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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 12/07/2020 

Title panel one: WILL AND COYOTE IN FRONT OF THE MAKE-BELIEVE VILLAGE IN DISREPAIR WITH THE CARDBOARD BLOWING AWAY. 

WILL: WE TRIED OUR BEST TO TRICK THE VIRUSES. 

WILL: BUT NONE CAME TO OUR MAKE-BELIEVE VILLAGE. 

COYOTE: NO WORRY.  

Title panel two: COYOTE IS BEHIND BOY. 

COYOTE: I’VE GOT ANOTHER IDEA. 

WILL: NO WAY!  

WILL: IT’S TIME TO MOVE ON. 

Strip One   

Panel one: A VAN PULLS UP TO THE CLINIC. MARY COMES OUT TO GREET THEM. SEVERAL YOUNG FEMALE AND MALE NATIVE HEALTH PROVIDERS CLIMB OUT OF THE VAN. 

DOCTOR: THANKS FOR ANSWERING MY CALL.  

DOCTOR: NOW WE STAND A CHANCE. 

Panel two: CLOSE UP ON YOUNG FEMALE AND MALE NATIVE PROVIDERS IN MASKS WHO HAVE CLIMBED OUT OF THE VAN. IN THE DISTANCE WILL AND THE GHOSTS ARE WATCHING. THE COYOTE APPEARS EVEN MORE IN THE DISTANCE AS A ROUND SILLHOUETTE WITH TWO LEGS AND A HEAD. 

YOUNG HEALTH PROVIDERS: WE ARE HERE TO HELP! 

SUSAN GHOST: I’M PROUD OF THEM. 

SUSAN GHOST: THEY LIGHTEN THE LOAD. 

GRANDFATHER GHOST: OUR PEOPLE GET TRAINED… 

GRANDFATHER GHOST: AND COME HOME TO HELP THE TRIBE.  

GRANDFATHER GHOST: LIKE YOU DID. 

COYOTE: HEY LOOK!  

Strip Two 

Panel one: COYOTE WEARING AN INFLATABLE GIANT VIRUS COSTUME. 

COYOTE: WHAT DO YOU THINK? 

COYOTE: THIS’LL FOOL ‘EM! 

Panel two: REVERSE SHOT PAST COYOTE 

GHOSTS (LAUGHING – NO BALLOON):  HA HA HA HA 

WILL: WHERE ON EARTH DID YOU GET THAT? 

COYOTE: YOU DON’T WANNA  KNOW. 

Panel three: COYOTE WALKS AWAY WITH THOUGHT BUBBLE OF COYOTE AND COSTUME COVERED IN VIRUSES.  

COYOTE (THOUGHT BALLOON): LET ‘EM LAUGH.  

COYOTE (THOUGHT BALLOON): THE VIRUSES WILL CLING TO THIS LIKE A MOTHER SHIP.  

Strip Three 

Panel one: BOY AND COYOTE WITH DEFLATED OUTFIT. 

BOX: LATER. 

WILL: SORRY YOU’RE DEFLATED. 

COYOTE: NEVER MIND.  

COYOTE: I’M STILL FULL OF HOT AIR. 

Panel two: THE BOY AND COYOTE TALK. IN THE DISTANCE A COUPLE OF DOCTORS UNLOAD MORE SUPPLIES FROM THE VAN. COYOTE DISCARDS THE VIRUS COSTUME. 

WILL: GONNA HANG AROUND? 

COYOTE: DON’T THINK SO, KID.   

COYOTE: I’VE GOT NEW PLACES TO GO.  

Panel three: THE GHOSTS AND WILL TALK AS COYOTE WALKS OFF INTO THE DISTANCE.  

WILL: ARE YOU LEAVING, TOO?  

GRANDFATHER GHOST: YES, BUT DON’T WORRY.  

GRANDFATHER GHOST: OUR PEOPLE WILL SURVIVE THIS PANDEMIC. 

SUSAN GHOST: OUR SPIRIT WILL BE WITH YOU ALWAYS.  

WILL: THAT’S GOOD. YOU GIVE US HOPE. 

Panel four: HEAD SHOT OF GHOST OF SUSAN LA FLESCHE. 

SUSAN GHOST: NOW WHERE DID I LEAVE MY HORSE? 

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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.

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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. 

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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). 

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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!

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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 II  BY BOB HALL 10/26/2020

Title panel one: FELICIA FOX IN WITCH COSTUME AND ON TV.

FELICIA: REPORTER FELICIA FOX HERE… AND IT’S HALLOWEEN!

FELICIA: ENJOY IT, BUT REMEMBER TO STAY SAFE.

Title panel two: FELICIA FOX AGAIN. SHE SHOWS A HEAD AND TORSO DRAWING OF A KID IN A SUPERHERO COSTUME WITH AN EYE MASK AND A FACE MASK.

FELICIA: WEAR A MASK WITH YOUR MASK…

FELICIA: …AND DON’T DO ANYTHING BATTY. HEH HEH.

Strip One

Panel one: GOAT IS DRESSED AS A VAMPIRE BAT. HE WEARS A MASK WITH THE VAMPIRE MOUTH AND TEETH AND SPREADS HIS CAPE. WE SEE SILHOUETTES OF MOUSE, BAT, AND THE PROFESSOR IN FRONT OF HIM. BAT IS  IN THE AIR. THEY ARE  HAVING A SAFELY DISTANCED GATHERING ON THE ROOF OF MOUSE’S BUILDING.

GOAT (IN SPOOKY BALLOON):  I VANT TO DRINK YOUR BLOOOOD.

MOUSE: UH… NOT FUNNY.

BAT: BLOOD?

BAT: MOST BATS LIKE NECTAR OR FRUIT OR INSECTS.

PROFESSOR: THERE ARE 1400 DIFFERENT KINDS OF BATS.

Panel two: SHOT OF GOAT, MOUSE IN COSTUME, AND PROFESSOR ON THE ROOF, WHICH HAS HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS. BAT FLIES ABOVE. PROFESSOR IS HOLDING OUT HIS OWN VERSION OF VR GLASSES.

BAT: BUT ONLY THREE FEED ON BLOOD.

GOAT (A BIT DISAPPOINTED): I GUESS BATS DON’T TRY TO HARM PEOPLE.

MOUSE: BUT THINK WHAT PEOPLE DO TO WILDLIFE.

PROFESSOR: TRY THESE SPECIAL VR GLASSES.

Panel three: THEY PUT ON THE GLASSES. CLOSE ON GOAAT AND MOUSE.

MOUSE: WOW.

GOAT: MINE AREN’T WORKING!

GOAT: I DON’T SEE ANYTHI…

GOAT: HEY…A FOREST!

Strip Two

Panel one:  OUR CHARACTERS WALK THROUGH A SOUTH-EAST ASIAN JUNGLE. A PANGOLIN AND A CIVET COME OUT TO SEE THEM.

MOUSE: WOW! A PANGOLIN.

GOAT: AND A CIVET.

PROFESSOR: WE’RE FRIENDS.

PROFESSOR: TELL US ABOUT HUMANS.

PANGOLIN: HUMANS CATCH US…

PANGOLIN: …TRANSPORT US TO MARKET.

Panel two: CLOSE ON THE PANGOLIN AND CIVET.

PANGOLIN: THEY THINK OUR SCALES CAN BE MADE INTO MEDICINE.

CIVET: WE GET TAKEN AND SOLD IN MARKETS …

CIVET: …AS MEAT.

Panel three: MEDIUM SHOT OF THE CIVET, PANGOLIN, PROFESSOR, AND BAT.

CIVET: OUR VIRUSES SOMETIMES GO TO HUMANS.

PROFESSOR: THAT’S HOW THE FIRST SARS GOT SPREAD… BUT WE STILL DON’T KNOW HOW COVID-19 GOT TO PEOPLE.

Strip Three

Panel one: PROFESSOR AND THE PANGOLIN

PANGOLIN: PROTECTING US WILD ANIMALS PROTECTS HUMANS, TOO.

CAT (FROM OFF PANEL):EVERYONE! TAKE OFF YOUR GLASSES.

Panel two: THEY ALL TAKE OFF THEIR GLASSES AND STARE TOWARD THE CAMERA.

CAT: HOW DO YOU LIKE MY COSTUME?

MOUSE: UH …CAT.

PROFESSOR: WELL…

GOAT: GREAT EARS.

BAT: NOT ANOTHER BAT!?

Panel three: CAT STANDS ON THE EDGE OF THE WALL OF THE ROOF IN A BATMAN-LIKE COSTUME.  THE OTHERS STARE AT HIM.BAT IS WEARING NO COSTUME – JUST HIS SWEATER AND FACE MASK.

CAT: WRONG CHOICE?

CAT: SORRY…

MOUSE: EVERYONE WANTS TO BE A BAT THIS YEAR.

 Panel four:THE CHARACTERS TALK DIRECTLY TO THE READER.

PROFESSOR: HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE.

CAT: BUT STAY SIX FEET APART.

MOUSE: AND WEAR YOUR MASK!!

GOAT: STAY COOL, DUDES.

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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 II BY BOB HALL  10/19/2020

Title panel one: A STICK FIGURE IMAGE OF A BAT FLYING, A BIRD FLYING, AND A 737 AIRPLANE. THE FOCUS IS ON THE SCREEN, WITH BAT IN THE AIR AND PROFESSOR AND CAT IN FRONT OF THE SCREEN.

CAT: LAST TIME YOU SAID BAT WAS SPECIAL.

BAT: I LIKE THAT.

PROFESSOR: LOOK AT THIS SLIDE.

PROFESSOR: YOU ARE THE ONLY MAMMAL THAT FLIES!

LABEL: THINGS THAT FLY

LABEL: MAMMAL (ARROW POINTING TO THE BAT).

LABEL: NOT MAMMAL (ARROW POINTING TO THE BIRD AND THE AIRPLAN).

Title Panel Two: NARROW PANEL – BAT AND PROFESSOR.

PROFESSOR: PERHAPS YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM BECAME MORE TOLERANT BECAUSE YOU FLY.

BAT: HMMM…OKAY, A TRADE OFF… GUESS IT’S WORTH IT. 

PROFESSOR: NEXT SLIDE…

Strip One

Panel one:  THE GROUP STANDS IN FRONT OF SCREEN WHICH NOW SHOWS A SCIENCE MAGAZINE COVER WITH A TITLE ‘AMAZING BATS’ WITH A PICTURE OF A BAT POLLINATING A FLOWER. OUR CHARACTERS HAVE THEIR BACKS TO US AND ARE IN SILHOUETTE.

CAT: UH…IF WE GOT RID OF BATS WOULD WE GET RID OF BAD DISEASES?

BAT: HUH?

PROFESSOR: NO, IT’S A FAIR QUESTION.

PROFESSOR: BUT COMPLICATED.

Panel two: PROFESSOR WALKS INTO THE SCREEN AND THE OTHERS FOLLOW.

PROFESSOR: LET’S GO THROUGH THE SCREEN.

BAT: HOW DO WE DO THIS?

PROFESSOR: SOMETHING TO DO WITH DIMENSIONAL COMIC STRIP HARMONICS.

Panel three:  THEY WALK (AND FLY) INTO THE SAME MAGAZINE COVER WITH PICTURE A ON THE SCREEN SEEN FROM THE FRONT SIDE, OUR GROUP SHOULD BE SMALL AND THE FLOWER AND BAT LARGE.

PROFESSOR: YOU SEE.

CAT: WOW WE’RE IN A MAGAZINE!

BAT: ARE WE FAMOUS?

Strip Two

Panel one: IN A NEW PAGE IN THE WORLD OF THE MAGAZINE, THERE IS A CLOSE UP OF A BAT FEEDING AT A DURIAN FLOWER. IT HAS THE LATIN NAME ABOVE THE PHOTO: Durio zibethinus. CAT IS PULLING A BANANA OUT OF HIS PACK.

CAT: DUR… UH… RIO …UH…NEVER MIND.

PROFESSOR: IT’S A TROPICAL FRUIT.

PROFESSOR: WITHOUT BATS, THIS PLANT COULD NOT REPRODUCE.

Panel two: THEY ARE IN A PICTURE OF CASHEW, GUAVA, AND MANGO FLOWERS. CAT STARTS TO PEEL HIS BANANA.

PROFESSOR: BATS POLLINATEHUNDREDS OF PLANTS WE LIKE TO EAT.

PROFESSOR: MANGO.

PROFESSOR: GUAVA.

PROFESSOR: CASHEW.

CAT: JEEZ. ALL I HAVE IS A BANANA.

Panel three: CAT PEELS THE BANANA. THERE ARE MOSQUITOS FLYING AROUND. 

PROFESSOR: WILD BANANAS ARE POLLINATED BY BATS.

PROFESSOR: BUT THE BANANAS WE EAT ARE CLONES THAT DON’T REQUIRE BATS.

BAT: REAL CATS DON’T EAT BANANAS.

CAT: YEAH, AND REAL CATS DON’T WEAR MASKS EITHER.

Strip Three

Panel one: CAT AND THE PROFESSOR ARE NOW SWATTING MOSQUITOES EXCEPT BAT WHO WOULD EAT ONE EXCEPT HE KNOWS THIS IS VIRTUAL REALITY. THERE ARE LITTLE BROWN BATS AT THE TOP OF THE PANEL AND SOME BEGIN TO SWOOP DOWN.

PROFESSOR: OH YES! BATS EAT HUGE NUMBERS OF INSECTS.

PROFESSOR: AND SOME OF THOSE INSECTS EAT CROPS.

BAT: INSECTS! YUM!

Panel two: LITTLE BROWN BATS SWOOPING DOWN ON MOSQUITOES AT NIGHT.

BAT: WOW! WE SHOULD BE PROTECTED.

PROFESSOR: AND THAT MEANS PROTECTING BAT HABITAT.

CAT: YEAH, YOU SHOULD BE LEFT ALONE TO,YOU KNOW…

CAT: …DO YOUR STUFF.

Panel three: PROFESSOR, BAT, AND CAT TURN DIRECTLY TOWARD THE READER.

PROFESSOR: WE NEED TO STOP BOTHERINGBATS.

CAT: YEAH, LET THEM LIVE IN PEACE.

CAT: BESIDES, THEY’RE VERY COOL.

BAT: OH THANKS.

BAT: YOU’VE MADE BAT VERY HAPPY.

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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.

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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  BY BOB CAMP  10/5/2020

Title panel: PROFESSOR, BAT (HANGING UPSIDE DOWN), AND GOAT LOOKING AT HIS PHONE WHILE LEANING AGAINST A TREE.

PROFESSOR (TRYING TO RUN BUT HUFFING AND PUFFING): YOU GUYS ARE BOTH TOO FAST FOR ME. WHO WON?

BAT (WINKING): ISN’T IT OBVIOUS?

PROFESSOR: NOTHING IS OBVIOUS WITHOUT EVIDENCE.

Strip One

Panel one: PROFESSOR AND BAT (HANGING UPSIDE DOWN) LOOKING ON. GOAT IS POINTING TO NEWS ON HIS PHONE.

PHONE (POINTER): COVID-19 LINKED TO BATS.

GOAT: HEY PROFESSOR, IS THIS TRUE?

Panel two: PROFESSOR TALKING TO BAT AND GOAT.

PROFESSOR: WELL, WE KNOW SOME BATS HAVE SIMILAR VIRUSES TO THE COVID-19 VIRUS…

PROFESSOR: … BUT WE DON’T KNOW IF PEOPLE CAUGHT THE DISEASE DIRECTLY FROM BATS.

Panel three: CLOSE-UP OF BAT HANGING UPSIDE DOWN. PROFESSOR AND GOAT ARE SMALLER AND LOWER DOWN.

BAT: REMEMBER A FEW YEARS BACK?  THERE WAS ANOTHER SARS VIRUS OUTBREAK.  WE GOT BLAMED FOR THAT ONE, TOO.

Panel four: PROFESSOR PULLS A SCREEN ACROSS THE PANEL.

PROFESSOR: I THINK WE COULD USE A GOOD VISUAL.  

Strip Two 

Panel one: PROFESSOR TALKS IN FRONT OF THE SCREEN WHICH HAS A DRAWING LABELED ‘SARS’ WITH ARROWS FROM A BAT TO A CIVET TO A LABEL ‘SICK PERSON.’

PROFESSOR: SARS DIDN’T SPREAD AS WIDELY AS COVID-19…

PROFESSOR … BUT WAS STILL DANGEROUS.


Panel two: PROFESSOR PUSHES NEW EDGE OF PANEL LABELED ‘MERS’ TO REVEAL A PICTURE WITH ARROWS GOING FROM BAT TO CAMEL TO LABEL ‘SICK PERSON’.

PROFESSOR: AND DO YOU REMEMBER THE CAMEL VIRUS THAT CAUSED MERS?

PROFESSOR: THAT VIRUS MAY HAVE COME FROM BATS, TOO.

Panel three: THE PROFESSOR OPENS A HOLE IN THE SCREEN AND GOAT AND BAT FOLLOW HIM INTO A NEW WORLD.

PROFESSOR: OPEN THE LAST PANEL…

PROFESSOR: …AND WE WALK INTO A RAINFOREST.

PROFESSOR: COME ON.

Strip Three

Panel one: BAT (FLYING), GOAT, AND PROFESSOR ARE IN THE WORLD THAT THE PROFESSOR HAS REVEALED. PANGOLIN ON A ROCK LOOKING AT THEM.

BAT: WHAT ABOUT THIS COVID-19 PANDEMIC? DID WE CAUSE THAT, TOO?

PROFESSOR: THE VIRUS IN BATS IS NOT EXACTLY THE SAME.

PROFESSOR: IT’S A MYSTERY.

Panel two: PROFESSOR TALKING TO THE PANGOLIN.

PANGOLIN: US PANGOLINS GET BLAMED FOR BRINGING THE VIRUS FROM BATS TO PEOPLE.

PROFESSOR: THAT’S A MYSTERY, TOO.

Panel three: BAT (FLYING) WITH PROFESSOR AND GOAT. IN THE DISTANCE ARE SCIENTISTS IN FIELD CLOTHES AND MASKS TREKING OUT IN THE FOREST. PANGOLIN IS STARTING OFF IN THE DIRECTION OF THE SCIENTISTS.

BAT: SO HOW DO WE FIGURE IT OUT?

PROFESSOR: SCIENTISTS ARE LOOKING FOR ANSWERS RIGHT NOW.

PANGOLIN: ME, TOO.

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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  BY BOB CAMP  9/28/2020

BAT FLYING AND GOAT ON SKATEBOARD OVER THE TITLE.

Title panel: GOAT AND BAT FACE OFF.

GOAT: I AM THE GREATEST, THE COOLEST, AND THE FASTEST.

BAT:  UH… NOT THE FASTEST. NO WAY.

GOAT: AM! AM! AM!

BAT: MIGHT  I PROPOSE … WE  RACE?

GOAT: YOU’RE ON… VIRUS BREATH.

Strip One

Panel one-three: TAKES UP THE ENTIRE STRIP.  MOUSE IS ON HER LADDER BETWEEN TO GOAT AND BAT. ON ONE SIDE IS ARE DIFFERENT KINDS OF BATS, LARGE AND SMALL, ALL WITH MASKS AND SOCIALLY DISTANCED.  ON THE OTHER SIDE ARE JUST THREE GOATS. THE BATS ARE HOLDING SIGNS THAT SAY: BATS EAT INSECTS, 1400 KINDS OF BATS CAN’T BE WRONG, BATS RULE – GOATS DROOL. A MEXICAN LONG-TONGUED BAT HOLDS UP A SIGN WITH ITS LONG TONGUE: WE POLLINATE PLANTS! THE GOATS HAVE SIGNS THAT SAY: GOATS, YAY FOR GOATS!, GOAT MILK IS GOOD FOR YOU!

BOX:  TWO DAYS LATER.

GOAT: GONNA WIN THIS.

GOAT: I’M NO SCAPE GOAT. 

GOAT: I’M THE SKATE GOAT!

BAT: YOU READY?

BAT: I’M READY!

MOUSE: IF YOU’RE BOTH DONE TALKING…

MOUSE: GET SET…

Strip Two

Panel one: MOUSE WITH MASK HOLDS OUT ARM.

MOUSE: GO!

Panel two: MOUSE FALLS OFF LADDER AS GOAT AND BAT TAKE OFF.

BAT: UP AND AWAY!!

GOAT: HERE I COME!

Panel three: GOAT IS UPSIDE DOWN ON ITS SKATEBOARD. BAT IS IN AIR LOOKING AT HIM.

GOAT: HOW ‘BOUT THAT, BAT?

SOUND EFFECT: WOOSH!

Panel four: BAT MAKES ‘WOOSH’ SOUND AROUND GOAT. IN SPITE OF THE SKATE BOARD, GOAT IS MUCH SLOWER THAN BAT.

BAT: CUTE!

BAT: BUT NOT FAST!

GOAT: YOU’RE STILL A VIRUS BREATH!

SOUND EFFECT: WHOOSH

Panel five: BAT STREAKS ON AHEAD. 

BAT: OK!!

BAT: THAT DOES IT!!

Strip Three

Panel one: THE FINISH LINE WITH GOAT HEADING TOWARD IT. BAT IS WELL PAST THE FINISH LINE SMUGLY WAITING FOR GOAT. BATS IN BACKGROUND CHEERING WITH SIGN: YAY BATS!

SOUND EFFECT: ZOOM

BAT: NO HURRY.

BAT: TAKE YOUR TIME.

BAT: WE’LL WAIT…

Panel two: GOAT AND BAT FACE OFF AGAIN, AND THEIR MASKS ARE FALLING OFF.

GOAT: YOU WON…

GOAT: … BUT I GOT YOUR GOAT, DIDN’T I? HEE HEE.

BAT: THAT IS SO LAME.

Panel three: MOUSE STANDS BETWEEN GOAT AND BAT AND PUSHES THEIR MASKS ON THEIR FACES WITH A ‘FAP’ SOUND.

MOUSE: HEY YOU TWO!

MOUSE: MASK UP!

Panel four: MOUSE, GOAT, AND BAT SIT SOCIALLY DISTANCED WITH MASKS ON. 

BAT: VIRUS BREATH? REALLY?

GOAT: SORRY…

GOAT: I’M JUST TIRED OF ALWAYS BEING THE GOAT.

MOUSE: YOU ARE THE GOAT.

GOAT: YEAH.