Puppets
Original: Puppets on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
An old wizard with a gray beard, pointed hat, and staff stands beside a short hooded figure in a robe. They are looking toward a pond, out of which rise two hand puppets on arms emerging from the water: one pink/purple puppet and one green puppet.
Wizard: "IT'S TWO HANDPUPPETS, AND THEY KEEP FIGHTING, AND NOBODY LOOKS HAPPY BUT NOBODY CAN GET THE UPPER HAND."
Caption (below panel): The Lady of the Lake suggests Democracy.
Votey:
Close-up of a man's face, frowning, with a speech bubble.
Man: "FUCK YOU, THE PEOPLE WANT A GUY WITH A SWORD!"
An old wizard with a gray beard, pointed hat, and staff stands beside a short hooded figure in a robe. They are looking toward a pond, out of which rise two hand puppets on arms emerging from the water: one pink/purple puppet and one green puppet.
Wizard: "IT'S TWO HANDPUPPETS, AND THEY KEEP FIGHTING, AND NOBODY LOOKS HAPPY BUT NOBODY CAN GET THE UPPER HAND."
Caption (below panel): The Lady of the Lake suggests Democracy.
Votey:
Close-up of a man's face, frowning, with a speech bubble.
Man: "FUCK YOU, THE PEOPLE WANT A GUY WITH A SWORD!"
Alt text
A Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal comic. In a single panel, an old gray-bearded wizard with a pointed hat and staff stands beside a short hooded figure, both gazing at a pond. Rising from the water are two hand puppets on arms (one pink, one green), as if they are the arm of the Lady of the Lake. The wizard says, "It's two handpuppets, and they keep fighting, and nobody looks happy but nobody can get the upper hand." A caption beneath reads: "The Lady of the Lake suggests Democracy." The joke reframes the Arthurian legend, where the Lady of the Lake offers Excalibur, into her instead offering squabbling puppet democracy. Votey (aftercomic): a close-up of a man's frowning face who snaps, "Fuck you, the people want a guy with a sword!" rejecting democracy in favor of the legendary sword-granting that picks a king.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.