Credits

Art by Henry Payer and Bob Hall
Story by Judi gaiashkibos, Bob Hall, Liz VanWormer, Judy Diamond
Web Site by Bolero Information Systems LLC

Title: TRIBAL C’RONA COMIX ART BY HENRY PAYER & BOB HALL 11/30/2020

Title panel: BOY AND COYOTE STAND BACK TO ADMIRE THEIR WORK.

COYOTE: IT’S BEAUTIFUL!!

WILL: REALLY?

WILL: YOU DON’T THINK IT LOOKS KINDA DUMB?

COYOTE: IT’S A PERFECT VIRUS TRAP.

Strip One

Panel one: THE MAKE-BELIEVE VILLAGE PANORAMA. COYOTE AND WILL SET UP SIGNS TO DIVERT THE VIRUSES TO THE MAKE-BELIEVE VILLAGE.

WILL: YOU HONESTLY THINK THIS’LL LURE THE VIRUSES AWAY FROM THE REAL TOWN?

COYOTE: LEAVE THAT TO ME.

Panel two: COYOTE PRETENDS TO BE A BARKER WITH A MEGAPHONE TO CALL OVER THE VIRUSES TO THE MAKE-BELIEVE VILLAGE. 

COYOTE: STEP RIGHT UP!

Strip Two

Panels one-three: A GROUP OF VIRUSES FLOATING IN THE AIR. THEY ARE LOOKING AT THE MAKE-BELIEVE VILLAGE, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS. VIRUS THOUGHT BUBBLE OF A CROWD OF PEOPLE WATCHING A PLAY WITH TWO ACTORS IN A SWORD FIGHT UNDER A LARGE BANNER THAT SAYS, SHAKESPEARE IN THE SNOW.

VIRUS ONE: WHAT ARE THEY DOING?

VIRUS TWO: MAYBE ITS A PLAY… YOU KNOW, TRAGEDY?

VIRUS ONE: SO THERE’LL BE AN AUDIENCE?

VIRUS TWO: YEAH! PEOPLE TO INFECT! LET’S HANG AROUND.

Strip Three

Panel one: COYOTE IS STRUTTING IN FRONT OF WILL. COYOTE IS BRAGGING ABOUT THE MAKE-BELIEVE VILLAGE.

COYOTE: I’M STOPPING THE PANDEMIC!

COYOTE: THREE CHEERS FOR COYOTE!

WILL (THOUGHT BUBBLE): HOW DO WE EVEN KNOW THIS IS WORKING?

Panel two: VIRUSES ARE GETTING BORED.

VIRUS ONE: NOBODY’S COMING.

VIRUS TWO: YEAH. THIS IS A WASTE. 

VIRUS TWO: LET’S GET OUTTA HERE. 

Panel three: GHOSTS ARE IN THE FOREGROUND WITH WILL AND COYOTE IN THE BACKGROUND.

COYOTE: HEY! THAT KINDA WORKED!

WILL (THOUGHT BUBBLE): DIDN’T LOOK LIKE IT TO ME.

SUSAN GHOST: THIS NEW WORLD OF SCIENCE…

GRANDFATHER GHOST: …ALONG WITH OUR TRADITIONAL WAYS

SUSAN GHOST: …WILL GET US THROUGH THESE TIMES.

Credits 

Art by Henry Payer and Bob Hall 
Story by Judi gaiashkibos, Bob Hall, Liz VanWormer, Judy Diamond 
Web Site by Bolero Information Systems LLC 

Title: TRIBAL C’RONA COMIX ART BY HENRY PAYER & BOB HALL 11/23/2020 

Title panel one:  LONG SHOT. DOCTOR SITS ON A ROCK WITH THE GHOST SOMEWHERE AWAY FROM THE CLINIC. GHOST LOOKS AT THE DOCTOR. 

DOCTOR (THOUGHT BALLOON): TOO MANY SICK. 

DOCTOR (THOUGHT BALLOON): TOO MANY DYING.   

DOCTOR (THOUGHT BALLOON): I CAN’T SAVE THEM ALL. 

GHOST: YOU SAVE WHO YOU CAN.  

DOCTOR:  I KNOW YOU’RE RIGHT AND… 

Strip One 

Panel one: DOCTOR TURNS HER HEAD AND LOOKS AT GHOST AS IF REALIZING FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT SHE IS THERE. THE GHOST SMILES BROADLY FOR THE FIRST TIME.   

DOCTOR: OH!  

GHOST (TO THE DOCTOR): FINALLY…YOU CAN HEAR ME. 

DOCTOR: YOU LOOK LIKE…  

DOCTOR: ARE YOU…?  

GHOST: SUSAN LA FLESCHE.  

Panel two:  MARY LOOKS AT THE GHOST WHO IS TURNED AND WALKING AWAY. 

MARY: YOU’RE GOING? 

GHOST: WE’LL TALK AGAIN SOON… 

GHOST: …AFTER THEY BURY GRANDFATHER. 

Panel three: BURIAL OF GRANDFATHER OFF IN THE DISTANCE OUTDOORS IN A TRIBAL CEMETARY ON THE HILL BEHIND THE VILLAGE . MANY PEOPLE IN MASKS, SOCIALLY DISTANCED. BOY AND COYOTE STANDING TOGETHER. GHOST IS NEARBY AND THERE IS ANOTHER GHOST FIGURE IN THE FOREGROUND. 

SPIRITUAL LEADER (ROADMAN): WE HONOR CLARA’S GRANDFATHER, A SPECIAL ELDER OF OUR COMMUNITY… LOST TO COVID-19. 

SPIRITUAL LEADER: HIS STORIES LIVE ON… HIS SPIRIT WILL STAY WITH US ALWAYS. 

Strip Two 

Panel one: GRANDFATHER APPEARS IN DISTANCE AS SUSAN GHOST AND BOY LOOK. 

WILL: OH!  

WILL: DR. SUSAN … THIS IS CLARA’S GRANDFATHER! 

SUSAN GHOST: I KNEW I’D SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE.   

SUSAN GHOST: WE NEED YOUR HELP.  

GRANDFATHER GHOST: WE’VE SURVIVED PANDEMICS BEFORE. 

Panel two: BOY AND COYOTE. GHOSTS ARE WALKING AWAY. COYOTE THROWS A SNOWBALL AT THE BOY.  

SUSAN GHOST (TO GRANDFATHER GHOST): COME WALK WITH ME. 

WILL: THIS PANDEMIC IS PULLING OUR PEOPLE APART. 

WILL: I WISH I COULD DO SOMETH…OW!!! 

COYOTE: HEY KID! 

Panel three: BOY AND COYOTE TALKING. BOY WITH SNOWBALL ON HIS HEAD. 

WILL: WHAT?  

COYOTE TO BOY: REMEMBER THE ANCESTORS’ VILLAGE OF MAKE-BELIEVE? 

WILL: NOPE. 

Strip Three   

Panel one: BOY AND COYOTE WALKING TOGETHER.  

COYOTE THOUGHT BUBBLE WITH HIMSELF AS A FEARLESS VIRUS CATCHER HOLDING A CAGE FULL OF VIRUSES.  

COYOTE: A LONG TIME AGO PEOPLE BUILT A MAKE-BELIEVE VILLAGE TO SAVE THEIR LAND.  

WILL: THINK WE COULD MAKE THE VIRUSES GO TO A MAKE-BELIEVE VILLAGE? 

COYOTE: GREAT IDEA!  

Panel two: THE BOY AND COYOTE ARE BUILDING A MAKE-BELIEVE VILLAGE WITH HOMES MADE OF CARDBOARD BOXES. COYOTE WATCHES WHILE WILL DRAWS WINDOWS ON THE CARDBOARD BOXES. 

BOX: NEXT DAY. 

WILL: THIS IS A NUTTY IDEA! 

WILL: BUT THINGS ARE SO BAD… I’LL TRY ANYTHING. 

Panel three: TWO GHOSTS LOOKING ON AT BOY AND COYOTE AND VILLAGE. 

SUSAN GHOST: THIS BOY WILL BE A LEADER SOMEDAY. 

GRANDFATHER GHOST: SOMETIMES TO LEAD YOU MUST FIRST FAIL. 

Credits 

Art by Henry Payer and Bob Hall 
Story by Judi gaiashkibos, Bob Hall, Liz VanWormer, Judy Diamond 
Web Site by Bolero Information Systems LLC 

Title: TRIBAL C’RONA COMIX ART BY HENRY PAYER & BOB HALL 11/16/2020 

Title panel: THE BOY TALKS TO THE COYOTE WHO IS STILL SPRAWLED AFTER TRYING TO WALK THROUGH THE WALL ON PAGE ONE. 

WILL: DID I SEE A GHOST WALK THROUGH A WALL?  WHO WAS THAT? 

COYOTE: SUSAN LA FLESCHE …AMERICA’S FIRST NATIVE DOCTOR. 

WILL: WOW! SHE LIVED LIKE A HUNDRED YEARS AGO! 

Strip One 

Panel one: GHOST WALKING INTO THE WALL INTO THE CLINIC FROM AN INSIDE VIEW. 

GHOST: WHAT’S MAKING SO MANY PEOPLE SICK? MEASLES? TUBERCULOSIS?  

Panel two: INSIDE THE CLINIC, GHOST SEES DR. MARY WALK INTO AN OFFICE.  

GHOST: SHE MUST BE THE DOCTOR. 

Panel three: DR. MARY IS IN HER OFFICE AND THE GHOST STANDS IN THE DOORWAY. IT’S A SMALL OFFICE. ON A HER DESK IS AN OLD PHOTOGRAPH OF THE GHOST, SUSAN LA FLECHE PICOTTE. THE DOCTOR, MARY LA FLESCHE IS IN A CHAIR, EXHAUSTED.  

DOCTOR (TALKING TO THE PICTURE): I WANTED SO MUCH TO BE LIKE YOU. 

GHOST: I WISH YOU COULD HEAR ME …  

GHOST: YOU ARE AMAZING. 

Panel four: THE DOCTOR’S PHONE BEEPS. GHOST LOOKS AT THE PHONE. 

SOUND EFFECT: BEEP BEEP. 

GHOST:  WHAT’S THAT THING?   

DOCTOR: TIME FOR HOME VISITS. 

GHOST: AH, JUST LIKE I DID. 

Strip Two 

Panel one: THE DOCTOR IN A JEEP WITH WILL, DRIVING ALONG A DIRT ROAD. BEHIND THE JEEP, THE GHOST FOLLOWS ON HER HORSE. THE COYOTE IS HITCHING A RIDE ON THE BACK ON THE JEEP.   

DOCTOR: WE DIDN’T VISIT THIS FAMILY LAST WEEK.  

DOCTOR: THE COVID-19 VIRUS IS HITTING EVERYONE HARD. 

WILL: WHAT SHOULD I DO? 

DOCTOR: STAY IN THE JEEP, WILL. AND BE READY.  

GHOST: COVID-19? HMMM. SOMETHING NEW. 

Panel two: JEEP PULLS UP TO ISOLATED HOUSE. CLARA IS IN THE OPEN DOORWAY WITH MASK ON.   

CLARA: WELCOME DOCTOR MARY. 

DOCTOR: GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN, CLARA. 

CLARA: I WAS HOPING YOU’D COME.  

CLARA: MY DAUGHTER HAS A FEVER AND COUGH. 

Strip Three 

Panel one: THE DOCTOR IS HOLDING TO STICK UP THE TEEN’S NOSE. GHOST AND CLARA LOOK ON. 

DOCTOR: EVERYTHING LOOKS OK. 

DOCTOR: …AND NOW WE TEST FOR COVID. 

GHOST: WHERE’S THE REST OF THE FAMILY? 

DOCTOR: CLARA, LET ME SEE GRANDFATHER. 

Panel two: IN GRANDFATHER’S ROOM. GRANDFATHER IS ASLEEP IN A CHAIR. THE DOCTOR HAS PUT AN OXIMETER ON GRANDFATHER’S FOREFINGER. GHOST WATCHES. 

GHOST: I LIKE THIS FINGER THING-A-MA JIG. 

GRANDFATHER (NO BALLOON): SNORE. 

DOCTOR: GRANDFATHER’S OXYGEN IS VERY LOW  

DOCTOR: CLARA, HE IS VERY SICK. 

DOCTOR: PLEASE TELL WILL TO CALL AN AMBULANCE. 

Panel three: BOY AND COYOTE ARE OUTSIDE TALKING. AMBULANCE IS PULLING AWAY WITH GRANDFATHER INSIDE. CLARA AND DOCTOR ARE LOOKING ON. 

DOCTOR: YOUR DAUGHTER‘S OK FOR NOW. 

DOCTOR: I’LL LET YOU KNOW ABOUT GRANDFATHER. 

WILL: WE GOTTA DO SOMETHING! 

COYOTE: WELL, I‘M FULL OF IDEAS. 

WILL: LIKE WHAT? 

COYOTE (THOUGHT BUBBLE AS COYOTE AS HIMSELF WITH A BANNER THAT SAYS VIRUS SLAYER). 

Credits

Art by Henry Payer and Bob Hall
Story by Judi gaiashkibos, Bob Hall, Liz VanWormer, Judy Diamond
Web Site by Bolero Information Systems LLC

Title: TRIBAL C’RONA COMIX ART BY HENRY PAYER & BOB HALL 11/09/2020

Title panel: A MISERABLE COYOTE IS SHAKING IN SNOWSTORM.

COYOTE: BRRR..

COYOTE: IT’S TOO COLD FOR THIS COYOTE.

COYOTE: WHO AM I WAITING FOR?

Strip One

Panel one: CLOSER ON THE SHIVERING COYOTE.

VOICE FROM OFF PANEL: STOP WHINING!

Panel two: THE GHOST ON HER HORSE IS OUTLINED BY THE BLIZZARD. COYOTE IS IN THE FOREGROUND.

GHOST: I’M ON A MISSION.

COYOTE: ME TOO.

COYOTE: MINE IS TO KEEP FROM FREEZING. WHAT’S YOURS?

Panel three: THE GHOST IS CLOSER NOW AND SOME OF HER FEATURES ARE EMERGING THROUGH THE SNOW.

GHOST: YOU’RE QUITE THE SASSY COYOTE.

GHOST: NOW SHOW ME THE WAY TO TOWN.

COYOTE POINTING: THIS WAY.
Panel four: THE GHOST IS RIDING OFF IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. COYOTE CHASES AFTER.

GHOST: IF YOU SAY THAT WAY THEN IT HAS TO BE THIS WAY.

COYOTE: OK, OK… NO MORE TRICKS…

COYOTE (THOUGHT BALLOON): …THIS TIME.

Strip Two

Panel one: DR. MARY LA FLESCHE IS WALKING WITH HER TEN-YEAR-OLD NEPHEW, WILL, IN FRONT OF THE CLINIC. THEY ARE BOTH WEARING MASKS. DOG IS WITH THEM.

WILL: YOU WORK SO HARD .

DOCTOR: COMES WITH BEING A DOCTOR….

DOCTOR: …BUT THIS COVID PANDEMIC IS TOUGH ON EVERYONE.

Panel two: MARY IS TALKING TO WILL.

WILL: WISH I COULD HELP.

DOCTOR: WASH YOUR HANDS.

DOCTOR: KEEP WEARING YOUR MASK.

DOCTOR: AND STAY DISTANCED.

Panel three: WILL IS PETTING HIS DOG. THE GHOST ARRIVES. THE COYOTE WALKS ALONG SIDE.

WILL (TO HIS DOG): WHAT CAN I DO?

DOG (AWARE OF THE GHOST): WOOF?

WILL: WHAT THE HECK??

GHOST: I’M HERE TO SEE MY GREAT- GRANDNIECE.

Strip Three

Panel one: GHOST SLIDES OFF HER HORSE IN FRONT OF THE CLINIC. WILL STARS AT HER.

GHOST: THIS IS THE CLINIC?

GHOST: SHOW ME WHERE THE DOCTOR IS.

WILL: MARY LA FLESCHE? SHE’S MY AUNT.

WILL: BUT I’M NOT ALLOWED IN.

Panel two: MEDIUM SHOT. THE GHOST WALKS THROUGH THE WALL INTO THE CLINIC. WE SEE HER HALF IN AND HALF OUT. THE BOY STARES AT HER. COYOTE WALKS BEHIND HER.

GHOST: I AM.

WILL: OH!

COYOTE: I GOTTA TRY THIS.

Panel three: COYOTE HEADS INTO THE WALL.

COYOTE: OW!

Panel four: COYOTE DAZED. HE IS SITTING FACING US.

COYOTE: DEFINITELY A GHOST!