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.
