Credits
Art by Bob Camp
Story by Bob Hall, Liz VanWormer, Judy Diamond
Lettering by Ted Sikora
Web Site by Bolero Information Systems LLC
Title: C’RONA COMIX II ART BY BOB CAMP 10/12/2020
Over title: CAT AND PROFESSOR ARE WALKING ALONG TOGETHER WITH BAT FLYING ALONG. ALL ARE WEARING MASKS.
Title pane one: DIFFERENT ANGLE ON BAT, PROFESSOR, AND CAT STILL WALKING ALONG.
BAT: WHY DO PEOPLE BLAME US BATS FOR BAD STUFF?
CAT: LIKE CAUSING A FOREST FIRE?
BAT: NO. THAT’S SILLY…
BAT: …LIKE SPREADING DISEASE TO PEOPLE!
Panel two: PROFESSOR IS PULLING DOWN A SCREEN FROM THE TOP OF THE PANEL.
PROFESSOR: THESE DISEASES ARE CAUSED BY VIRUSES CARRIED BY BATS.
PROFESSOR: THEY ARE VERY DANGEROUS TO HUMANS…
Strip One
Panel one: THE SCREEN IS DOWN.THERE ARE IMAGES OF BATS WITH NECK PLAQUES THAT SAY MARBURG, RABIES, NIPAH. THE PROFESSOR HOLDS FORTH. CAT AND BAT LOOK ON.
PROFESSOR: …PEOPLE GET THEM FROM DIRECT CONTACT WITH BATS
PROFESSOR: …OR OTHER ANIMALS INFECTED BY BATS.
CAT: NIPAH?
Panel two: PROFESSOR RIPS A HOLE IN THE PAGE.
PROFESSOR: COME WITH ME.
Panel three: THEY STEP INTO A NEW ENVIRONMENT, A BEAUTIFUL TROPICAL RAINFOREST.
CAT: THIS IS AMAZING!
BAT: BEAUTIFUL!
PROFESSOR: IT WAS.
Strip Two
Panel one: DEVASTATION: DEFORESTED LAND. BATS FLY IN THE SKY WHERE THERE WERE ONCE TREES. THE PROFESSOR AND THE REST ARE IN THE FOREGROUND STARING AT THE DEVASTATION.
PROFESSOR: THEN THIS HAPPENED.
CAT: YIKES!
BAT: BUT I SEE BATS.
Panel two (NARROW PANEL): BAT AND FRUIT BAT FLY CLOSE TO EACH OTHER.
BAT: HEY, THIS LOOKS BAD.
FRUIT BAT: IT IS.
FRUIT BAT: OUR HOME WAS CUT DOWN…
FRUIT BAT: OUR FOOD IS GONE.
Panel three: IN THE BACKGROUND WE SEE A PIG FARM. FRUIT BAT FLIES TOWARD A MANGO TREE ON THE FARM. PROFESSOR, CAT, AND BAT ARE IN THE FOREGROUND AS PROFESSOR CONTINUES THE STORY.
FRUIT BAT: NOW WE FEED ON THE TREES IN A PIG FARM.
BAT: THAT BRINGS YOU AWFULLY CLOSE TO WHERE HUMANS ARE.
PROFESSOR: FRUIT GETS CONTAMINATED…
PROFESSOR: …WITH BAT SALIVA THAT HAS THE NIPAH VIRUS.
Panel four: DOWN SHOT FROM A TREE INTO THE PIG ENCLOSURE. BATS ARE IN THE TREES EATING MANGOS. LOTS OF PIECES OF FRUIT FALL INTO THE CORRAL. WE SEE PIGS EATING BELOW. THE PROFESSOR CONTINUES HIS SPEECHES IN BOXES.
PROFESSOR – BOX: “THE FRUITFALLS INTO THE CORRAL..”
PROFESSSOR – BOX: “…AND PIGS BECOME INFECTED.”
Strip Three
Panel one: FARMER IN THE CORRAL WITH THE PIGS. CAT, BAT, AND THE PROFESSOR WATCH FROM A SAFE DISTANCE.
CAT: SO FARMERS GET THE VIRUS FROM THE PIGS?
PROFESSOR: YES.
BAT: BUT WHY DON’T THE VIRUSES MAKEBATS SICK?
Panel two: LONG SHOT OF THE PROFESSOR AND CAT WALKING AWAY AND BAT FLYING AWAY TOGETHER.
PROFESSOR: YOU BATS ARE MAMMALS… JUST LIKE PEOPLE.
PROFESSOR: …SO YOU TOO HAVE AN IMMUNE SYSTEM.
BAT: REALLY? WOW.
PROFESSOR: AND SCIENTISTS THINK YOURS IS MORE TOLERANT OF VIRUSES.
Panel three: CLOSER ON BAT, PROFESSOR, CAT.
BAT: I THOUGHT IMMUNE SYSTEMS WERE SUPPOSED TO FIGHTVIRUSES…
BAT: …NOT TOLERATE THEM!
PROFESSOR: YES, BUT YOURS IS SPECIAL…
Panel four: FROM ABOVE LOOKING DOWN AT MOUSE, CAT AND THE PROFESSSOR. THE BAT SWOOPS JOYOUSLY INTO THE AIR, DOING SOME ACROBATICS JOYOUSLY.
PROFESSOR: …BECAUSE YOU CAN FLY!
BAT: HEY! I‘M SPECIAL!!!
CAT: WISH ICOULD FLY.
