Climax
Original: Climax on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Customer (off-panel, speech bubble pointing into a bookstore with a "BOOKS" sign): GOOD AFTERNOON. I'D LIKE TO SLOWLY WORK MYSELF UP TO AN IMMENSE CLIMAX OVER THE COURSE OF SEVERAL WEEKS.
Panel 2:
Bookseller (a man in an apron with glasses, behind the counter, a red-haired customer's back visible in foreground): PLEASE MA'AM, DON'T MAKE ME TAP THE SIGN.
Panel 3:
A hanging sign reads: NO BEING HONEST ABOUT THE ROMANTASY GENRE
The sign shows an image of a shirtless muscular figure with flowing hair, dragon wings, and a sword, with a red "no" circle-and-slash crossing it out.
Votey:
Panel 1:
Customer: I WOULD LIKE SOMETHING LIKE YOUNG ADULT FICTION, BUT WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY NOT FOR YOUNG ADULTS.
Panel 2:
Customer (whispering, small speech bubble; two figures shown walking): PLEASE WINK KNOWINGLY TO CONFIRM.
Customer (off-panel, speech bubble pointing into a bookstore with a "BOOKS" sign): GOOD AFTERNOON. I'D LIKE TO SLOWLY WORK MYSELF UP TO AN IMMENSE CLIMAX OVER THE COURSE OF SEVERAL WEEKS.
Panel 2:
Bookseller (a man in an apron with glasses, behind the counter, a red-haired customer's back visible in foreground): PLEASE MA'AM, DON'T MAKE ME TAP THE SIGN.
Panel 3:
A hanging sign reads: NO BEING HONEST ABOUT THE ROMANTASY GENRE
The sign shows an image of a shirtless muscular figure with flowing hair, dragon wings, and a sword, with a red "no" circle-and-slash crossing it out.
Votey:
Panel 1:
Customer: I WOULD LIKE SOMETHING LIKE YOUNG ADULT FICTION, BUT WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY NOT FOR YOUNG ADULTS.
Panel 2:
Customer (whispering, small speech bubble; two figures shown walking): PLEASE WINK KNOWINGLY TO CONFIRM.
Alt text
A four-panel comic about buying romance/fantasy novels. Panel 1: Exterior of a store with a "BOOKS" sign; a customer's speech bubble emerges from inside saying, "Good afternoon. I'd like to slowly work myself up to an immense climax over the course of several weeks." Panel 2: Inside, a bespectacled bookseller in an apron stands behind the counter facing a red-haired customer, saying, "Please ma'am, don't make me tap the sign." Panel 3: A hanging sign reads "NO BEING HONEST ABOUT THE ROMANTASY GENRE," with a picture of a shirtless winged figure holding a sword, crossed out by a red no-symbol. The joke: the customer keeps describing romantasy books in suggestive terms instead of just naming the genre. Votey (aftercomic): The customer continues, "I would like something like young adult fiction, but which is absolutely not for young adults. Please wink knowingly to confirm," as two small figures are shown walking.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.