cargo
Original: cargo on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A young man with reddish-brown hair, in a red shirt and jeans, walks across a grassy field. A musical note appears in his speech bubble (he is humming).
Panel 2: The same man, now suddenly seated and looking down at himself in alarm.
Man: WHAT THE... WHY AM I SUDDENLY WEARING CARGO SHORTS AND TUBE SOCKS?
Panel 3: Close-up of the man's lap and legs, his hands spread out in confusion, wearing cargo shorts and tube socks.
Panel 4: The man, now appearing older with a mustache/stubble, looks distressed.
Man: WHY ARE MY HANDS BUILDING A DECK?
Panel 5: The older man, increasingly alarmed.
Man: WIFE! IS THERE SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO TELL ME?!
Panel 6: His hands grip a wooden plank as he works on the deck.
Panel 7: His hands continue building the wooden deck, tools and a red object nearby.
Panel 8: A woman with orange/red hair in a yellow shirt smiles.
Woman: I'M PREGNANT.
Panel 9: The man, now fully transformed into a balding, mustached, glasses-wearing dad, reacts with dawning realization.
Man: I'M... DAD?
Panel 10: The dad and the smiling woman face each other.
Panel 11: The dad, in glasses and a mustache, contentedly reads a green magazine titled "LAWNCARE ILLUSTRATED."
Votey:
Close-up of the dad's face, a single tear running down his cheek, with a serious/stunned expression.
Dad: BY GOD, I SUDDENLY HAVE OPINIONS ON ADJUSTABLE RATE MORTGAGES.
Panel 2: The same man, now suddenly seated and looking down at himself in alarm.
Man: WHAT THE... WHY AM I SUDDENLY WEARING CARGO SHORTS AND TUBE SOCKS?
Panel 3: Close-up of the man's lap and legs, his hands spread out in confusion, wearing cargo shorts and tube socks.
Panel 4: The man, now appearing older with a mustache/stubble, looks distressed.
Man: WHY ARE MY HANDS BUILDING A DECK?
Panel 5: The older man, increasingly alarmed.
Man: WIFE! IS THERE SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO TELL ME?!
Panel 6: His hands grip a wooden plank as he works on the deck.
Panel 7: His hands continue building the wooden deck, tools and a red object nearby.
Panel 8: A woman with orange/red hair in a yellow shirt smiles.
Woman: I'M PREGNANT.
Panel 9: The man, now fully transformed into a balding, mustached, glasses-wearing dad, reacts with dawning realization.
Man: I'M... DAD?
Panel 10: The dad and the smiling woman face each other.
Panel 11: The dad, in glasses and a mustache, contentedly reads a green magazine titled "LAWNCARE ILLUSTRATED."
Votey:
Close-up of the dad's face, a single tear running down his cheek, with a serious/stunned expression.
Dad: BY GOD, I SUDDENLY HAVE OPINIONS ON ADJUSTABLE RATE MORTGAGES.
Alt text
An eleven-panel comic depicting a young man's abrupt, involuntary transformation into a stereotypical dad. He starts as a carefree young man humming as he walks across a field. Suddenly he's confused to find himself wearing cargo shorts and tube socks, then horrified that his hands are building a deck on their own. He cries out, 'WIFE! IS THERE SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO TELL ME?!' A red-haired woman smiles and says, 'I'M PREGNANT.' As he says 'I'M... DAD?' his appearance morphs into a balding, mustached, bespectacled father, who ends up contentedly reading a magazine called 'LAWNCARE ILLUSTRATED.' The joke is that becoming a dad is an unstoppable, body-snatching transformation into dad cliches. In the votey aftercomic, a close-up of the dad's face shows a single tear as he declares with solemn awe, 'BY GOD, I SUDDENLY HAVE OPINIONS ON ADJUSTABLE RATE MORTGAGES.'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.