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Credits and Transcript for C’rona Comix Page 9

C’rona Comix Page 9

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     9/7/2020

THE POD SHOWS CAT, THE PROFESSOR, AND MOUSE. THEY ARE REACTING TO THE T-CELLS ARRIVING.   

CAT: OH BOY! T-CELLS

Title panel:  T-CELLS ARRIVING. THERE IS A CLOUD OF CYTOS LEADING THEM. MACROPHAGES ARE CLEANING UP VIRUS DEBRIS.

MOUSE: ARE THEY COMING TO THE RESCUE?

MOUSE: WHAT’S GOING ON?

PROFESSOR: THE MACROPHAGES ARE DOING THEIR THING, AND THE CYTOS HAVE CALLED IN MORE T-CELLS. 

Strip One

Panel one: CUT TO THE VIRUSES ON THE DEFENSIVE. A CROWD OF VIRUSES HAVE THEIR KEYS OUT. THE COMMANDER POINTS IN FRONT OF HIM.

PROFESSOR: “THE VIRUSES ARE UNLOCKING GRANDMA’S CELLS…

PROFESSOR: …TO GET INSIDE AND MULTIPLY.”

COMMANDER VIRUS (LOOKING WORRIED): GET BUSY MAKING MORE VIRUSES!

COMMANDER VIRUS: HURRY!

Panel two: A WALL OF GRANDMA’S CELLS. SOME ARE BEING INVADED BY TONS OF VIRUSES WHILE BEING UNLOCKED. THE COMMANDER IS IN THE FOREGROUND. SEE T-CELLS COMING.

COMMANDER VIRUS: DANGER! INCOMING T-CELLS!

Panel three: GRANDMA’S CELLS HOLD OUT A FLAG WITH A PICTURE OF A VIRUS. INDENTED HAND IS VISIBLE. 

PROFESSOR: “THE CELLS HAVE BEEN TURNED INTO VIRUS-MAKING FACTORIES AND ARE SIGNALING FOR HELP.”

Strip Two

Panel one: A LINE OF T-CELLS ARE DOING A ‘HAND TOUCH’ WITH THE INFECTED GRANDMA CELLS.

T-CELLS: YOU’RE INFECTED. EXTERMINATE!  

Panel two: T-CELLS ARE TASERING GRANDMA’S CELLS.

MOUSE: THEY’RE KILLING OFF GRANDMA’SCELLS.

PROFESSOR: GRANDMA’S INFECTED CELLS NEED TO BE DESTROYED.

Panel three: THE T-CELLS ARE BEING SUCCESSFUL AT DESTROYING THE INFECTED CELLS. WE SEE HER CELLS CRUMBLING.

PROFESSOR: T-CELLS ARE LIKE FIRE FIGHTERS WHO TEAR DOWN BLAZING BUILDINGS SO OTHERS DON’T CATCH FIRE. 

Strip Three

Panel one: POD WITH PROFESSOR AND MOUSE AND CAT. THROUGH POD WINDOW THEY SEE THE CYTOKINES GETTING NUTTY.

MOUSE: WHAT’S UP WITH THE CYTOKINES?

PROFESSOR: IF THEY DON’T CALM DOWN, TOO MANY OF GRANDMA’S CELLS WILL GET DESTROYED!

Panels two and three:  TOTAL CHAOS. NOW THE CYTOS GETTING OUT OF CONTROL. THEY’RE ARE CALLING IN MORE AND MORE T-CELLS.

PROFESSOR: HOLD ON TIGHT!  IT’S GOING TO BE A BUMPY RIDE!