Cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times, November 2021

Digital cartoons by Shaun Yeo on political and social issues in New Zealand and internationally. Published in the Otago Daily Times in November 2021. Cartoons depict:

- an elderly man wearing a face mask and carrying a walking cane tells a young man holding a protest placard comparing "NZ's Covid restrictions" to "Germany in the 30s and 40s" that he should not watch videos on the internet but try "...reading a history book".

- a red "Delta" bowling ball pushes over the bowling pins labelled "Blossom festival", "Queenstown marathon", "Xmas Parade", "Burt Munro", and "Field days".

- a restaurant customer makes a face after drinking from a wine glass saying the liquid "smells dodgy, does not go down well, and leaves a horrible taste in one's mouth". He asks the waiter what its called. Waiter replies "Three Waters".

- a "Vaccinated" prisoner is breaking through the "90 percent vaccinated" prison wall while chained to an grumpy "Unvaccinated" prisoner who is looking the other way.

- a little boy labelled "Unvaccinated" chases a paper boat labelled "Selfish beliefs" and a red "COVID" balloon down a gutter to a drain in a rainstorm.

- Jacinda Arden looks in a wall cabinet labelled "Stardust" but finds it empty expect for a small flying insect.

- Under a caption "Ready to roll" stands Judith Collins on stage saying she is confident she will still be "leader of the National Party" next year while behind her blue jacketed arms reach from behind the stage curtain to pull away the red carpet she's standing on.

- a fish in the ocean reassures a scared polar bear perching on a tiny iceberg about the effects of climate change as it says there will be "..less hot air around next week, COP 26 is coming to a close".

- Jacinda Arden bowed down by the rocks she's carrying on her back "Delta, child poverty, health system, mandates, vaccinations, job losses". Behind her a crowd of protestors carrying placards "no jab" and "United against mandate" call her a "Nazi dictator".

- an angry mother tells her son who is refusing to eat a meal at the dinner table that she doesn't care if he thinks its against his "human rights..you will eat your vegetables".

- three children playing skipping rope game sing about their teacher who "just got the axe, turns out she was anti-vax".

- a red Coronavirus driving a red smokey vintage car, with luggage in the boot labelled "South Island or bust", revs the engine as the traffic lights change from red to green.

- a middle aged couple are reminded of their "clubbing days" as they queue with others, who are also in face masks, for the security man checks their pass on a cellphone before they can enter the cafe.

- a hand is stretched out on the floor boards beside a dropped cellphone as an auotmated police call centre voice says "...no officers are available". Text reads "the thin blue line" and "police too busy to attend half of mental health callouts- News".

- a French cockerel crows "cock-a-doodle-doo" as it stands on top of a defeated kiwi bird lying next to a rugby ball labelled "40-25" on the rugby field.

- a small boy shouts his Christmas wish for a bike from behind a yellow and black stripped line to a distant Father Chrsitmas wearing a green face mask. Text reads "masked and vaxxed Santa coming to town".

- a male driver of an SUV vehicle talking on his mobile phone and smoking as he drives over a cat. He says that "they're going to ban smoking in cars...".

- a husband says to his wife at the dinner table that he thinks "...people protest more these days" as their two children hold up protest signs "no more cauliflower" and "or broccoli".

- Judith Collins holds up a smoking gun and says "Dammit...I knew I had to aim low to take out Simon...perhaps that was a tad too low" as her destroyed pink shoe has fallen off her burned blackened foot.

- a huge zeppelin labelled "National" is in flames after crashing into a pylon.

- a blonde "NZ" swimmer swims above a huge shark labelled "Omicrom variant" menances the swimmer from the depths of the "Rest of the world" ocean.

- two arms wearing a blue jacket labelled "Bridges and "Luxon" reach from the sidelines for the green poisoned chalice labelled "Leader of the Opposition".

Title supplied by Library.

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

Quantity: 22 digital cartoon(s).