Life
Original: Life on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A man with orange hair sits in a dimly lit room.
Man: Dear God, I... I hope there's life on other planets.
A voice (purple speech bubble): There is! Everywhere!
Panel 2: Close on the man's face.
Voice (purple bubble): Why, simply provide gentle cyclical warmth to a wet surface, and the very ground will awaken, look around, and make war on itself for sex and money.
Panel 3: The man looks unsettled.
Man: Huh.
Man: Maybe there should be less life on other planets.
Panel 4: The man sits in shadow.
Voice (purple bubble): That happens automatically too!
Votey:
A woman's head is shown in profile, looking up at a large speech bubble.
Voice (the same offscreen voice): BTW, have you been watching the news? Fuckin' NUTS!
Man: Dear God, I... I hope there's life on other planets.
A voice (purple speech bubble): There is! Everywhere!
Panel 2: Close on the man's face.
Voice (purple bubble): Why, simply provide gentle cyclical warmth to a wet surface, and the very ground will awaken, look around, and make war on itself for sex and money.
Panel 3: The man looks unsettled.
Man: Huh.
Man: Maybe there should be less life on other planets.
Panel 4: The man sits in shadow.
Voice (purple bubble): That happens automatically too!
Votey:
A woman's head is shown in profile, looking up at a large speech bubble.
Voice (the same offscreen voice): BTW, have you been watching the news? Fuckin' NUTS!
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic. An orange-haired man sitting in a dim room says, "Dear God, I... I hope there's life on other planets." A booming offscreen voice in purple speech bubbles replies, "There is! Everywhere!" The voice continues, "Why, simply provide gentle cyclical warmth to a wet surface, and the very ground will awaken, look around, and make war on itself for sex and money." The unsettled man says, "Huh. Maybe there should be less life on other planets." The voice cheerfully answers, "That happens automatically too!" The joke is that the cosmic voice describes life, and its self-destruction, with grim casual indifference. Votey: a woman's head seen in profile gazes up as the same voice booms, "BTW, have you been watching the news? Fuckin' NUTS!"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.