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 panel: SPLIT PANEL. IN THE UPPER SECTION, THE REPORTER FOX TALKS TO PROFESSSOR ON HER PHONE. IN THE LOWER SECTION, THE PROFESSOR ANSWERS.
FOX: FELICIA FOX HERE.
FOX: THIS PANDEMIC ISN’T GOING AWAY… AND IT’S SPREADING.
FOX: COULD YOU SHOW MY TV VIEWERS WHAT’S HAPPENING?
FOX: SOMETHING VISUAL?
PROFESSOR: HMM. I’LL SEE WHAT I CAN COME UP WITH.
Strip One
Panel one: BAT AND CAT ARE ON THE ROOF TOP AGAIN. CAT IS HANGING UP HIS BEACH TOWEL CAPE AND EYEMASK.
BAT: YOU GIVING UP ON YOUR SUPERHERO OUTFIT?
CAT:I THOUGHT I WAS INVULNERABLE.
CAT: TURNS OUT NO ONE IS.
MOUSE (FROM OFF PANEL BELOW.): I HEAR VOICES ON MY ROOF.
Panel Two: PULL BACK TO SEE MORE OF THE BUILDING, INCLUDING MOUSE’S WINDOW WITH HER IN IT. BAT AND CAT ON THE ROOF.
BAT: MOUSE. HOW YOU FEELING?
MOUSE: BETTER. MUCH BETTER.
MOUSE: STILL IN QUARANTINE FOR A WHILE THOUGH.
CAT: BETTER IS GOOD.
Panel three: DOWN SHOT PAST THE WINDOW. SKATEGOAT RIDES UP.
GOAT: YO, GUYS!
GOAT: I’M MEETING THE PROF HERE.
GOAT: WANTS TO TRY SOMETHINGOUT ON ME.
Panel four: CLOSER ON GOAT. PAST HIM THE PROFESSOR ARRIVES CARRYING A ROLLED-UP STENCIL, A BOX OF SPRAY PAINT, AND OTHER SUPPLIES.
PROFESSOR: SKATE GOAT!
PROFESSOR: HERE I AM.
PROFESSOR: HELP ME UNROLL THIS STENCIL.
Strip Two
Panel one: PROFESSOR IS SPRAY PAINTING A STENCIL OF A MAP OF THE WORLD. GOAT IS TO ONE SIDE, HAVING HELPED THE PROFFESOR POSTION THE STENCIL.
PROFESSOR: NOW LOOK.
GOAT: YOU’RE SPRAYING A MAP OF THE WORLD?
PROFESSOR: COVID-19 VIRUS AFFECTS THE WHOLE PLANET.
GOAT: PAN . . . DEMIC. GOT IT.
Panel two: PROFESSOR DRAWS A LINE FROM CHINA TO SEATTLE.
PROFESSOR: REMEMBER, WE CAN TRACE THE VIRUS BY ITS MUTATIONS.
PROFESSOR: THE FIRST COVID-19 VIRUS TO HIT THE USA SEEMS TO HAVE COME FROM
PROFESSOR: . . . CHINA . . .
PROFESSOR: . . . TO SEATTLE.
Panel three: THE PROFESSOR DRAWS ANOTHER LINE FROM EUROPE TO NEW YORK.
PROFESSOR: BUT THE VIRUSES IN NEW YORK SEEM TO HAVE FIRST COME FROM EUROPE.
Panel four: THE PROFESSOR EXCITEDLY DRAWS LINES EVERY WHICH WAY.
PROFESSOR: SINCE THEN THE VIRUSES HAVE MOVED HERE . . .
PROFESSOR: . . . THERE . . .
PROFESSOR: . . . AND EVERYWHERE.
Strip Three
Panel one: ONE PANEL RUNNING THE WHOLE LENGTH OF THE PAGE WITH A BIRD’S EYE VIEW OF THE PROF’S DIAGRAM. IT’S AN OVERWHELMING MESS OF LINES AND ARROWS INTERTWINED, GOING HERE THERE AND EVERYWHERE. BY THIS TIME EVERYONE IS GATHERED AROUND. ON THE RIGHT OF THE PANEL IS THE WALL OF MOUSE’S BUILDING AND HER WINDOW. SHE IS LEANING OUT GAZING AT THE WORK BELOW.
PROFESSOR: IT’S A MESS.
PROFESSOR: GETIT?
GOAT: YEAH, WE GOTTA KEEP WEARING THESE MASKS . . .
CAT: AND DISTANCING
BAT: AND WAIT FOR A VACCINE
MOUSE: AND LEARN TO LIVEWITH THIS VIRUS.
