circle
Original: circle on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Main comic (single panel, set in a graveyard):
A man stands at left near a grave. A woman in a purple top and a small child stand together near a freshly dug, dark circular patch of earth around a headstone.
Man: THE CIRCLE OF DEAD PLANTS AROUND DAD'S GRAVE KEEPS EXPANDING.
Woman: THE ONLY THING THAT GROWS IS THIS WEIRD BLACK MOLD.
Child: WAS GWAMPA... THE DEVIL?
Caption below panel: Death Pro Tip: Shortly before the end, swallow a balloon full of plutonium dioxide.
Votey:
Close-up of the woman's face, smiling gently.
Woman: YES SWEETIE, I BELIEVE SO.
A man stands at left near a grave. A woman in a purple top and a small child stand together near a freshly dug, dark circular patch of earth around a headstone.
Man: THE CIRCLE OF DEAD PLANTS AROUND DAD'S GRAVE KEEPS EXPANDING.
Woman: THE ONLY THING THAT GROWS IS THIS WEIRD BLACK MOLD.
Child: WAS GWAMPA... THE DEVIL?
Caption below panel: Death Pro Tip: Shortly before the end, swallow a balloon full of plutonium dioxide.
Votey:
Close-up of the woman's face, smiling gently.
Woman: YES SWEETIE, I BELIEVE SO.
Alt text
A single-panel comic set in a green graveyard dotted with headstones. A man stands at left; a woman in a purple top and a small child stand by a freshly dug, dark circular patch of dead earth surrounding one headstone. The man says, "The circle of dead plants around Dad's grave keeps expanding." The woman adds, "The only thing that grows is this weird black mold." The child asks, "Was Gwampa... the Devil?" A caption reads: "Death Pro Tip: Shortly before the end, swallow a balloon full of plutonium dioxide." The joke implies the dead grandfather was secretly radioactive (or evil), poisoning the ground. Votey: a close-up of the smiling woman replying, "Yes sweetie, I believe so," cheerfully confirming the child's suspicion that grandpa was the Devil.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.