Credits
Art by Henry Payer and Bob Hall
Story by Judi gaiashkibos, Bob Hall, Liz VanWormer, Judy Diamond
Web Site by Bolero Information Systems LLC
Title: TRIBAL C’RONA COMIX ART BY HENRY PAYER & BOB HALL 11/23/2020
Title panel one: LONG SHOT. DOCTOR SITS ON A ROCK WITH THE GHOST SOMEWHERE AWAY FROM THE CLINIC. GHOST LOOKS AT THE DOCTOR.
DOCTOR (THOUGHT BALLOON): TOO MANY SICK.
DOCTOR (THOUGHT BALLOON): TOO MANY DYING.
DOCTOR (THOUGHT BALLOON): I CAN’T SAVE THEM ALL.
GHOST: YOU SAVE WHO YOU CAN.
DOCTOR: I KNOW YOU’RE RIGHT AND…
Strip One
Panel one: DOCTOR TURNS HER HEAD AND LOOKS AT GHOST AS IF REALIZING FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT SHE IS THERE. THE GHOST SMILES BROADLY FOR THE FIRST TIME.
DOCTOR: OH!
GHOST (TO THE DOCTOR): FINALLY…YOU CAN HEAR ME.
DOCTOR: YOU LOOK LIKE…
DOCTOR: ARE YOU…?
GHOST: SUSAN LA FLESCHE.
Panel two: MARY LOOKS AT THE GHOST WHO IS TURNED AND WALKING AWAY.
MARY: YOU’RE GOING?
GHOST: WE’LL TALK AGAIN SOON…
GHOST: …AFTER THEY BURY GRANDFATHER.
Panel three: BURIAL OF GRANDFATHER OFF IN THE DISTANCE OUTDOORS IN A TRIBAL CEMETARY ON THE HILL BEHIND THE VILLAGE . MANY PEOPLE IN MASKS, SOCIALLY DISTANCED. BOY AND COYOTE STANDING TOGETHER. GHOST IS NEARBY AND THERE IS ANOTHER GHOST FIGURE IN THE FOREGROUND.
SPIRITUAL LEADER (ROADMAN): WE HONOR CLARA’S GRANDFATHER, A SPECIAL ELDER OF OUR COMMUNITY… LOST TO COVID-19.
SPIRITUAL LEADER: HIS STORIES LIVE ON… HIS SPIRIT WILL STAY WITH US ALWAYS.
Strip Two
Panel one: GRANDFATHER APPEARS IN DISTANCE AS SUSAN GHOST AND BOY LOOK.
WILL: OH!
WILL: DR. SUSAN … THIS IS CLARA’S GRANDFATHER!
SUSAN GHOST: I KNEW I’D SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE.
SUSAN GHOST: WE NEED YOUR HELP.
GRANDFATHER GHOST: WE’VE SURVIVED PANDEMICS BEFORE.
Panel two: BOY AND COYOTE. GHOSTS ARE WALKING AWAY. COYOTE THROWS A SNOWBALL AT THE BOY.
SUSAN GHOST (TO GRANDFATHER GHOST): COME WALK WITH ME.
WILL: THIS PANDEMIC IS PULLING OUR PEOPLE APART.
WILL: I WISH I COULD DO SOMETH…OW!!!
COYOTE: HEY KID!
Panel three: BOY AND COYOTE TALKING. BOY WITH SNOWBALL ON HIS HEAD.
WILL: WHAT?
COYOTE TO BOY: REMEMBER THE ANCESTORS’ VILLAGE OF MAKE-BELIEVE?
WILL: NOPE.
Strip Three
Panel one: BOY AND COYOTE WALKING TOGETHER.
COYOTE THOUGHT BUBBLE WITH HIMSELF AS A FEARLESS VIRUS CATCHER HOLDING A CAGE FULL OF VIRUSES.
COYOTE: A LONG TIME AGO PEOPLE BUILT A MAKE-BELIEVE VILLAGE TO SAVE THEIR LAND.
WILL: THINK WE COULD MAKE THE VIRUSES GO TO A MAKE-BELIEVE VILLAGE?
COYOTE: GREAT IDEA!
Panel two: THE BOY AND COYOTE ARE BUILDING A MAKE-BELIEVE VILLAGE WITH HOMES MADE OF CARDBOARD BOXES. COYOTE WATCHES WHILE WILL DRAWS WINDOWS ON THE CARDBOARD BOXES.
BOX: NEXT DAY.
WILL: THIS IS A NUTTY IDEA!
WILL: BUT THINGS ARE SO BAD… I’LL TRY ANYTHING.
Panel three: TWO GHOSTS LOOKING ON AT BOY AND COYOTE AND VILLAGE.
SUSAN GHOST: THIS BOY WILL BE A LEADER SOMEDAY.
GRANDFATHER GHOST: SOMETIMES TO LEAD YOU MUST FIRST FAIL.
