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Original: scribe on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (single panel):
A bearded man in robes (a scribe) speaks to a king with a long red/orange beard and a crown:
Scribe: "SIRE! YOUR SCRIBES ATTEMPTED TO ENTER THE SCRIPTORIUM AT THE SAME TIME AND ARE TRAPPED!"
The crowned king replies:
King: "ISHTAR-DAMNIT! I JUST BOUGHT THOSE SCRIBES!"
In the background, several scribes are crowded/jammed together in a doorway.
Caption at bottom: "4028 BC: History's first printer jam."
Votey:
Close-up of the king's frustrated, scowling face. Speech bubble:
King: "OH GOD, NOW THEY'RE SCRIBING THREE GILGAMESHES BUT I ONLY WANT ONE!"
A bearded man in robes (a scribe) speaks to a king with a long red/orange beard and a crown:
Scribe: "SIRE! YOUR SCRIBES ATTEMPTED TO ENTER THE SCRIPTORIUM AT THE SAME TIME AND ARE TRAPPED!"
The crowned king replies:
King: "ISHTAR-DAMNIT! I JUST BOUGHT THOSE SCRIBES!"
In the background, several scribes are crowded/jammed together in a doorway.
Caption at bottom: "4028 BC: History's first printer jam."
Votey:
Close-up of the king's frustrated, scowling face. Speech bubble:
King: "OH GOD, NOW THEY'RE SCRIBING THREE GILGAMESHES BUT I ONLY WANT ONE!"
Alt text
A single-panel SMBC comic. A bearded scribe in robes urgently tells a red-bearded, crowned king: "Sire! Your scribes attempted to enter the scriptorium at the same time and are trapped!" The king, exasperated, replies: "Ishtar-damnit! I just bought those scribes!" Behind them, a cluster of scribes is jammed together in a doorway. A caption reads: "4028 BC: History's first printer jam." The joke recasts ancient hand-copying scribes as a malfunctioning printer suffering a paper jam. Votey (aftercomic): A close-up of the king's furious, scowling face as he complains, "Oh god, now they're scribing three Gilgameshes but I only want one!" -- mimicking a printer churning out unwanted duplicate copies.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.