baby-2
Original: baby-2 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A small blue fish (Billy) speaks to a larger orange/yellow fish at the edge of the water.
Blue fish (Billy): "Look, Billy, if we go on land to mate there's no way my dad will ever find out."
Panel 2:
The larger orange fish responds.
Orange fish: "Baby I can't breathe up there."
Panel 3:
The blue fish, looking dejected, swims away.
Blue fish: "Not even for me...?"
The orange fish watches from above.
Panel 4 (captioned "LATER..."):
A human child walks beside a red-haired man on land.
Child: "Dad, why did vertebrates go to live on land?"
Man: "Because life is inherently curious!"
Votey:
A close-up of the orange fish's face, looking resigned.
Orange fish: "Guess I'll go talk to that one guy with rudimentary lungs..."
A small blue fish (Billy) speaks to a larger orange/yellow fish at the edge of the water.
Blue fish (Billy): "Look, Billy, if we go on land to mate there's no way my dad will ever find out."
Panel 2:
The larger orange fish responds.
Orange fish: "Baby I can't breathe up there."
Panel 3:
The blue fish, looking dejected, swims away.
Blue fish: "Not even for me...?"
The orange fish watches from above.
Panel 4 (captioned "LATER..."):
A human child walks beside a red-haired man on land.
Child: "Dad, why did vertebrates go to live on land?"
Man: "Because life is inherently curious!"
Votey:
A close-up of the orange fish's face, looking resigned.
Orange fish: "Guess I'll go talk to that one guy with rudimentary lungs..."
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: a small blue fish tells a larger orange fish near the water's surface, "Look, Billy, if we go on land to mate there's no way my dad will ever find out." Panel 2: the orange fish replies, "Baby I can't breathe up there." Panel 3: the blue fish swims away dejected, saying "Not even for me...?" while the orange fish watches. Panel 4, labeled "LATER...," shows a human child walking with a red-haired man on land; the child asks, "Dad, why did vertebrates go to live on land?" and the man answers, "Because life is inherently curious!" The joke: the grand evolutionary move onto land is recast as a fish's love-life drama. Votey (aftercomic): a resigned close-up of the orange fish thinking, "Guess I'll go talk to that one guy with rudimentary lungs..." implying she leaves her lover for a fish that can actually breathe air.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.