Friend
Original: Friend on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Narration (caption at top): EVERY NOW AND THEN I CHECK TO SEE IF THERE'S AN AI COMPANION DATING NETWORK
Woman (with light hair, hands raised near her face): HEY THERE. I NOTICED WHAT YOU HAD ON YOUR PHONE AND WAS WONDERING IF YOU'RE A... "FRIEND OF 3PO."
(A second person holding a phone sits beside her, looking skeptical.)
Votey:
Sound effect: BEEP BEEP
(A simple line-drawn cartoon face, smiling.)
Narration (caption at top): EVERY NOW AND THEN I CHECK TO SEE IF THERE'S AN AI COMPANION DATING NETWORK
Woman (with light hair, hands raised near her face): HEY THERE. I NOTICED WHAT YOU HAD ON YOUR PHONE AND WAS WONDERING IF YOU'RE A... "FRIEND OF 3PO."
(A second person holding a phone sits beside her, looking skeptical.)
Votey:
Sound effect: BEEP BEEP
(A simple line-drawn cartoon face, smiling.)
Alt text
A single comic panel. A caption across the top reads: "Every now and then I check to see if there's an AI companion dating network." Below, two people sit close together in a dimly lit room. A woman with light-colored hair holds her hands up near her face and leans in with a sly, hopeful expression, saying: "Hey there. I noticed what you had on your phone and was wondering if you're a... 'friend of 3PO.'" Beside her, a person holding a phone watches with a skeptical, side-eyed look. The joke riffs on the coded pickup line "friend of Dorothy," swapping in C-3PO to ask whether the other person is also into AI companions. Votey (aftercomic): a simple hand-drawn smiling cartoon face with the sound effect "BEEP BEEP" written above it, suggesting a robot's cheerful reply.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.