Mystery
Original: Mystery on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Caption (below panel): New book concept: reverse murder mysteries.
Panel 1 (single panel): A group of people, dressed in detective/period attire, are gathered around a body lying on the floor. A man in a brown coat stands over the body.
Detective in brown coat (gesturing at the body): GOOD GOD! OVERNIGHT NOBODY MURDERED STEVE!
Woman with red/orange hair: BUT WHY?? HOW??
Man holding a tray/serving the group: I CAN'T SEE THAT ANY OF US HAD A MOTIVE TO LEAVE HIM ALIVE, AND YET--
Man lying on the floor (Steve, still alive, raising his hand): HEY! I'M RIGHT HERE!!
Votey:
Single panel. A close-up of a man's face (Steve) lying down, looking exasperated.
Steve (speech bubble): I DID IT! STEVE!
Panel 1 (single panel): A group of people, dressed in detective/period attire, are gathered around a body lying on the floor. A man in a brown coat stands over the body.
Detective in brown coat (gesturing at the body): GOOD GOD! OVERNIGHT NOBODY MURDERED STEVE!
Woman with red/orange hair: BUT WHY?? HOW??
Man holding a tray/serving the group: I CAN'T SEE THAT ANY OF US HAD A MOTIVE TO LEAVE HIM ALIVE, AND YET--
Man lying on the floor (Steve, still alive, raising his hand): HEY! I'M RIGHT HERE!!
Votey:
Single panel. A close-up of a man's face (Steve) lying down, looking exasperated.
Steve (speech bubble): I DID IT! STEVE!
Alt text
A single-panel comic captioned "New book concept: reverse murder mysteries." A group of people in detective and period clothing gather around a man lying on the floor who is very much alive and raising his hand. A detective in a brown coat exclaims, "GOOD GOD! OVERNIGHT NOBODY MURDERED STEVE!" A red-haired woman cries, "BUT WHY?? HOW??" A man serving the group says, "I CAN'T SEE THAT ANY OF US HAD A MOTIVE TO LEAVE HIM ALIVE, AND YET--" while Steve, the man on the floor, protests, "HEY! I'M RIGHT HERE!!" The joke inverts a murder mystery: the shocking crime is that no one was murdered. Votey: a close-up of Steve's exasperated face as he declares, "I DID IT! STEVE!" parodying the detective-story confession.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.