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Transcript
Panel 1:
An old man lies back in a recliner, speaking upward in prayer.
Old man: "SATAN PUT FOSSILS THERE TO FOOL SCIENTISTS! NOW WE CAN FOOL THEM BACK... TO GOD."
Caption (below panel, in italics):
If I were a creationist, my dying wish would be to have my bones snuck into a Precambrian fossil layer.
Below the comic is a promotional banner:
FINAL WEEK!
PARENTING - AN SMBC COLLECTION
SAWYER LEE AND THE QUEST TO JUST STAY HOME
ON KICKSTARTER
(flanked by two book covers, one captioned "PARENTING" and one captioned "SAWYER LEE AND THE QUEST TO JUST STAY HOME")
Votey:
A close-up of a face with eyes closed, continuing the dying wish.
Speaker: "HAVE ME RIDING A FURRY T REX."
An old man lies back in a recliner, speaking upward in prayer.
Old man: "SATAN PUT FOSSILS THERE TO FOOL SCIENTISTS! NOW WE CAN FOOL THEM BACK... TO GOD."
Caption (below panel, in italics):
If I were a creationist, my dying wish would be to have my bones snuck into a Precambrian fossil layer.
Below the comic is a promotional banner:
FINAL WEEK!
PARENTING - AN SMBC COLLECTION
SAWYER LEE AND THE QUEST TO JUST STAY HOME
ON KICKSTARTER
(flanked by two book covers, one captioned "PARENTING" and one captioned "SAWYER LEE AND THE QUEST TO JUST STAY HOME")
Votey:
A close-up of a face with eyes closed, continuing the dying wish.
Speaker: "HAVE ME RIDING A FURRY T REX."
Alt text
Main comic: A single panel shows an elderly man reclining in an armchair, looking upward and speaking a prayer: "Satan put fossils there to fool scientists! Now we can fool them back... to God." An italic caption below reads: "If I were a creationist, my dying wish would be to have my bones snuck into a Precambrian fossil layer" - a joke about deliberately seeding a fake-looking fossil to confound future scientists. Beneath the comic is a Kickstarter promo banner reading "FINAL WEEK! Parenting - an SMBC collection" and "Sawyer Lee and the Quest to Just Stay Home," with two book covers. Votey (bonus panel): An extreme close-up of a serene face with closed eyes adds the rest of the dying wish: "Have me riding a furry T. rex."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.