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: SPLIT PANEL. IN THE UPPER SECTION, THE REPORTER FOX TALKS TO PROFESSSOR ON HER PHONE. IN THE LOWER SECTION, THE PROFESSOR ANSWERS.

FOX: FELICIA FOX HERE.

FOX: THIS PANDEMIC ISN’T GOING AWAY… AND IT’S SPREADING.

FOX: COULD YOU SHOW MY TV VIEWERS WHAT’S HAPPENING?

FOX: SOMETHING VISUAL?

PROFESSOR: HMM. I’LL SEE WHAT I CAN COME UP WITH.

Strip One

Panel one: BAT AND CAT ARE ON THE ROOF TOP AGAIN. CAT IS HANGING UP HIS BEACH TOWEL CAPE AND EYEMASK.

BAT: YOU GIVING UP ON YOUR SUPERHERO OUTFIT?

CAT:I THOUGHT I WAS INVULNERABLE.

CAT: TURNS OUT NO ONE IS.

MOUSE (FROM OFF PANEL BELOW.): I HEAR VOICES ON MY ROOF.

Panel Two: PULL BACK TO SEE MORE OF THE BUILDING, INCLUDING MOUSE’S WINDOW WITH HER IN IT.  BAT AND CAT ON THE ROOF.

BAT: MOUSE. HOW YOU FEELING?

MOUSE: BETTER. MUCH BETTER. 

MOUSE: STILL IN QUARANTINE FOR A WHILE THOUGH.

CAT: BETTER IS GOOD.

Panel three: DOWN SHOT PAST THE WINDOW.  SKATEGOAT RIDES UP.

GOAT: YO, GUYS!

GOAT: I’M MEETING THE PROF HERE.

GOAT: WANTS TO TRY SOMETHINGOUT ON ME.

Panel four: CLOSER ON GOAT. PAST HIM THE PROFESSOR ARRIVES CARRYING A ROLLED-UP STENCIL, A BOX OF SPRAY PAINT, AND OTHER SUPPLIES.

PROFESSOR: SKATE GOAT!

PROFESSOR: HERE I AM. 

PROFESSOR: HELP ME UNROLL THIS STENCIL.

Strip Two

Panel one: PROFESSOR IS SPRAY PAINTING A STENCIL OF A MAP OF THE WORLD. GOAT IS TO ONE SIDE, HAVING HELPED THE PROFFESOR POSTION THE STENCIL.

PROFESSOR: NOW LOOK.

GOAT: YOU’RE SPRAYING A MAP OF THE WORLD?

PROFESSOR: COVID-19 VIRUS AFFECTS THE WHOLE PLANET.

GOAT: PAN . . . DEMIC. GOT IT.

Panel two: PROFESSOR DRAWS A LINE FROM CHINA TO SEATTLE.

PROFESSOR: REMEMBER, WE CAN TRACE THE VIRUS BY ITS MUTATIONS.

PROFESSOR: THE FIRST COVID-19 VIRUS TO HIT THE USA SEEMS TO HAVE COME FROM

PROFESSOR: . . . CHINA . . .

PROFESSOR: . . . TO SEATTLE.

Panel three: THE PROFESSOR DRAWS ANOTHER LINE FROM EUROPE TO NEW YORK.

PROFESSOR: BUT THE VIRUSES IN NEW YORK SEEM TO HAVE FIRST COME FROM EUROPE.

Panel four: THE PROFESSOR EXCITEDLY DRAWS LINES EVERY WHICH WAY. 

PROFESSOR: SINCE THEN THE VIRUSES HAVE MOVED HERE . . .

PROFESSOR: . . . THERE . . .

PROFESSOR: . . . AND EVERYWHERE.

Strip Three

Panel one: ONE PANEL RUNNING THE WHOLE LENGTH OF THE PAGE WITH A  BIRD’S EYE VIEW OF THE PROF’S DIAGRAM. IT’S AN OVERWHELMING MESS OF LINES AND ARROWS INTERTWINED, GOING HERE THERE AND EVERYWHERE. BY THIS TIME EVERYONE IS GATHERED AROUND. ON THE RIGHT OF THE PANEL IS THE WALL OF MOUSE’S BUILDING AND HER WINDOW. SHE IS LEANING OUT GAZING AT THE WORK BELOW.

PROFESSOR: IT’S A MESS.

PROFESSOR: GETIT? 

GOAT: YEAH, WE GOTTA KEEP WEARING THESE MASKS . . .

CAT: AND DISTANCING

BAT: AND WAIT FOR A  VACCINE

MOUSE: AND LEARN TO LIVEWITH THIS VIRUS.

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:  C’RONA COMIX BY BOB HALL

Title panel: NEWS FOX IS ON TV. PROFESSOR AND GOAT ARE THERE IN PERSON.

FOX: AS A NEWSFOX, I CAN GET C’RONA.

FOX: WHAT ABOUT REAL FOXES? 

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PROFESSOR: WE ARE STILL LEARNING WHICH ANIMALS GET COVID-19.

GOAT: I’VE STARTED WEARING A MASK ANYHOW.

PROFESSOR: AS A CARTOON, GRAFFITI MOUSE HAS COVID-19.

PROFESSOR: THOUGH WE‘RE NOT SURE ABOUT REAL MICE.

Strip One

Panel one: MOUSE IS SICK. VOICES FROM THE WINDOW OF MOUSE’S APARTMENT.

MOUSE: HI, MA. 

MOUSE: HOW DO I FEEL? 

MOUSE: AWFUL.

Panel two: IN MOUSE’S BEDROOM. SHE IS QUITE SICK. MOUSE IS IN BED TALKING TO HER MOTHER ON A PHONE. SHE LOOKS TERRIBLE.

MOUSE: I COUGH . . . HAVE A FEVER . . . LUNGS ACHE,

MOUSE: BUT I CAN BREATHE.

Panel three:  MOUSE IS IN BED TALKING TO HER MOTHER ON A PHONE.

MOUSE: YES, I . . . – COF – COF . . .

MOUSE: MISS YOU TOO, MA.

MOUSE: OH, THANKS. FORGOT IT WAS TODAY.

MOUSE:  COF – I OUGHTTA GO NOW . . .  – COF.

Panel four:  PROFILE OF MOUSE, ALMOST IN SILHOUETTE, STARING INTO SPACE.

MOUSE: I’M SCARED.

Strip Two

Panel one:  PROFESSOR, CAT, AND GOAT WALK DOWN THE STREET TOGETHER. THE GOAT’S MASK HAS HIS SKATEBOARD SYMBOL. THE PROFESSOR HURRIES FROM BEHIND TO JOIN THEM. HE HAS STACK OF PAPER UNDER HIS ARM.

GOAT (TO CAT): COOL MASK.

CAT: YOURS TOO.

GOAT: MADE IT MYSELF.

PROFESSOR: WAIT UP!

PROFESSOR: I WANT TO SHARE SOMETHING AMAZING.

PROFESSOR: WE CAN TRACKTHE SPREAD OF THE COVID-19 VIRUS.

Panel two: PROFESSOR OPENS PAPERS, AND GOAT IMITATES A ZOMBIE.

PROFESSOR: BECAUSE IT MUTATES.

GOAT:LIKE ZOMBIES?

PROFESSOR: NO, NO.  

Panel three: PROFESSOR OPENS HIS SQUARES OF PAPER LIKE AN ACCORDION. IT SHOWS THREE VIRUSES WITH NECKLACES THAT HAVE THE LETTERS A,C, G, AND U DANGLING. THE LETTERS ARE ARRANGED DIFFERENTLY IN EACH PICTURE.

PROFESSOR: THE MUTATIONS ARE TINYCHANGES IN THE GENETIC CODE.THEY HAPPEN EVERY SO OFTEN.

PROFESSOR: LOOK AT THESE COVID-19 VIRUSES FROM DIFFERENT PLACES.

Panel four: GOAT AND CAT STARE.

PROFESSOR: SEE ANY DIFFERENCES?

GOAT: NO . . .

CAT: SURE. THE LETTERS ARE SCRAMBLED. 

Strip Three

Panel one: PROFESSOR EXPLAINS TO CAT.

PROFESSOR: YES! THOSE LETTERS ARE INSTRUCTIONS . . . THE GENETIC CODE.  

PROFESSOR: AS ZILLIONS OF COPIES OF THE VIRUS ARE MADE . . . MISTAKES HAPPEN.

PROFESSOR: LETTERS GET ADDED OR DROPPED.

CAT: YOU MEAN ACG BECOMES GAC?

Panel two: CAT WITH THOUGHT BALLOON WITH A MAGNIFYING GLASS ABOVE HIS HEAD.

PROFESSOR (OUT OF FRAME): YES.  THESE MUTATIONS PROVIDE CLUES TO WHERE THE VIRUS HAS BEEN.

CAT:LIKE A DETECTIVE?

Panel three: PROFESSOR TALKS TO CAT AND GOAT, WHO IS DOING HIS ZOMBIE WALK.

PROFESSOR: YES! AREN’T MUTATIONS WONDERFUL?

GOAT: I GUESS. BUT NO  ZOMBIES?

PROFESSOR:  WE CAN EVEN SEE HOW THE VIRUS HAS MOVED AROUND THE . . .

BAT (INTERRUPTING FROM OFF PANEL): HEY PROF. IT’S TIME! 

Panel four:  JUST BAT IN THE AIR. THE OTHERS ARE NOT SEEN.

BAT: YOU ALL READY?

BALLOON: (3 POINTERS TO THE UNSEEN CAT, PROFESSOR AND GOAT): READY!

Panel five: THEY HAVE ASSEMBLED BELOW MOUSE’S WINDOW TO SING.

BAT: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU,

CAT: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU,

PROFESSOR: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GRAFFITI MOUSE. 

GOAT: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

MOUSE (THOUGHT BALLOON FROM THE WINDOW. WE DON’T SEE HER): IT’S GOOD TO HAVE FRIENDS.

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:  C’RONA COMIX BY BOB HALL

Title panel:  PROFESSOR, BAT, AND CAT TALK TO US.

CAT: AS A CARTOON CHARACTER, AM I A CAT OR A PERSON?

PROFESSOR: ACTUALLY, AS DRAWN, YOU ARE BOTH. 

PROFESSOR: AND SO ARE THE REST OF US.

BAT: IF THAT CONFUSES YOU, JUST THINK WHAT IT DOES TO US.

Strip One

Panel one: GOAT IS SKATING; BAT IS FLYING. URBAN STREET BACKGROUND.

BAT:  WHY DON’T YOU WEAR A MASK?

GOAT: MAYBE I SHOULD.

GOAT: WHERE’S YOURS?

Panel two: SIDE VIEW OF BAT’S FACE.

BAT:  I DON’T’ HAVE A MASK…

BAT: . . . BUT I BELIEVE IN MASKS.

Panel three.  CLOSE UP OF BAT’S FACE.

BAT:  MASKS PROTECT MY FRIENDS . . .

BAT: . . . MY FAMILY . . . EVERYONE AROUND ME.

BAT: WHY DON’T I HAVE ONE?

Panel four: THE SAME.

BAT:  IT’S BECAUSE THE CARTOONIST DRAWING THIS STRIP DIDN’T GIVE ME ONE.

Panel five: THE SAME BUT WITH A MASK.

BAT: THANKS.

Strip Two

Panel one: BAT FLIES INTO A PANEL DEPICTING CAT AND GOAT STANDING IN FRONT OF MOUSE’S GRAFFITI WALL, WHICH HAS GRAFFITI MESSAGE FROM MOUSE. THE CHARACTERS STARE AT THE GRAFFITI.  FROM HER WINDOW WE SEE MOUSE WAVING.

GRAFFITI: 

BEWARE

I’M POSITIVE 

AM IN QUARANTINE

MOUSE.

BAT: WHERE’S MOUSE? 

BAT: I WANT TO SHOW HER MY NEW MA…

BAT: OH . . .

CAT:  NOT FAIR. SHE DID EVERYTHING RIGHT.

GOAT: YEAH, WHY HER?

Panel two: BAT FLIES UP TO MOUSE’S WINDOW, WHICH IS VERY SLIGHTLY OPEN SO A CONVERSATION CAN OCCUR.  WE LOOK PAST BAT AT MOUSE IN THE WINDOW.

BAT: WAS IT MY FAULT?

MOUSE:  DOUBT IT. YOU ALWAYS KEPT ENOUGH DISTANCE.

BAT: HOW’D YOUGET IT THEN?

Panel three:  SAME IDEA, BUT LOOKING PAST BAT AT MOUSE OUTSIDE HER WINDOW.

MOUSE: MAYBE I TALKED TO SOMEONE WITH NO MASK . . .

MOUSE: . . . INSIDE AND TOO CLOSE.

MOUSE: DOESN’T TAKE MUCH.

Panel four: PULL BACK ON THE WINDOW FROM OUTSIDE.

MOUSE:  TELL OUR FRIENDS TO GET TESTED. YOU TOO.

BAT (FLYING AWAY):  WILL YOU BE OK?

MOUSE: SURE. 

Panel five:  VERY SLIM PANEL OF MOUSE INSIDE TURNED AWAY FROM THE WINDOW.  SHE HAS REMOVED HER MASK.

MOUSE: BOY, I FEEL LOUSY.

Strip Three

Panel one: FAIRLY CLOSE ON THE DRIVE-BY TAKEOUT WINDOW OF A COFFEE SHOP.  THE INVISIBLE VIRUS IS SITTING ON THE COUNTER. WE CAN’T SEE HIM YET, JUST THE BALLOON POINTER GOING TO THE COUNTER. 

ARROW: VIRUS.

VIRUS: THEY WIPED DOWN ALL THE COUNTERS INSIDE…

VIRUS: BUT THEY FORGOT THIS ONE.

Panel two: MUCH CLOSER, SO WE ACTUALLY SEE THE VIRUS WAITING.

ARROW: VIRUS ENLARGED.

VIRUS: PRETTY SOON THAT GUY OVER THERE WILL PICK UP HIS COFFEE.

VIRUS: WITH ANY LUCK I CAN CATCH A RIDE.

Panel three:  PULL BACK SO WE CAN SEE THE CORNER OF THE WINDOW

VOICE OF BARISTA (FROM INSIDE THE WINDOW):HEY GOAT. YOUR LATTE’S READY.

VIRUS: AND HERE WE GO.

Panel four: GOAT’S HAND GRABS COFFEE. WE SEE THE HAND AND THE COUNTER. THERE IS A “BURST” WHERE THE COFFEE WAS AND SPEED LINES LEADING TO THE RECYCLABLE COFFEE CONTAINER IN THE GOAT’S HAND.

GOAT: THANKS.

VIRUS: HEY!

Panel five: GOAT SKATEBOARDING AWAY HOLDING HIS COFFEE.

VIRUS: WAIIIIIIIT!!!!

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:  C’RONA COMIX BY BOB HALL

Title panel:

PROFESSOR GREY: THE VIRUS CAUSING THIS PANDEMIC IS ONE WE’VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.  IT GOES BY A LOT OF NAMES: NOVEL CORONAVIRUS, SARS CORONAVIRUS 2, SARS-COV-2, COVID-19 VIRUS . . . AND, IN THIS COMIC, C’RONA.

Strip One

Panel one: FOX REPORTER IS IN SECURE ROOM WITH VIRUS.

FOX:  FELICIA FOX HERE,  INTERVIEWING AN ACTUAL SARS CORONAVIRUS 2.

C’RONA: THAT’S ME. RIGHT DOWN HERE.

C’RONA:  I’M NEARLY INVISIBLE, AND SUPPOSEDLY DANGEROUS.

Panel two: CLOSE UP ON CHAIR.  FOX HOLDS THE MICROPHONE CLOSE TO THE CHAIR.

C’RONA: BUT ACTUALLY, I’M FRAGILE AND MISUNDERSTOOD. 

C’RONA: I NEED A HOST TO SURVIVE.  WOULD YOU BE MY HOST?

FOX:  BAD IDEA.

Panel three:  THE FOX PULLS AWAY.

C’RONA: IT’D BE FUN.

FOX:   TOO CREEPY. I‘M OUTTA HERE.

Panel four: FOX DROPS THE MICROPHONE AS THE VIRUS SAYS:

C’RONA: TOO LATE.

C’RONA: I’M ON YOUR MICROPHONE.

Panel five:  A TERRIFIED FOX LOOKS AT US AS C’RONA SAYS:

C’RONA: TOO LATE AGAIN…IN YOUR NOSE.

C’RONA: OOH, I LIKE IT IN HERE.

Strip Two 

Panel one: THE STREET.  MOUSE IS PAINTING ANOTHER MESSAGE ON THE WALL WITH THE SYMBOL OF THE VIRUS AS WELL:  CAT AND  BAT ARE THERE TOO.  THE CAT IS  HOLDING HIS BANDAGED HEAD, RECOVERING FROM HIS FALL LAST PAGE.

BAT: YOU OK?  YOU FELL A LONG WAY.

CAT:  I REALLY WANTED TO FLY.

MOUSE: YOU’RE NOT A SUPERHERO. WHO CARES?

Panel two: CLOSER ON MOUSE AND CAT. GRAFFITI: THIS AIN’T THE FLU. 

CAT: SUPERHEROES CAN MAKE ALL THE BAD STUFF IN LIFE OK.

MOUSE: I THINK WE HAVE TO DO THAT FOR OURSELVES.

Panel three:

BAT (HOVERING): CHEER UP.  MAYBE YOU ARE INVULNERABLE. 

         YOU FELL FIFTY FEET WITHOUT A SCRATCH.

CAT: (THINKING ABOUT IT): YES?

Panel four: HEADS OF MOUSE AND BAT AND FULL FIGURE OF CAT RUNNING OFF JOYOUSLY.

CAT: THAT’S MY SUPERPOWER! I’M YOUNG AND INVULNERABLE!

BAT: OH BOY!

MOUSE: NOWHE THINKS HE’S INVULNERABLE.

BAT: I SHOULD HAVE KEPT MY MOUTH SHUT.

Strip Three

Panel one:  THE HEAD OF PROFESSOR GREY.

PROFESSOR: WANT TO  ACTUALLY  SEE THE COVID-19 VIRUS?  YOU CAN THROUGH THE MAGIC OF COMIX.

Panel two: THE VIRUSES.

FLU VIRUS: AM I VIRUS ENOUGH FOR YOU?

FLU VIRUS: I’M MEAN! I’M DEADLY! I’M…

C’RONA: AN EDGE OF THE CORONA VIRUS INTERRUPTS:  NOT COVID-19 VIRUS.

FLU VIRUS: OK, IT’S TRUE. I’M FLU. 

Panel three: THE CORONA VIRUS FLOATS IN.

C’RONA:  AND I’M  C’RONA! PEOPLE THINK I’M LIKE THE FLU.  BUT SEE…NO RESEMBLANCE.

C’RONA: HAD YOU GOING, DIDN’T WE?

Panel four: LONG SHOT ACROSS THE TOP – THE TWO VIRUS GIGGLE TOGETHER BUT WE HAVE NOW PULLED BACK TO HUMAN SCALE SO THE GIGGLING SOUNDS COME FROM THE SIDEWALK IN TWO BALLOONS WITH THE VIRUSES BEING TOO SMALL TO BE SEEN. SKATE GOAT IS SKATE BOARDING BY TO THE LEFT. HE HAS NO MASK.

FLU VIRUS: IT’S SO EASY TO CONFUSE HUMANS.

C’RONA: HEY, WHO’S THIS?

GOAT: COVID 19 YOU’D BEST TAKE NOTE.  DON’T TRY TO GET THE SKATING GOAT.

              SPEED’S AT THE CORE OF MY PERSONA.  I MOVE TOO FAST TO CATCH C’RONA.

Panel five: A LONG SMALL PANEL SHOWING ONE OF THE GOAT’S HOOVES ON THE REAR OF THE  SKATEBOARD AS IT EXITS THE PANEL TO THE LEFT. . . THE VIRUSES’ BALLOONS COME FROM THE SIDEWALK.

C’RONA (INVISIBLE NOW. THE BALLOON COMES FROM THE SKATE BOARD):

BOY, HE’S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE.