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: MACROPHAGES… T-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.
