Credits

Art by Bob Hall
Story by Bob Hall, Liz VanWormer, Judy Diamond
Lettering by Ted Sikora
Web Site by Bolero Information Systems LLC

Title panel: THE PANEL IS DIVIDED INTO TWO.

Panel One: A SLIM PANEL OF MOUSE’S APARTMENT BUILDING. A VOICE FROM A WINDOW IS COUGHING. MOUSE IS LEANING OUT HER WINDOW TO HEAR.

GRANDMA: (FROM WINDOW.  WEAK FONT.  WE DON’T SEE HER – JUST HER BALLOON):  =COF=  CAN’T BREATHE… = COF= HELP…

Panel Two: MOUSE, NOW RECOVERED, CALLING 911.

MOUSE: 911? THE WOMAN DOWNSTAIRS NEEDS HELP.

MOUSE: DON’T KNOW HER REAL NAME. WE JUST CALL HER GRANDMA.

Strip One

Panel One: GRANDMA IN BED COUGHING. SHE’S A SILHOUETTE. WE SEE THE VIRUSES ERUPT AS A MIST. THERE IS A WINDOW BEHIND HER, MOUSE’S VOICE COMES THROUGH THE WINDOW AND FROM ABOVE.

GRANDMA: =COF= =COF=

MOUSE: THEY’RE ON THEIR WAY.

ARROW: VIRUSES

VIRUS 1: WHAT HAPPENED?

VIRUS 2:  OUR HOST COUGHED US OUT.

Panel Two: ZOOM IN ENOUGH TO SEE THE VIRUSES. THERE ARE A TON OF THEM, BUT ONLY TWO ARE “IN FOCUS.” VIRUS 2 IS CONTENTEDLY FLOATING.

VIRUS 1: WHAT DO WE DO???

VIRUS 2: RELAX…FLOAT AROUND IN THE AIR

VIRUS 2: …WAIT FOR A NEW HOST…

VIRUS 2: …WE GOT NOTHING BUT TIME.

Panel Three: A NYC APARTMENT BUILDING AND THE STREET IN FRONT OF IT. WE SEE A PERSON BEING WHEELED FROM THE BUILDING INTO AN AMBULANCE. THERE ARE ANONYMOUS PEOPLE ON THE STREET AND IN WINDOWS WATCHING.

AMBULANCE PERSON 1: WHAT HOSPITAL? ROOSEVELT?

AMBULANCE PERSON 2: FULL. GOTTA DO QUEENS.

PERSON 1: WHO HAS IT THIS TIME?

PERSON 2: GRANDMA.

PERSON 4: PROBABLY TALKED TOO CLOSE TO SOMEONE.

PERSON 5: PEOPLE CAN GIVE IT TO YOU WHO DON’T EVEN HAVE SYMPTOMS.

Panel Four: CAT AND MOUSE ARE ON THE ROOF LOOKING DOWN. THEY ARE WEARING MASKS AND ARE PROPERLY DISTANCED. MOUSE IS ON THE PHONE TO THE PROFESSOR.

MOUSE: IHAD C’RONA. NOW GRANDMA DOES.

MOUSE: WHAT DOES THE VIRUS DO INSIDE US?

PROFESSOR (FROM PHONE): COME TO MY LAB.

Strip Two

Panel One: CAT AND MOUSE ARE TALKING TO THE PROFESSOR. THEY ARE IN HIS LAB, WHICH LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING STRAIGHT OUT OF FANTASTIC FOUR.

PROFESSOR: CLIMB IN MY TRANSPORTER POD.

PROFESSOR: IT WILL TAKE US RIGHT INSIDE GRANDMA.

MOUSE: IS THIS SAFE?

CAT: IT’S COOL.

Panel Two: THE POD STREAMS ACROSS THE PANEL IN AN ARC OF COMIC BOOK ENERGY.

MOUSE: WE’RE GETTING SMALLER.

PROFESSOR: ISN’T IT AMAZING?

CAT: IS THIS SCIENCE?

PROFESSOR: NO, NO. PURE COMIC BOOK.

Panel Three:  GRANDMA’S HOSPITAL ROOM. GRANDMA IS ASLEEP IN THE SHADOWS. THE ENERGY BOLT COMES RIGHT THROUGH THE WALL AND GOES INTO GRANDMA.

PROFESSOR: HERE’S GRANDMA.

PROFESSOR: AND WE’RE IN!

Strip Three

Panel One: PROFESSOR, CAT, AND MOUSE ARE SEEN THROUGH THE WINDOW OF THE POD.

MOUSE: LOOK!AN ARMY!

CAT: INVADING VIRUSES!

PROFESSOR: DON’T WORRY. THEY CAN’T SEE US.

Panel Two: CLOSER ON THE VIRUSES. A LONG LINE OF THEM IN FORMATION STRETCHES OFF INTO THE DISTANCE. THE COMMANDER ADDRESSES THEM. 

COMMANDER: AWRIGHT.

COMMANDER: YOU’VE HAD YOUR TRAINING!

COMMANDER: NOW FOR THE REAL THING!

Panel Three: CLOSE ON THE COMMANDER.

COMMANDER: TODAY WE ARE GOING TO NAVIGATE THE MOST DANGEROUSPART OF OUR HOST’S DEFENSE SYSTEM.

COMMANDER: KEYS OUT AND FORWARD MARCH!   

Panel Four: THEY MARCH AWAY WITH KEYS ON THE ALERT. THE POD FOLLOWS.

MOUSE: THEY’RE SCARY.

CAT: VERY!

PROFESSOR: AND EXACTLY WHAT WE CAME TO SEE.

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Credits and Transcript for C’rona Comix Page 6

C’rona Comix Page 6

Credits

Art by Bob Hall
Story by Bob Hall, Liz VanWormer, Judy Diamond
Lettering by Ted Sikora
Web Site by Bolero Information Systems LLC

Title panel: THE PANEL IS DIVIDED INTO TWO.

Panel One: A SLIM PANEL OF MOUSE’S APARTMENT BUILDING. A VOICE FROM A WINDOW IS COUGHING. MOUSE IS LEANING OUT HER WINDOW TO HEAR.

GRANDMA: (FROM WINDOW.  WEAK FONT.  WE DON’T SEE HER – JUST HER BALLOON):  =COF=  CAN’T BREATHE… = COF= HELP…

Panel Two: MOUSE, NOW RECOVERED, CALLING 911.

MOUSE: 911? THE WOMAN DOWNSTAIRS NEEDS HELP.

MOUSE: DON’T KNOW HER REAL NAME. WE JUST CALL HER GRANDMA.

Strip One

Panel One: GRANDMA IN BED COUGHING. SHE’S A SILHOUETTE. WE SEE THE VIRUSES ERUPT AS A MIST. THERE IS A WINDOW BEHIND HER, MOUSE’S VOICE COMES THROUGH THE WINDOW AND FROM ABOVE.

GRANDMA: =COF= =COF=

MOUSE: THEY’RE ON THEIR WAY.

ARROW: VIRUSES

VIRUS 1: WHAT HAPPENED?

VIRUS 2:  OUR HOST COUGHED US OUT.

Panel Two: ZOOM IN ENOUGH TO SEE THE VIRUSES. THERE ARE A TON OF THEM, BUT ONLY TWO ARE “IN FOCUS.” VIRUS 2 IS CONTENTEDLY FLOATING.

VIRUS 1: WHAT DO WE DO???

VIRUS 2: RELAX…FLOAT AROUND IN THE AIR

VIRUS 2: …WAIT FOR A NEW HOST…

VIRUS 2: …WE GOT NOTHING BUT TIME.

Panel Three: A NYC APARTMENT BUILDING AND THE STREET IN FRONT OF IT. WE SEE A PERSON BEING WHEELED FROM THE BUILDING INTO AN AMBULANCE. THERE ARE ANONYMOUS PEOPLE ON THE STREET AND IN WINDOWS WATCHING.

AMBULANCE PERSON 1: WHAT HOSPITAL? ROOSEVELT?

AMBULANCE PERSON 2: FULL. GOTTA DO QUEENS.

PERSON 1: WHO HAS IT THIS TIME?

PERSON 2: GRANDMA.

PERSON 4: PROBABLY TALKED TOO CLOSE TO SOMEONE.

PERSON 5: PEOPLE CAN GIVE IT TO YOU WHO DON’T EVEN HAVE SYMPTOMS.

Panel Four: CAT AND MOUSE ARE ON THE ROOF LOOKING DOWN. THEY ARE WEARING MASKS AND ARE PROPERLY DISTANCED. MOUSE IS ON THE PHONE TO THE PROFESSOR.

MOUSE: IHAD C’RONA. NOW GRANDMA DOES.

MOUSE: WHAT DOES THE VIRUS DO INSIDE US?

PROFESSOR (FROM PHONE): COME TO MY LAB.

Strip Two

Panel One: CAT AND MOUSE ARE TALKING TO THE PROFESSOR. THEY ARE IN HIS LAB, WHICH LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING STRAIGHT OUT OF FANTASTIC FOUR.

PROFESSOR: CLIMB IN MY TRANSPORTER POD.

PROFESSOR: IT WILL TAKE US RIGHT INSIDE GRANDMA.

MOUSE: IS THIS SAFE?

CAT: IT’S COOL.

Panel Two: THE POD STREAMS ACROSS THE PANEL IN AN ARC OF COMIC BOOK ENERGY.

MOUSE: WE’RE GETTING SMALLER.

PROFESSOR: ISN’T IT AMAZING?

CAT: IS THIS SCIENCE?

PROFESSOR: NO, NO. PURE COMIC BOOK.

Panel Three:  GRANDMA’S HOSPITAL ROOM. GRANDMA IS ASLEEP IN THE SHADOWS. THE ENERGY BOLT COMES RIGHT THROUGH THE WALL AND GOES INTO GRANDMA.

PROFESSOR: HERE’S GRANDMA.

PROFESSOR: AND WE’RE IN!

Strip Three

Panel One: PROFESSOR, CAT, AND MOUSE ARE SEEN THROUGH THE WINDOW OF THE POD.

MOUSE: LOOK!AN ARMY!

CAT: INVADING VIRUSES!

PROFESSOR: DON’T WORRY. THEY CAN’T SEE US.

Panel Two: CLOSER ON THE VIRUSES. A LONG LINE OF THEM IN FORMATION STRETCHES OFF INTO THE DISTANCE. THE COMMANDER ADDRESSES THEM. 

COMMANDER: AWRIGHT.

COMMANDER: YOU’VE HAD YOUR TRAINING!

COMMANDER: NOW FOR THE REAL THING!

Panel Three: CLOSE ON THE COMMANDER.

COMMANDER: TODAY WE ARE GOING TO NAVIGATE THE MOST DANGEROUSPART OF OUR HOST’S DEFENSE SYSTEM.

COMMANDER: KEYS OUT AND FORWARD MARCH!   

Panel Four: THEY MARCH AWAY WITH KEYS ON THE ALERT. THE POD FOLLOWS.

MOUSE: THEY’RE SCARY.

CAT: VERY!

PROFESSOR: AND EXACTLY WHAT WE CAME TO SEE.