Steve
Original: Steve on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A man holds a protest sign that reads: "IT'S ADAM & EVE NOT ADAM & STEVE!"
Man (off-panel, below, a woman approaching): HEY! WHAT THE HELL DOES THAT SIGN MEAN?
Panel 2:
A tree stands under a blue sky. (No dialogue in the panel; a speech bubble enters from below.)
Woman: ADAM AND EVE DOOMED HUMANITY TO SUFFERING AND DEATH!
Panel 3:
Woman: ADAM AND STEVE DID NOTHING WRONG!
Panel 4:
The woman stands, looking content.
Panel 5 (small final panels):
The sign-holding man, agitated, with his sign: "ADAM & EVE NOT ADAM & STEVE"
The woman raising her fist, with a matching sign/text: "ADAM NOT ADAM & STEVE"
Votey:
A man with a tuft of hair looks slyly to the side.
Man: WANNA COME HOME WITH ME TONIGHT AND SEE MY EXEGESIS?
A man holds a protest sign that reads: "IT'S ADAM & EVE NOT ADAM & STEVE!"
Man (off-panel, below, a woman approaching): HEY! WHAT THE HELL DOES THAT SIGN MEAN?
Panel 2:
A tree stands under a blue sky. (No dialogue in the panel; a speech bubble enters from below.)
Woman: ADAM AND EVE DOOMED HUMANITY TO SUFFERING AND DEATH!
Panel 3:
Woman: ADAM AND STEVE DID NOTHING WRONG!
Panel 4:
The woman stands, looking content.
Panel 5 (small final panels):
The sign-holding man, agitated, with his sign: "ADAM & EVE NOT ADAM & STEVE"
The woman raising her fist, with a matching sign/text: "ADAM NOT ADAM & STEVE"
Votey:
A man with a tuft of hair looks slyly to the side.
Man: WANNA COME HOME WITH ME TONIGHT AND SEE MY EXEGESIS?
Alt text
A six-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: An older man holds a protest sign reading "IT'S ADAM & EVE NOT ADAM & STEVE!" A woman approaching asks, "Hey! What the hell does that sign mean?" Panel 2: A tree against a blue sky; the woman's voice declares from below, "Adam and Eve doomed humanity to suffering and death!" Panel 3: The woman states, "Adam and Steve did nothing wrong!" reframing the slogan so that Adam-and-Steve (who never existed and so never sinned) are the blameless ones. Panel 4: The woman stands looking pleased with her argument. Final small panels: the agitated sign man beside the woman now raising her fist with her own matching sign, the two slogans pitted against each other. The joke: she flips the homophobic catchphrase by pointing out that Adam and Eve are the ones who actually doomed humanity. Votey aftercomic: a man with a tuft of hair glances suggestively and says, "Wanna come home with me tonight and see my exegesis?" — a pickup line punning on biblical interpretation.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.