indie
Original: indie on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Woman (blonde, urgently, to a man in a fedora): HURRY INDIE! THE ARK!
Panel 2:
Woman: WE'RE ALLOWED TO BE INVOLVED IN RESEARCH ON IT, BUT IT HAS TO BE DISPLAYED AT AN IN SITU MUSEUM AND WE NEED TO GET BUY-IN FROM LOCAL INTEREST GROUPS THAT HAVE INTERNAL DISAGREEMENTS THAT INVOLVE BALANCING THE NEED FOR LOCAL JOBS AGAINST CONCERNS ABOUT OUTSIDERS VIOLATING SACRED SPACES!
(The fedora-wearing man walks away while the woman points after him.)
Panel 3:
Woman: THERE WILL BE POLITICAL PITFALLS! SOCIAL TRAPS AROUND EVERY CORNER! THE LAST MAN TO ENTER WAS KNOCKED OVER BY A GIANT BALL OF PAPERWORK, THEN INSURANCE COVERAGE OF HIS INJURIES REQUIRED MORE PAPERWORK!
Panel 4:
Woman: MODERN ARCHAEOLOGY IS MORE ETHICAL, BUT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A HELL OF A TIME MAKING MOVIES.
Man (in fedora, deadpan): QUICK! GET THE PEN FROM YOUR BELT!
Votey:
A generic face speaking: IT'S TOO BAD THAT YOU DON'T SPEAK HOVITOS, BECAUSE SEVERAL GRANT APPLICATIONS REQUIRE HOVITOS FLUENCY.
Woman (blonde, urgently, to a man in a fedora): HURRY INDIE! THE ARK!
Panel 2:
Woman: WE'RE ALLOWED TO BE INVOLVED IN RESEARCH ON IT, BUT IT HAS TO BE DISPLAYED AT AN IN SITU MUSEUM AND WE NEED TO GET BUY-IN FROM LOCAL INTEREST GROUPS THAT HAVE INTERNAL DISAGREEMENTS THAT INVOLVE BALANCING THE NEED FOR LOCAL JOBS AGAINST CONCERNS ABOUT OUTSIDERS VIOLATING SACRED SPACES!
(The fedora-wearing man walks away while the woman points after him.)
Panel 3:
Woman: THERE WILL BE POLITICAL PITFALLS! SOCIAL TRAPS AROUND EVERY CORNER! THE LAST MAN TO ENTER WAS KNOCKED OVER BY A GIANT BALL OF PAPERWORK, THEN INSURANCE COVERAGE OF HIS INJURIES REQUIRED MORE PAPERWORK!
Panel 4:
Woman: MODERN ARCHAEOLOGY IS MORE ETHICAL, BUT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A HELL OF A TIME MAKING MOVIES.
Man (in fedora, deadpan): QUICK! GET THE PEN FROM YOUR BELT!
Votey:
A generic face speaking: IT'S TOO BAD THAT YOU DON'T SPEAK HOVITOS, BECAUSE SEVERAL GRANT APPLICATIONS REQUIRE HOVITOS FLUENCY.
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic parodying Indiana Jones. A blonde woman in a red blazer talks urgently to a man wearing a fedora reminiscent of Indiana Jones. Panel 1: she shouts 'HURRY INDIE! THE ARK!' Panel 2: instead of an adventure, she explains the bureaucratic reality: they're allowed to research the Ark, but it must be displayed at an in-situ museum, and they need buy-in from local interest groups with internal disagreements balancing local jobs against concerns about outsiders violating sacred spaces. The man, unimpressed, walks away as she points after him. Panel 3: she warns of 'political pitfalls' and 'social traps around every corner,' joking that the last man to enter was knocked over by a giant ball of paperwork (instead of a boulder), and that insurance coverage of his injuries required even more paperwork. Panel 4: she concludes 'Modern archaeology is more ethical, but they're gonna have a hell of a time making movies,' while the deadpan fedora man replies 'Quick! Get the pen from your belt!'
Votey (aftercomic): A single panel with a simply-drawn face delivering a final line: 'It's too bad that you don't speak Hovitos, because several grant applications require Hovitos fluency.' (Hovitos being the fictional tribe from Raiders of the Lost Ark, here recast as a grant-application requirement.)
Votey (aftercomic): A single panel with a simply-drawn face delivering a final line: 'It's too bad that you don't speak Hovitos, because several grant applications require Hovitos fluency.' (Hovitos being the fictional tribe from Raiders of the Lost Ark, here recast as a grant-application requirement.)
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.