Tribal C’rona Comix Page 3

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 threeBURIAL 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 oneGRANDFATHER 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 twoBOY 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 threeBOY 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 oneBOY 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 twoTHE 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 threeTWO 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.