Spirit
Original: Spirit on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A man lies in bed reading a book by lamplight. A translucent green ghost looms over him from the right side of the bed.
Man (annoyed, to the ghost): NO! I DON'T CARE! CITIES HAVE BEEN HERE 10,000 YEARS AND THERE'S LITERALLY NO WAY TO ADD BUILD ON AN ANCIENT TEMPLE OR GRAVEYARD! FUCK OFF, GHOST!
Caption (below panel): It's hard to set haunting movies in the Middle East.
Votey:
A flame-haired figure with a pained expression speaks while two stick-figure-like ghosts stand to the right.
Flame-haired figure: I'M ONLY HAUNTING YOU BECAUSE SOMEONE'S HAUNTING ME!
First small figure: ME TOO.
(A second small figure stands silently beside the first.)
A man lies in bed reading a book by lamplight. A translucent green ghost looms over him from the right side of the bed.
Man (annoyed, to the ghost): NO! I DON'T CARE! CITIES HAVE BEEN HERE 10,000 YEARS AND THERE'S LITERALLY NO WAY TO ADD BUILD ON AN ANCIENT TEMPLE OR GRAVEYARD! FUCK OFF, GHOST!
Caption (below panel): It's hard to set haunting movies in the Middle East.
Votey:
A flame-haired figure with a pained expression speaks while two stick-figure-like ghosts stand to the right.
Flame-haired figure: I'M ONLY HAUNTING YOU BECAUSE SOMEONE'S HAUNTING ME!
First small figure: ME TOO.
(A second small figure stands silently beside the first.)
Alt text
A man lies in bed at night reading a book by lamplight while a translucent green ghost looms over the right side of his bed. He shouts dismissively at it: "NO! I DON'T CARE! CITIES HAVE BEEN HERE 10,000 YEARS AND THERE'S LITERALLY NO WAY TO ADD BUILD ON AN ANCIENT TEMPLE OR GRAVEYARD! FUCK OFF, GHOST!" A caption below reads: "It's hard to set haunting movies in the Middle East." The joke is that in a region this ancient, every location is already built atop sacred or burial ground, so the usual haunted-house premise is meaningless. Votey (aftercomic): A flame-haired figure with a distressed face protests, "I'M ONLY HAUNTING YOU BECAUSE SOMEONE'S HAUNTING ME!" while a smaller figure beside it adds "ME TOO," and another silent figure stands further right, implying an endless chain of haunters being haunted.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.