critics
Original: critics on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (single panel):
Narration (yellow header): IN ANCIENT LITERATURE, I FOUND THE PERFECT OPENING QUOTATION FOR ANY REBUTTAL:
Quotation in Greek: Μεμήνασι δ' οὗτοι
—Διογένης Λαέρτιος
English translation below: "BUT THESE CRITICS ARE ALL CRAZY"
—DIOGENES LAERTIUS, 3RD CENTURY AD
Citation (bottom, small print): EPICURUS. (2012). THE ART OF HAPPINESS (G. K. STRODACH, TRANS.). PENGUIN CLASSICS.
Votey:
IF THEY WEREN'T CRAZY, THEY WOULD HAVE THEIR OWN CLASSICAL QUOTATION TO PROVE IT
Narration (yellow header): IN ANCIENT LITERATURE, I FOUND THE PERFECT OPENING QUOTATION FOR ANY REBUTTAL:
Quotation in Greek: Μεμήνασι δ' οὗτοι
—Διογένης Λαέρτιος
English translation below: "BUT THESE CRITICS ARE ALL CRAZY"
—DIOGENES LAERTIUS, 3RD CENTURY AD
Citation (bottom, small print): EPICURUS. (2012). THE ART OF HAPPINESS (G. K. STRODACH, TRANS.). PENGUIN CLASSICS.
Votey:
IF THEY WEREN'T CRAZY, THEY WOULD HAVE THEIR OWN CLASSICAL QUOTATION TO PROVE IT
Alt text
A single-panel comic styled as a textbook or slide. A yellow header reads: "In ancient literature, I found the perfect opening quotation for any rebuttal." Below, in a light blue box, a quotation is shown first in ancient Greek attributed to Diogenes Laertius, then translated into English as "But these critics are all crazy" — Diogenes Laertius, 3rd Century AD. A scholarly citation at the bottom credits Epicurus, The Art of Happiness (Strodach trans.), Penguin Classics. The joke: dressing up a petty dismissive insult in a real-looking classical citation makes it sound authoritative. Votey (small aftercomic): hand-drawn text reading, "If they weren't crazy, they would have their own classical quotation to prove it."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.