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.
