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Credits and Transcript for C’rona Comix Page 10

C’rona Comix Page 10

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     9/14/2020

Title panel one: SLENDER PANEL. POD IS IN MIDST OF THE CYTOS, WHO ARE CALMING DOWN  BUT STILL CHATTERING.

PROFESSOR: CYTOS ARE CALMING DOWN.

PROFESSOR: FINALLY.

Title panel two: LOOKING PAST THE POD TOWARD B-CELLS SLIDING DOWN ROPES FROM THE TOP. THEY LOOK LIKE PROFESSIONAL CLIMBERS WITH PITONS (Y SHAPPED) HANGING FROM THEIR VESTS.

MOUSE: HEY! WHO ARE THESE GUYS?

PROFESSOR: THERE’S MORE WAYS THAN ONE TO STOP A VIRUS.

PROFESSOR: MACROPHAGEST-CELLS AND NOW… B-CELLS!

Strip One

Panel one: THE B-CELLS HURL THEIR ANTIBODIES.

PROFESSOR (IN BOX): “TOOK THEM A WHILE TO GET HERE, BUT NOW

Panel two:  A VIRUS IS ABOUT TO UNLOCK A LUNG CELL. THERE ARE INCOMING ANTIBODIES.THAT TURN TO JAM, COVERING THE VIRUS KEYS. 

VIRUS: HUH?

PROFESSOR(IN BOX): …CHECK OUT THEIR ANTIBODIES!

Panel three: ANTIBODIES FROM THE B-CELLS TURN TO JAM, COVERING THE KEY OF A VIRUS AND THE LOCK IT WAS ABOUT TO OPEN.

PROFESSOR: “ANTIBODIES COVER THE VIRUS KEYS…

VIRUS: HEY! WHAT’S THIS?

PROFESSOR: … AND THE LOCKS ON GRANDMA’S CELLS.”

Strip Two

Panel one: LONG SHOT THE VIRUSES ARE STRATEGICALLY COATED WITH ANTIBODIES AND CELLS ARE BLOCKED. THE B-CELLS CONTINUE TO THROW THEIR ANTIBODIES.

VIRUS COMMANDER: FALL BACK!

VIRUS COMMANDER: TAKE COVER!

Panel two: THE B-CELL AND THE MACROPHAGE.

B-CELL: AND THAT AS THEY SAY, IS THAT!

B-CELL:HEY MAC, GET T’ WORK!

MACROPHAGE: WHY DO I ALWAYS GOTTA CLEAN UP THE MESS?

Panel three: THE MACROPHAGE AT WORK IN THE FOREGROUND. T-CELL AND B-CELL BEHIND.

MACROPHAGE:BURP.

T-CELL: VIRUSES,WE KNOW YOU NOW!

T-CELL AND B-CELL: COME ON… WE ARE READY!

Strip Three

Panel one: THE POD GOING AWAY. THERE WILL BE MULTIPLE IMAGES OF THE POD UNTIL IT DISAPPEARS.

PROFESSOR: CRISIS IS OVER FOR NOW.

PROFESSOR: TIME TO GO HOME.

CAT: CAN WE STOP FOR ICE CREA–

Panel two: CAT, MOUSE, GOAT, BAT AND PROFESSOR STANDING OUTSIDE GRANDMA’S WINDOW. GRANDMA IS A GRAY SILHOUETTE BEHIND THE GLASS SO WE DON’T SEE HER CLEARLY. ARROW POINTS TO VIRUSES IN THE AIR.

CAPTION: TEN DAYS LATER

CAT, PROFESSOR, AND BAT: WELCOME HOME!

MOUSE: GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK,GRANDMA.

GOAT: YO, GRAMMA.

ARROW: VIRUSES

Panel three: CLOSE-UP OF TWO VIRUSES.

VIRUS 1: DO THEY KNOW SOME OF US ARE STILL AROUND?

VIRUS 2: NAH. WE CAN HANG OUT IN THE AIR FOR A WHILE.

VIRUS 1: AS LONG AS THERE’S NO VACCINE, WE’RE A-OK.