the-universe
Original: the-universe on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Top banner: HEY GEEKS! IT'S ZACH. THIS IS AN AD FOR A SHORT KICKSTARTER WE'RE RUNNING WHERE YOU CAN GET MY NEW MINIBOOK PLUS SIGNED EDITIONS OF MY NEW BOOK A CITY ON MARS ALONG WITH LIMITED-RUN STUFF AND OTHER WEIRD GOODIES.
CLICK FOR MORE INFO AND IF THAT DOESN'T INTEREST YOU PLEASE JUST ENJOY TODAY'S TWO REGULAR COMICS!
Panel 1:
Man with flame-like hair: DEAR LORD, IT'S THAT CARTOONIST WHO DOES THE FUNNY SCIENCE COMICS!
Woman: NO. THAT'S RANDALL MUNROE.
Panel 2:
Man: YOU'RE THE LITERARY ONE WITH THE BELOVED MEMOIRS.
Woman: NO. THAT'S KATE BEATON.
Panel 3:
Man: OH! YOU DID THOSE CLEVER LONGFORM COMICS ABOUT LIFE AND DEATH.
Woman: NO. THAT'S ALLIE BROSH. I'M THE GUY WHO DID THAT ABRIDGED BIBLE WHERE GENESIS GETS ONE SENTENCE!
Panel 4:
Man: DON'T I KNOW YOU?
Woman: YOU GRABBED ME BECAUSE YOU THOUGHT I WAS RYAN NORTH.
Man: ANYWAY AFTER THAT I DID THIS BOOK ABRIDGING ALL OF SCIENCE.
Panel 5:
Man: OH THE UNIVERSE! YOU MAKE FUN OF STRING THEORY EVEN THOUGH I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT?
(label on book held by woman: SCIENCE)
Woman: THAT'S THE ONE!
Panel 6:
Woman: SINCE I SUMMARIZED YOUR HOLY BOOK AND ALL OF KNOWLEDGE, THE LOGICAL NEXT STEP WAS... THE WHOLE UNIVERSE.
Man: NO! NOT THE UNIVERSE! THAT'S WHERE I PUT MY STUFF! THAT'S WHERE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO HEAVEN LIVE!
Sound effect: BAM!
Book cover: THE UNIVERSE ABRIDGED
Bottom row:
INTRODUCING...
(book 1 cover, abridged Bible) THE HOLY BIBLE Abridged
(book 2 cover) SCIENCE Abridged
A LOVELY COMPANION TO...
(book 3 cover) KELLY AND ZACH WEINERSMITH A CITY ON MARS — stamped: Signed!
Votey:
Handwritten inside a hand-drawn frame:
FOR REAL, THANK YOU.
ZACH
CLICK FOR MORE INFO AND IF THAT DOESN'T INTEREST YOU PLEASE JUST ENJOY TODAY'S TWO REGULAR COMICS!
Panel 1:
Man with flame-like hair: DEAR LORD, IT'S THAT CARTOONIST WHO DOES THE FUNNY SCIENCE COMICS!
Woman: NO. THAT'S RANDALL MUNROE.
Panel 2:
Man: YOU'RE THE LITERARY ONE WITH THE BELOVED MEMOIRS.
Woman: NO. THAT'S KATE BEATON.
Panel 3:
Man: OH! YOU DID THOSE CLEVER LONGFORM COMICS ABOUT LIFE AND DEATH.
Woman: NO. THAT'S ALLIE BROSH. I'M THE GUY WHO DID THAT ABRIDGED BIBLE WHERE GENESIS GETS ONE SENTENCE!
Panel 4:
Man: DON'T I KNOW YOU?
Woman: YOU GRABBED ME BECAUSE YOU THOUGHT I WAS RYAN NORTH.
Man: ANYWAY AFTER THAT I DID THIS BOOK ABRIDGING ALL OF SCIENCE.
Panel 5:
Man: OH THE UNIVERSE! YOU MAKE FUN OF STRING THEORY EVEN THOUGH I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT?
(label on book held by woman: SCIENCE)
Woman: THAT'S THE ONE!
Panel 6:
Woman: SINCE I SUMMARIZED YOUR HOLY BOOK AND ALL OF KNOWLEDGE, THE LOGICAL NEXT STEP WAS... THE WHOLE UNIVERSE.
Man: NO! NOT THE UNIVERSE! THAT'S WHERE I PUT MY STUFF! THAT'S WHERE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO HEAVEN LIVE!
Sound effect: BAM!
Book cover: THE UNIVERSE ABRIDGED
Bottom row:
INTRODUCING...
(book 1 cover, abridged Bible) THE HOLY BIBLE Abridged
(book 2 cover) SCIENCE Abridged
A LOVELY COMPANION TO...
(book 3 cover) KELLY AND ZACH WEINERSMITH A CITY ON MARS — stamped: Signed!
Votey:
Handwritten inside a hand-drawn frame:
FOR REAL, THANK YOU.
ZACH
Alt text
A six-panel SMBC comic with a promotional banner on top from cartoonist Zach Weinersmith advertising a Kickstarter for a new minibook and signed editions of his book A City on Mars, telling readers to otherwise just enjoy today's two regular comics. In the comic, a man with flame-like hair keeps misidentifying a woman: he thinks she's Randall Munroe (funny science comics), then Kate Beaton (beloved memoirs), then Allie Brosh (clever longform comics about life and death). The woman corrects each guess, explaining she's the guy who made an abridged Bible where Genesis gets one sentence. He admits he only grabbed her because he thought she was Ryan North. He then says he abridged all of science (a book labeled SCIENCE), and she reveals her logical next step was to abridge the whole universe, holding up a book titled THE UNIVERSE ABRIDGED. He panics, shouting that the universe is where he keeps his stuff and where people going to heaven live, then a 'BAM!' suggests it gets abridged anyway. The bottom shows three book covers: a Holy Bible Abridged, a SCIENCE Abridged, and Kelly and Zach Weinersmith's A City on Mars stamped 'Signed!', billed as a lovely companion. The votey aftercomic is a hand-drawn frame containing the handwritten note: 'For real, thank you. Zach.'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.