Sleep
Original: Sleep on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
TRANSCRIPT
Panel 1: A shirtless man with bright orange, flame-like hair sits up in a dark bedroom, arms spread wide and confident.
Man: "And now that it's bed time, I'll go RIGHT TO SLEEP."
Panel 2: Close-up of the man now lying down on his pillow, eyes peacefully closed, fast asleep.
Sleep bubble: "Zzzzz..."
Panel 3: The man sitting up on the edge of the bed in red boxer shorts, having just woken.
Man: "Nice, eight uninterrupted hours again."
Panel 4: The man sits smiling and relaxed in bed. Through a window beside him it is bright morning, with a little bird singing a musical note outside.
(Continuation of the previous line / contented morning beat.)
Final panel (text only, on a beige caption card):
"The character in the comic does not have problems with anxiety, frequent urination, or insomnia.
The end."
Votey:
The same orange-haired man lies smugly in bed, one hand behind his head.
Man: "And now to check my ample retirement account, using my above-average dick."
Panel 1: A shirtless man with bright orange, flame-like hair sits up in a dark bedroom, arms spread wide and confident.
Man: "And now that it's bed time, I'll go RIGHT TO SLEEP."
Panel 2: Close-up of the man now lying down on his pillow, eyes peacefully closed, fast asleep.
Sleep bubble: "Zzzzz..."
Panel 3: The man sitting up on the edge of the bed in red boxer shorts, having just woken.
Man: "Nice, eight uninterrupted hours again."
Panel 4: The man sits smiling and relaxed in bed. Through a window beside him it is bright morning, with a little bird singing a musical note outside.
(Continuation of the previous line / contented morning beat.)
Final panel (text only, on a beige caption card):
"The character in the comic does not have problems with anxiety, frequent urination, or insomnia.
The end."
Votey:
The same orange-haired man lies smugly in bed, one hand behind his head.
Man: "And now to check my ample retirement account, using my above-average dick."
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic about an idealized fantasy man. Panel 1: a shirtless man with bright orange, flame-like hair sits up in a dark bedroom, arms thrown wide, declaring confidently, "And now that it's bed time, I'll go RIGHT to sleep." Panel 2: close-up of him already asleep on his pillow, eyes closed, with a "Zzzzz..." bubble. Panel 3: he sits up in red boxers, just awake, saying, "Nice, eight uninterrupted hours again." Panel 4: he sits smiling in bed in bright morning light, a little bird singing outside the window. A final beige text panel reads: "The character in the comic does not have problems with anxiety, frequent urination, or insomnia. The end." The joke is that effortless perfect sleep is pure wish fulfillment. Votey: the same man lounges smugly in bed and says, "And now to check my ample retirement account, using my above-average dick," extending the unrealistic fantasy.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.