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 11/16/2020
Title panel: THE BOY TALKS TO THE COYOTE WHO IS STILL SPRAWLED AFTER TRYING TO WALK THROUGH THE WALL ON PAGE ONE.
WILL: DID I SEE A GHOST WALK THROUGH A WALL? WHO WAS THAT?
COYOTE: SUSAN LA FLESCHE …AMERICA’S FIRST NATIVE DOCTOR.
WILL: WOW! SHE LIVED LIKE A HUNDRED YEARS AGO!
Strip One
Panel one: GHOST WALKING INTO THE WALL INTO THE CLINIC FROM AN INSIDE VIEW.
GHOST: WHAT’S MAKING SO MANY PEOPLE SICK? MEASLES? TUBERCULOSIS?
Panel two: INSIDE THE CLINIC, GHOST SEES DR. MARY WALK INTO AN OFFICE.
GHOST: SHE MUST BE THE DOCTOR.
Panel three: DR. MARY IS IN HER OFFICE AND THE GHOST STANDS IN THE DOORWAY. IT’S A SMALL OFFICE. ON A HER DESK IS AN OLD PHOTOGRAPH OF THE GHOST, SUSAN LA FLECHE PICOTTE. THE DOCTOR, MARY LA FLESCHE IS IN A CHAIR, EXHAUSTED.
DOCTOR (TALKING TO THE PICTURE): I WANTED SO MUCH TO BE LIKE YOU.
GHOST: I WISH YOU COULD HEAR ME …
GHOST: YOU ARE AMAZING.
Panel four: THE DOCTOR’S PHONE BEEPS. GHOST LOOKS AT THE PHONE.
SOUND EFFECT: BEEP BEEP.
GHOST: WHAT’S THAT THING?
DOCTOR: TIME FOR HOME VISITS.
GHOST: AH, JUST LIKE I DID.
Strip Two
Panel one: THE DOCTOR IN A JEEP WITH WILL, DRIVING ALONG A DIRT ROAD. BEHIND THE JEEP, THE GHOST FOLLOWS ON HER HORSE. THE COYOTE IS HITCHING A RIDE ON THE BACK ON THE JEEP.
DOCTOR: WE DIDN’T VISIT THIS FAMILY LAST WEEK.
DOCTOR: THE COVID-19 VIRUS IS HITTING EVERYONE HARD.
WILL: WHAT SHOULD I DO?
DOCTOR: STAY IN THE JEEP, WILL. AND BE READY.
GHOST: COVID-19? HMMM. SOMETHING NEW.
Panel two: JEEP PULLS UP TO ISOLATED HOUSE. CLARA IS IN THE OPEN DOORWAY WITH MASK ON.
CLARA: WELCOME DOCTOR MARY.
DOCTOR: GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN, CLARA.
CLARA: I WAS HOPING YOU’D COME.
CLARA: MY DAUGHTER HAS A FEVER AND COUGH.
Strip Three
Panel one: THE DOCTOR IS HOLDING TO STICK UP THE TEEN’S NOSE. GHOST AND CLARA LOOK ON.
DOCTOR: EVERYTHING LOOKS OK.
DOCTOR: …AND NOW WE TEST FOR COVID.
GHOST: WHERE’S THE REST OF THE FAMILY?
DOCTOR: CLARA, LET ME SEE GRANDFATHER.
Panel two: IN GRANDFATHER’S ROOM. GRANDFATHER IS ASLEEP IN A CHAIR. THE DOCTOR HAS PUT AN OXIMETER ON GRANDFATHER’S FOREFINGER. GHOST WATCHES.
GHOST: I LIKE THIS FINGER THING-A-MA JIG.
GRANDFATHER (NO BALLOON): SNORE.
DOCTOR: GRANDFATHER’S OXYGEN IS VERY LOW
DOCTOR: CLARA, HE IS VERY SICK.
DOCTOR: PLEASE TELL WILL TO CALL AN AMBULANCE.
Panel three: BOY AND COYOTE ARE OUTSIDE TALKING. AMBULANCE IS PULLING AWAY WITH GRANDFATHER INSIDE. CLARA AND DOCTOR ARE LOOKING ON.
DOCTOR: YOUR DAUGHTER‘S OK FOR NOW.
DOCTOR: I’LL LET YOU KNOW ABOUT GRANDFATHER.
WILL: WE GOTTA DO SOMETHING!
COYOTE: WELL, I‘M FULL OF IDEAS.
WILL: LIKE WHAT?
COYOTE (THOUGHT BUBBLE AS COYOTE AS HIMSELF WITH A BANNER THAT SAYS VIRUS SLAYER).