resurrection
Original: resurrection on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A grassy hillside at night with a tomb entrance set into a hill. A bright beam of light shines down onto the tomb.
Panel 2: A glowing, translucent figure (a divine/spiritual presence) rises into the night sky above a small grave marker.
Voice (from above, glowing figure): STEVE! STEEEEVE! THIS IS THE RESURRECTION! I'M BRINGING BACK YOUR BODY AND EVERYTHING!
Panel 3: The glowing figure stands among mounded hills of dirt.
Voice (glowing figure): BEHOLD!
Panel 4: A small glowing figure floats over the mounds of dirt/flesh.
Steve: WHAT IS ALL THIS?
Voice (glowing figure): YOUR BODDDDY. ALLLLL OF IT. ALL THE DEAD BITS YOU SLOUGHED OFF DURING 89 YEARS OF LIIIIIIFE!
Panel 5: The small glowing figure (Steve) hovers over a large dirt mound.
Voice (glowing figure): IT'S 80% RED BLOOD CELLS BUT THE FINGERNAILS CREEP ME OUT THE MOST.
Steve: CAN I GO BACK TO DOING PENANCE IN HELL NOW?
Votey: A simple drawing of an old television set. On its screen are the words: IT'S ALL HELL, BABY! ALL OF IT!
Panel 2: A glowing, translucent figure (a divine/spiritual presence) rises into the night sky above a small grave marker.
Voice (from above, glowing figure): STEVE! STEEEEVE! THIS IS THE RESURRECTION! I'M BRINGING BACK YOUR BODY AND EVERYTHING!
Panel 3: The glowing figure stands among mounded hills of dirt.
Voice (glowing figure): BEHOLD!
Panel 4: A small glowing figure floats over the mounds of dirt/flesh.
Steve: WHAT IS ALL THIS?
Voice (glowing figure): YOUR BODDDDY. ALLLLL OF IT. ALL THE DEAD BITS YOU SLOUGHED OFF DURING 89 YEARS OF LIIIIIIFE!
Panel 5: The small glowing figure (Steve) hovers over a large dirt mound.
Voice (glowing figure): IT'S 80% RED BLOOD CELLS BUT THE FINGERNAILS CREEP ME OUT THE MOST.
Steve: CAN I GO BACK TO DOING PENANCE IN HELL NOW?
Votey: A simple drawing of an old television set. On its screen are the words: IT'S ALL HELL, BABY! ALL OF IT!
Alt text
A five-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: at night, a beam of light shines down onto a tomb set in a grassy hillside. Panel 2: a glowing translucent divine figure rises into the sky above a grave, calling out 'Steve! Steeeeve! This is the resurrection! I'm bringing back your body and everything!' Panel 3: the figure stands among mounds of dirt and announces 'Behold!' Panel 4: a small glowing figure (Steve) floats over the mounds, asking 'What is all this?' The divine voice replies 'Your bodddy. Alllll of it. All the dead bits you sloughed off during 89 years of liiiiife!' Panel 5: Steve hovers over a huge dirt mound made of his shed dead cells. The voice adds 'It's 80% red blood cells but the fingernails creep me out the most.' Steve, unimpressed, asks 'Can I go back to doing penance in hell now?' Votey aftercomic: a drawing of an old television set whose screen reads 'It's all hell, baby! All of it!'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.