strong-2
Original: strong-2 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A warrior with long blonde hair, wearing fur-trimmed armor and carrying a round shield and a sword, stands reading text carved into a large standing stone (a rune-stone or grave marker).
Text carved on the stone:
STRONG IN SWORD-STRIFE. STEWING FOE-FLESH. FODDER FOR WOLF. FEAST FOR EAGLE. SOLID EMPLOYMENT. SIX-FEET OR TALLER
Caption (below panel): Dating profiles were basically the same in the 7th century.
Votey:
A person with a worried, downcast expression speaks.
Speaker (the worried person): I'll never feed enough flesh to raven, wolf, and eagle to afford a home.
A warrior with long blonde hair, wearing fur-trimmed armor and carrying a round shield and a sword, stands reading text carved into a large standing stone (a rune-stone or grave marker).
Text carved on the stone:
STRONG IN SWORD-STRIFE. STEWING FOE-FLESH. FODDER FOR WOLF. FEAST FOR EAGLE. SOLID EMPLOYMENT. SIX-FEET OR TALLER
Caption (below panel): Dating profiles were basically the same in the 7th century.
Votey:
A person with a worried, downcast expression speaks.
Speaker (the worried person): I'll never feed enough flesh to raven, wolf, and eagle to afford a home.
Alt text
Main comic (single panel): A blonde-haired warrior in fur-trimmed armor, holding a round shield and a sword, stands reading words carved into a large standing stone. The carved text reads, in mock-runic boasting style: "Strong in sword-strife. Stewing foe-flesh. Fodder for wolf. Feast for eagle. Solid employment. Six-feet or taller." The caption underneath reads: "Dating profiles were basically the same in the 7th century." The joke is that the warrior's epitaph-like list of battle virtues reads exactly like a modern dating-app bio. Votey (aftercomic): A close-up of a person with a worried, frowning face who says, "I'll never feed enough flesh to raven, wolf, and eagle to afford a home." — turning the heroic boasting into a glum complaint about not being able to afford housing.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.