Cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times, January 2021

Cartoons by Shaun Yeo published in the Otago Daily Times, January 2021.

Topics covered include:

- Bad weather during summer holidays, and fine weather with the return to work;

- New Year resolutions relating to smartphone usage;

- Boris Johnson playing with a yo-yo refering to the COVID-19 pandemic response in the United Kingdom;

- Chilldren's summer holiday activites, past (playing outside) and present (playing video games);

- Donald Trump and the United States elections, 6 January insurrection (with Trump as the Pied Piper), the death toll in the United States of America, and Joe Biden's inauguration;

- Aurora Energy and Dunedin City Council shaking down ratepayers for money, and Aurora Energy's reaction to criticism;

- the mascot of Australian cricket team (a cheetah dressed as a cricketer) saying "we're merely playing the game how we've always played it";

- COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand;

- Legal battle between Sir Russell Coutts' SailGP and Sir Ian Taylor's Animation Research Ltd regarding graphics being used for the Prada Cup and the America's Cup. The dispute is compared to the smell of the titan arum flower;

- The New Zealand public's attitude towards the use of the COVID-19 Tracer app with a dear using it as a detterent;

- People's all-consuming use of the social media platform Twitter;

- Extinction Rebellion protests againist KiwiRail transporting coal;

- The cost of technology required for children's education, with a parent referring to a 'Back to School Sale' sign as a "back in debt sale".

Title supplied by Library.

Arrangement: Delivered to the Library in a digital folder titled ‘YEO CARTOONS JAN 2021’.

Quantity: 19 digital cartoon(s).