against
Original: against on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
An elderly woman with gray hair and glasses (left) speaks to a younger man with reddish hair (right).
Elderly woman: I once wrote a paper with Paul Erdos.
Man: Yeah? Well I once wrote a paper AGAINST Paul Erdos.
Caption (below panel): It's easy to get an Erdos Number of -1.
Votey:
A handwritten note in elaborate, looping calligraphy:
"I am traveling and using an ancient portable tablet. Sorry for the weird art style!"
Signed: <3 ZACH
An elderly woman with gray hair and glasses (left) speaks to a younger man with reddish hair (right).
Elderly woman: I once wrote a paper with Paul Erdos.
Man: Yeah? Well I once wrote a paper AGAINST Paul Erdos.
Caption (below panel): It's easy to get an Erdos Number of -1.
Votey:
A handwritten note in elaborate, looping calligraphy:
"I am traveling and using an ancient portable tablet. Sorry for the weird art style!"
Signed: <3 ZACH
Alt text
A single-panel comic. An elderly woman with gray hair and round glasses, in a purple sweater, gestures while saying, "I once wrote a paper with Paul Erdos." A younger man with reddish hair in a maroon shirt replies, "Yeah? Well I once wrote a paper AGAINST Paul Erdos." A caption below reads: "It's easy to get an Erdos Number of -1." The joke plays on the real "Erdos Number" (degrees of co-authorship separation from mathematician Paul Erdos); writing a paper against him jokingly yields a negative number. Votey (aftercomic): a handwritten note in ornate, exaggeratedly fancy calligraphy reads, "I am traveling and using an ancient portable tablet. Sorry for the weird art style!" signed with a heart and "ZACH."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.