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Original: star on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A balding bespectacled man in a suit stands at a podium giving a presentation, gesturing to a slide behind him.
Man: "In closing, I wish to note that every asterisk used in this presentation was a different photograph of my anus."
The slide behind him reads (each item preceded by an asterisk):
* profits
* productivity
* reinvestment
* efficiency
Panel 2:
Close-up of the man's face.
Man: "I increased the contrast until they just looked like little stars, but knowing their origin is what gave me the confidence to speak to you this evening."
Panel 3:
The audience, seen from behind/beside, listens.
Man: "Thank you, goodnight, God bless you all, and the question marks were actually my balls."
Panel 4:
Wide shot of the man at the podium on a stage. The slide behind him now shows a scatter of question marks (the "asterisks" and "question marks" he described).
Votey:
Text (handwritten title-card style): "The rest of the symbols are left as an exercise for the reader."
Below, small loose doodles of a comma, a swirl/symbol, and other scribbled marks are scattered around.
A balding bespectacled man in a suit stands at a podium giving a presentation, gesturing to a slide behind him.
Man: "In closing, I wish to note that every asterisk used in this presentation was a different photograph of my anus."
The slide behind him reads (each item preceded by an asterisk):
* profits
* productivity
* reinvestment
* efficiency
Panel 2:
Close-up of the man's face.
Man: "I increased the contrast until they just looked like little stars, but knowing their origin is what gave me the confidence to speak to you this evening."
Panel 3:
The audience, seen from behind/beside, listens.
Man: "Thank you, goodnight, God bless you all, and the question marks were actually my balls."
Panel 4:
Wide shot of the man at the podium on a stage. The slide behind him now shows a scatter of question marks (the "asterisks" and "question marks" he described).
Votey:
Text (handwritten title-card style): "The rest of the symbols are left as an exercise for the reader."
Below, small loose doodles of a comma, a swirl/symbol, and other scribbled marks are scattered around.
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic. A balding, bespectacled man in a suit gives a presentation at a podium. Panel 1: gesturing to a slide that lists "profits, productivity, reinvestment, efficiency," each bulleted with an asterisk, he says, "In closing, I wish to note that every asterisk used in this presentation was a different photograph of my anus." Panel 2 (close-up): "I increased the contrast until they just looked like little stars, but knowing their origin is what gave me the confidence to speak to you this evening." Panel 3 (the audience): "Thank you, goodnight, God bless you all, and the question marks were actually my balls." Panel 4 (wide shot of the stage): the slide behind him now shows scattered question marks. Votey: handwritten text reads "The rest of the symbols are left as an exercise for the reader," with a few small scribbled punctuation-mark doodles below.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.