicates — a small pink fleshy blob-creature with a tuft of orange hair, two dot eyes, and a simple curved smile, set against a yellow-green background.
Young man with flame-like orange hair (to his father): Mom, Dad... I'm asexual.
Panel 2:
Mother: We understand, and thank you for telling us. You know when you were a teen, I-
Young man: No. I mean REPRODUCTIVELY asexual.
Panel 3:
The young man lifts his shirt; a small duplicate of himself is budding off from his torso.
Young man: I'm budding off a duplicate as we speak!
Panel 4:
Now two identical young men stand side by side, each budding a small duplicate from his torso.
Young man (in unison): We will both bud now.
Panel 5:
The father (an older man) speaks to the mother while a crowd of identical silhouetted figures looms.
Father: See I told you the liberals have gone too far.
The crowd of duplicates (in unison): WE ARE LEGION!
Votey:
A close-up of one of the budded duplicates — a small pink fleshy blob-creature with a tuft of orange hair, two dot eyes, and a simple curved smile, set against a yellow-green background.
Alt text
A five-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: A young man with flame-like orange hair tells his parents, "Mom, Dad... I'm asexual." Panel 2: His mother begins a supportive reply, "We understand, and thank you for telling us. You know when you were a teen, I-" but he cuts her off: "No. I mean REPRODUCTIVELY asexual." Panel 3: He lifts his shirt to reveal a tiny duplicate of himself budding off his torso, saying "I'm budding off a duplicate as we speak!" Panel 4: Now two identical men stand together, each budding another small clone, announcing "We will both bud now." Panel 5: The exasperated father tells the mother, "See I told you the liberals have gone too far," while a growing crowd of identical silhouetted duplicates chants "WE ARE LEGION!" Votey: A close-up of one budded duplicate — a small pink fleshy blob with a tuft of orange hair, dot eyes, and a tiny smile on a yellow-green background.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.