micro
Original: micro on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A presenter (a person with curly hair, glasses, and a blazer over a NASA t-shirt) stands beside a poster covered in scattered shapes labeled "mp" with arrows pointing to them, and a "1mm" scale bar in the corner.
Presenter: "MICROPLASTICS. MICROPLASTICS EVERYWHERE."
Caption (below panel): The first certain sign of life on Mars was bittersweet.
Votey:
A simply-drawn face (the same presenter) speaks.
Presenter: "ON THE PLUS SIDE, WE HAVE A NEW SIGNATURE OF LIFE TO LOOK FOR ON EXOPLANETS!"
A presenter (a person with curly hair, glasses, and a blazer over a NASA t-shirt) stands beside a poster covered in scattered shapes labeled "mp" with arrows pointing to them, and a "1mm" scale bar in the corner.
Presenter: "MICROPLASTICS. MICROPLASTICS EVERYWHERE."
Caption (below panel): The first certain sign of life on Mars was bittersweet.
Votey:
A simply-drawn face (the same presenter) speaks.
Presenter: "ON THE PLUS SIDE, WE HAVE A NEW SIGNATURE OF LIFE TO LOOK FOR ON EXOPLANETS!"
Alt text
A presenter with curly hair, glasses, and a blazer over a NASA t-shirt stands next to a poster showing many scattered fragment shapes, each labeled "mp" with arrows, plus a "1mm" scale bar. They announce: "Microplastics. Microplastics everywhere." The caption below reads: "The first certain sign of life on Mars was bittersweet" — implying the only confirmed evidence of Martian life is the microplastic pollution left behind. Votey (aftercomic): a roughly sketched version of the same person adds cheerfully, "On the plus side, we have a new signature of life to look for on exoplanets!"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.