bat-2
Original: bat-2 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Robin: Hey Batman, why do we dress like this? Isn't it kind of ridiculous?
Panel 2:
Batman: Our costumes are designed to draw attention to us. To consume headlines, reducing coverage of other news.
Panel 3:
Robin: Precisely, Boy Wonder. [Note: speech bubble points toward Robin; the line riffs on Batman calling Robin "Boy Wonder."]
Panel 4:
Batman: That frees my secret army of real superheroes to patrol the night, murdering criminals, maintaining law and order.
Panel 5:
Robin: Gee Bruce, I don't know if law enforcement, prosecution, sentencing, and execution should be handed over to a tiny number of nocturnal sadists.
Panel 6:
Batman: Sounds like villain-talk, Robin.
Batman (small, panicked): Joking! Joking!
Votey:
Batman (off-panel): Good, now let's put on speedos and swing over people's heads.
[A nervous, wide-eyed cat is shown reacting.]
Robin: Hey Batman, why do we dress like this? Isn't it kind of ridiculous?
Panel 2:
Batman: Our costumes are designed to draw attention to us. To consume headlines, reducing coverage of other news.
Panel 3:
Robin: Precisely, Boy Wonder. [Note: speech bubble points toward Robin; the line riffs on Batman calling Robin "Boy Wonder."]
Panel 4:
Batman: That frees my secret army of real superheroes to patrol the night, murdering criminals, maintaining law and order.
Panel 5:
Robin: Gee Bruce, I don't know if law enforcement, prosecution, sentencing, and execution should be handed over to a tiny number of nocturnal sadists.
Panel 6:
Batman: Sounds like villain-talk, Robin.
Batman (small, panicked): Joking! Joking!
Votey:
Batman (off-panel): Good, now let's put on speedos and swing over people's heads.
[A nervous, wide-eyed cat is shown reacting.]
Alt text
A six-panel SMBC comic drawn in a cartoonish Batman style. Panel 1: Robin asks Batman, "Hey Batman, why do we dress like this? Isn't it kind of ridiculous?" Panel 2: Batman replies, "Our costumes are designed to draw attention to us. To consume headlines, reducing coverage of other news." Panel 3: A reply, "Precisely, Boy Wonder." Panel 4: Batman continues, "That frees my secret army of real superheroes to patrol the night, murdering criminals, maintaining law and order." Panel 5: Robin, looking uneasy, says, "Gee Bruce, I don't know if law enforcement, prosecution, sentencing, and execution should be handed over to a tiny number of nocturnal sadists." Panel 6: Batman, eyes now angry and mouth open in alarm, snaps, "Sounds like villain-talk, Robin," then quickly adds in small text, "Joking! Joking!" The joke skewers vigilante justice as authoritarian. Votey: a separate panel showing a nervous, wide-eyed cat reacting as an off-panel Batman says, "Good, now let's put on speedos and swing over people's heads."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.