paw-2
Original: paw-2 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Man (holding a monkey's paw): A monkey's paw! It's going to give me my wish but with horrible consequences!
Panel 2:
(The man looks thoughtful, hand on his chin.)
Panel 3:
Man: I wish... SOMEHOW... I got about as much money as my parents have.
Panel 4:
(The monkey's paw curls a finger — sound effect: "c-r-n-k".)
Panel 5:
(A phone rings nearby — sound effect: "ring ring ring". The man gestures toward it, smiling.)
Panel 6:
Voice on phone: Did you know you can be legally held liable for your parents' medical debt. I'm afraid they've passed away and—
(The man listens on the phone, expression falling.)
Panel 7:
Man (kneeling, distraught, arms raised): Curse you monkey's paaawwwwwwwwwwwwww!
Votey:
(Close-up of the monkey's paw with its index finger extended upward — a single raised finger.)
Man (holding a monkey's paw): A monkey's paw! It's going to give me my wish but with horrible consequences!
Panel 2:
(The man looks thoughtful, hand on his chin.)
Panel 3:
Man: I wish... SOMEHOW... I got about as much money as my parents have.
Panel 4:
(The monkey's paw curls a finger — sound effect: "c-r-n-k".)
Panel 5:
(A phone rings nearby — sound effect: "ring ring ring". The man gestures toward it, smiling.)
Panel 6:
Voice on phone: Did you know you can be legally held liable for your parents' medical debt. I'm afraid they've passed away and—
(The man listens on the phone, expression falling.)
Panel 7:
Man (kneeling, distraught, arms raised): Curse you monkey's paaawwwwwwwwwwwwww!
Votey:
(Close-up of the monkey's paw with its index finger extended upward — a single raised finger.)
Alt text
A seven-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: A man holds up a small monkey's paw and excitedly says, "A monkey's paw! It's going to give me my wish but with horrible consequences!" Panel 2: He pauses thoughtfully, hand on chin. Panel 3: He wishes, "I wish... SOMEHOW... I got about as much money as my parents have." Panel 4: The monkey's paw curls a finger with a "c-r-n-k" sound. Panel 5: A phone rings; he gestures toward it, smiling, expecting his wish to come true. Panel 6: He answers the phone and a voice says, "Did you know you can be legally held liable for your parents' medical debt. I'm afraid they've passed away and—". His face falls. Panel 7: He kneels and wails, "Curse you monkey's paaawwwww!" The joke: his wish to have as much money as his parents was granted literally and cruelly — by his parents dying and leaving him their medical debt, so now he has the same (negative) amount they did. Votey (aftercomic): A close-up of the monkey's paw with a single index finger raised straight up, as if flipping him off or signaling "one."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.