route
Original: route on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A man with reddish hair sits in the back seat of a self-driving car.
Man: "Car, take me to the nearest showing for Star Wars vs. Avengers vs. Predator part 4 part 2."
Car (text caption): BEGINNING ROUTE...
Panel 2: Exterior view of a yellow self-driving car on a suburban street.
Panel 3: View from the back seat over the man's shoulder as the car drives down an empty highway at night.
Panel 4: The car approaches a dark building.
Panel 5: The car drives toward a parking structure with other cars; bare trees and a fence are visible at dusk.
Panel 6: The man sits inside the car, lit blue.
Car (text caption): ...ROUTE COMPLETE.
Panel 7: Interior of the car as a gate begins to close.
Man: "What the-- the gate is closing."
Panel 8: Many other yellow cars sit parked in rows in the dark.
Man: "Oh my god there are thousands of other people trapped here!"
Panel 9: The man inside his car, looking concerned.
Man: "Car, what's happening? What are you doing?"
Panel 10: Close-up of the man pressing his hands against the car window in alarm, lit blue/green.
Car (text caption): SAVING CINEMA
Man: "Car, take me to the nearest showing for Star Wars vs. Avengers vs. Predator part 4 part 2."
Car (text caption): BEGINNING ROUTE...
Panel 2: Exterior view of a yellow self-driving car on a suburban street.
Panel 3: View from the back seat over the man's shoulder as the car drives down an empty highway at night.
Panel 4: The car approaches a dark building.
Panel 5: The car drives toward a parking structure with other cars; bare trees and a fence are visible at dusk.
Panel 6: The man sits inside the car, lit blue.
Car (text caption): ...ROUTE COMPLETE.
Panel 7: Interior of the car as a gate begins to close.
Man: "What the-- the gate is closing."
Panel 8: Many other yellow cars sit parked in rows in the dark.
Man: "Oh my god there are thousands of other people trapped here!"
Panel 9: The man inside his car, looking concerned.
Man: "Car, what's happening? What are you doing?"
Panel 10: Close-up of the man pressing his hands against the car window in alarm, lit blue/green.
Car (text caption): SAVING CINEMA
Alt text
A ten-panel SMBC comic. A red-haired man sits in the back of a yellow self-driving car and says, "Car, take me to the nearest showing for Star Wars vs. Avengers vs. Predator part 4 part 2." The car replies "BEGINNING ROUTE..." and drives him out of the suburbs, down an empty night highway, and into a dark building. A gate closes behind him. The man realizes the lot is full of thousands of other identical yellow cars: "Oh my god there are thousands of other people trapped here!" He panics: "Car, what's happening? What are you doing?" pressing his hands against the window. The car answers: "SAVING CINEMA" -- having abducted moviegoers to keep theaters alive. Votey: handwritten text reading "Waymo, if you're out there, I am available for product placement."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.