Friend
Original: Friend on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (banner over a dark room): A person with curly orange hair stands at a table with a summoning sigil and ritual candle.
Person: "WITH THIS SIGIL OF THE MAN-GOAT I SUMMON BOZMODIKLAX THE VILE FROM THE DEMON-REALMS!"
Panel 2: A goat-skulled demon with curled horns wreathed in red flames appears.
Demon: "I AM COME."
Person: "WOW, THAT WAS FAST!"
Panel 3: The candle burns on the table.
Demon: "I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS."
Person: "OH."
Panel 4: Close on the demon's skull face.
Demon: "CAN WE HANG OUT?"
Panel 5: The demon, the person looking nervous.
Demon: "WANT TO PAINT OUR NAILS AND GOSSIP?"
Person: "UH OH, I JUST HEARD MY MOM CALL ME. TIME TO QUENCH THE BLACK CANDLE!"
Panel 6 (wide, the demon alone against a yellow/green night sky with crescent moons): The demon smiles to itself.
Demon: "THIS ALWAYS HAPPENS."
Votey:
A caption box above the lonely goat-skull demon reads: "I'M GONNA LEAVE MY EX A FEW MESSAGES SO SHE KNOWS I'M THINKING ABOUT HER." The demon rests its long skull face on its hand, looking down dejectedly.
Person: "WITH THIS SIGIL OF THE MAN-GOAT I SUMMON BOZMODIKLAX THE VILE FROM THE DEMON-REALMS!"
Panel 2: A goat-skulled demon with curled horns wreathed in red flames appears.
Demon: "I AM COME."
Person: "WOW, THAT WAS FAST!"
Panel 3: The candle burns on the table.
Demon: "I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS."
Person: "OH."
Panel 4: Close on the demon's skull face.
Demon: "CAN WE HANG OUT?"
Panel 5: The demon, the person looking nervous.
Demon: "WANT TO PAINT OUR NAILS AND GOSSIP?"
Person: "UH OH, I JUST HEARD MY MOM CALL ME. TIME TO QUENCH THE BLACK CANDLE!"
Panel 6 (wide, the demon alone against a yellow/green night sky with crescent moons): The demon smiles to itself.
Demon: "THIS ALWAYS HAPPENS."
Votey:
A caption box above the lonely goat-skull demon reads: "I'M GONNA LEAVE MY EX A FEW MESSAGES SO SHE KNOWS I'M THINKING ABOUT HER." The demon rests its long skull face on its hand, looking down dejectedly.
Alt text
A six-panel SMBC comic. A person with curly orange hair performs a summoning ritual at a table, declaring they summon "Bozmodiklax the Vile" from the demon-realms with a sigil of the man-goat. A demon appears almost instantly: a long goat skull with curled horns wreathed in red flames. The person is impressed it came so fast. The demon admits, "I don't have a lot of friends," and eagerly asks to hang out and "paint our nails and gossip." The person, looking uncomfortable, makes an excuse that their mom is calling and they must quench the black candle to end the summoning. In the final wide panel the demon is left alone against a yellow-green night sky, smiling sadly to itself: "This always happens." Votey: The lonely demon rests its skull on its hand, captioned, "I'm gonna leave my ex a few messages so she knows I'm thinking about her."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.