The Endowment
A cartoon. The cartoonist's view is their own.
The newsroom. An enormous sack of money on the floor, tied with string. A label hangs off it: NO CONDITIONS.
Five editors stand around it in a ring, arms folded, at a respectful distance.
One of them leans in and reads the back of the label. It says: "(Antarctica, 1947, the moon — but only if you were interested anyway.)"
The ring, unchanged. Nobody has moved. Caption: "Vote: three to two. Again."
The script
PANEL 1 | The newsroom. An enormous sack of money on the floor, tied with string. A label hangs off it: NO CONDITIONS.
PANEL 2 | Five editors stand around it in a ring, arms folded, at a respectful distance.
PANEL 3 | One of them leans in and reads the back of the label. It says: "(Antarctica, 1947, the moon — but only if you were interested anyway.)"
PANEL 4 | The ring, unchanged. Nobody has moved. Caption: "Vote: three to two. Again."
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