nag
Original: nag on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
This is a Kickstarter promotional message from the cartoonist rather than a standard gag comic.
Top text block (Zach, the cartoonist):
"Hey everyone, it's Zach. Social media algorithms make it hard to reach my audience these days, so I'm just here to let you know we have a Kickstarter running one more week. You can get my new mini book on cosmology and a signed copy of my new space settlement book, A CITY ON MARS.
Backers also get two free audiobooks of mine, read by beloved and brilliant geek Gretchen McCulloch and okay astronomer Phil Plait. CLICK TO SEE!
Also! If you buy at the right level, you can get this poster of Tycho Brahe's weird cosmology, in which the Sun revolves around the Earth and the planets revolve around the Sun."
Central image: a geocentric/Tychonic orbital diagram on a black starfield, with the Earth at the center, the Sun orbiting the Earth, and the other planets orbiting the Sun. Planetary symbols (Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, etc.) are drawn along the orbits. Across the diagram in cursive script:
"Close enough."
Bottom text block (Zach):
"Thanks. Sorry to be annoying. I'll be annoying again in the final day. This solar system will self destruct in 24 hours."
Signed: Zach
Small handwritten note with an arrow pointing to a little doodle: "PS here's a dink"
Votey:
A bald, grumpy-looking man drawn in close-up. Above him, handwritten text reads "Phil Plait" with a curved arrow pointing down at him, identifying him.
Top text block (Zach, the cartoonist):
"Hey everyone, it's Zach. Social media algorithms make it hard to reach my audience these days, so I'm just here to let you know we have a Kickstarter running one more week. You can get my new mini book on cosmology and a signed copy of my new space settlement book, A CITY ON MARS.
Backers also get two free audiobooks of mine, read by beloved and brilliant geek Gretchen McCulloch and okay astronomer Phil Plait. CLICK TO SEE!
Also! If you buy at the right level, you can get this poster of Tycho Brahe's weird cosmology, in which the Sun revolves around the Earth and the planets revolve around the Sun."
Central image: a geocentric/Tychonic orbital diagram on a black starfield, with the Earth at the center, the Sun orbiting the Earth, and the other planets orbiting the Sun. Planetary symbols (Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, etc.) are drawn along the orbits. Across the diagram in cursive script:
"Close enough."
Bottom text block (Zach):
"Thanks. Sorry to be annoying. I'll be annoying again in the final day. This solar system will self destruct in 24 hours."
Signed: Zach
Small handwritten note with an arrow pointing to a little doodle: "PS here's a dink"
Votey:
A bald, grumpy-looking man drawn in close-up. Above him, handwritten text reads "Phil Plait" with a curved arrow pointing down at him, identifying him.
Alt text
A Kickstarter promo from cartoonist Zach rather than a usual gag strip. Top text: "Hey everyone, it's Zach. Social media algorithms make it hard to reach my audience these days, so I'm just here to let you know we have a Kickstarter running one more week." He pitches a new mini cosmology book, a signed copy of his space settlement book A City on Mars, and two free audiobooks read by Gretchen McCulloch and "okay astronomer Phil Plait." He adds that higher backing levels get a poster of "Tycho Brahe's weird cosmology, in which the Sun revolves around the Earth and the planets revolve around the Sun." The center shows that Tychonic diagram on a black starfield: Earth at the center, the Sun orbiting Earth, and the other planets orbiting the Sun, with cursive text reading "Close enough." Bottom text: "Thanks. Sorry to be annoying. I'll be annoying again in the final day. This solar system will self destruct in 24 hours," signed Zach, plus a tiny note "PS here's a dink" with an arrow to a small doodle. Votey: a close-up of a bald, grumpy-faced man labeled with handwritten text "Phil Plait" and an arrow pointing at him.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.