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
Title panel:
PROFESSOR GREY: THE VIRUS CAUSING THIS PANDEMIC IS ONE WE’VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE. IT GOES BY A LOT OF NAMES: NOVEL CORONAVIRUS, SARS CORONAVIRUS 2, SARS-COV-2, COVID-19 VIRUS . . . AND, IN THIS COMIC, C’RONA.
Strip One
Panel one: FOX REPORTER IS IN SECURE ROOM WITH VIRUS.
FOX: FELICIA FOX HERE, INTERVIEWING AN ACTUAL SARS CORONAVIRUS 2.
C’RONA: THAT’S ME. RIGHT DOWN HERE.
C’RONA: I’M NEARLY INVISIBLE, AND SUPPOSEDLY DANGEROUS.
Panel two: CLOSE UP ON CHAIR. FOX HOLDS THE MICROPHONE CLOSE TO THE CHAIR.
C’RONA: BUT ACTUALLY, I’M FRAGILE AND MISUNDERSTOOD.
C’RONA: I NEED A HOST TO SURVIVE. WOULD YOU BE MY HOST?
FOX: BAD IDEA.
Panel three: THE FOX PULLS AWAY.
C’RONA: IT’D BE FUN.
FOX: TOO CREEPY. I‘M OUTTA HERE.
Panel four: FOX DROPS THE MICROPHONE AS THE VIRUS SAYS:
C’RONA: TOO LATE.
C’RONA: I’M ON YOUR MICROPHONE.
Panel five: A TERRIFIED FOX LOOKS AT US AS C’RONA SAYS:
C’RONA: TOO LATE AGAIN…IN YOUR NOSE.
C’RONA: OOH, I LIKE IT IN HERE.
Strip Two
Panel one: THE STREET. MOUSE IS PAINTING ANOTHER MESSAGE ON THE WALL WITH THE SYMBOL OF THE VIRUS AS WELL: CAT AND BAT ARE THERE TOO. THE CAT IS HOLDING HIS BANDAGED HEAD, RECOVERING FROM HIS FALL LAST PAGE.
BAT: YOU OK? YOU FELL A LONG WAY.
CAT: I REALLY WANTED TO FLY.
MOUSE: YOU’RE NOT A SUPERHERO. WHO CARES?
Panel two: CLOSER ON MOUSE AND CAT. GRAFFITI: THIS AIN’T THE FLU.
CAT: SUPERHEROES CAN MAKE ALL THE BAD STUFF IN LIFE OK.
MOUSE: I THINK WE HAVE TO DO THAT FOR OURSELVES.
Panel three:
BAT (HOVERING): CHEER UP. MAYBE YOU ARE INVULNERABLE.
YOU FELL FIFTY FEET WITHOUT A SCRATCH.
CAT: (THINKING ABOUT IT): YES?
Panel four: HEADS OF MOUSE AND BAT AND FULL FIGURE OF CAT RUNNING OFF JOYOUSLY.
CAT: THAT’S MY SUPERPOWER! I’M YOUNG AND INVULNERABLE!
BAT: OH BOY!
MOUSE: NOWHE THINKS HE’S INVULNERABLE.
BAT: I SHOULD HAVE KEPT MY MOUTH SHUT.
Strip Three
Panel one: THE HEAD OF PROFESSOR GREY.
PROFESSOR: WANT TO ACTUALLY SEE THE COVID-19 VIRUS? YOU CAN THROUGH THE MAGIC OF COMIX.
Panel two: THE VIRUSES.
FLU VIRUS: AM I VIRUS ENOUGH FOR YOU?
FLU VIRUS: I’M MEAN! I’M DEADLY! I’M…
C’RONA: AN EDGE OF THE CORONA VIRUS INTERRUPTS: NOT COVID-19 VIRUS.
FLU VIRUS: OK, IT’S TRUE. I’M FLU.
Panel three: THE CORONA VIRUS FLOATS IN.
C’RONA: AND I’M C’RONA! PEOPLE THINK I’M LIKE THE FLU. BUT SEE…NO RESEMBLANCE.
C’RONA: HAD YOU GOING, DIDN’T WE?
Panel four: LONG SHOT ACROSS THE TOP – THE TWO VIRUS GIGGLE TOGETHER BUT WE HAVE NOW PULLED BACK TO HUMAN SCALE SO THE GIGGLING SOUNDS COME FROM THE SIDEWALK IN TWO BALLOONS WITH THE VIRUSES BEING TOO SMALL TO BE SEEN. SKATE GOAT IS SKATE BOARDING BY TO THE LEFT. HE HAS NO MASK.
FLU VIRUS: IT’S SO EASY TO CONFUSE HUMANS.
C’RONA: HEY, WHO’S THIS?
GOAT: COVID 19 YOU’D BEST TAKE NOTE. DON’T TRY TO GET THE SKATING GOAT.
SPEED’S AT THE CORE OF MY PERSONA. I MOVE TOO FAST TO CATCH C’RONA.
Panel five: A LONG SMALL PANEL SHOWING ONE OF THE GOAT’S HOOVES ON THE REAR OF THE SKATEBOARD AS IT EXITS THE PANEL TO THE LEFT. . . THE VIRUSES’ BALLOONS COME FROM THE SIDEWALK.
C’RONA (INVISIBLE NOW. THE BALLOON COMES FROM THE SKATE BOARD):
BOY, HE’S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE.
