Cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times, December 2021

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

- Christopher Luxon smiling in a blue suit as behind him three National Party MPs depicted as Luxon carbon copies (wearing identical blue suits and bald heads) say he is "..the right man for the job".

- a "vaccine passport" has been stamped with "For the Common Good" red stamp and dated Dec 03 2021.

- two men drinking beer in a pub comment "there's another one" as a man outside wistfully presses his face and hands to the glass window.

- two men holding placards reading "Anti-vax" and "My choice" look around for fellow protestors that were there last year. One man asks "where the heck is everyone", and the other says "um..hospital".

- two feet are poking of a hole in a back garden as a neighbour over the fence calls out "...Trev next doors' gone down a rabbit hole of misinformation".

- Judith Collins holds up a sign "Talofa" as she hurtles over a cliff to "...pick up her new portfolio". Depiction in the style of cartoonist Chuck Jones.

- an empty hospital bed with a sing "Closed until we find more nurses".

- two schoolboys puffing clouds of vape smoke as one says "I hear government is banning tobacco sales to young people".

- a man [possibly Aaron Hawkins] depicted as a schoolboy standing in a classroom corner holding a "D" report card.

- the Three Wise Men look at their box of gifts. One holds up the book 'Frankenstein' and says "...we specifically said not to buy the gifts online..".

- a red Coronavirus holding a handbag and crying as it waves a hankerchief to a airplane departing Auckland City CBD and Skytower. it says "I always tear up when the kids leave home..".

- people holding a placard reading "You serve us, Show us your face" protest outside the Beehive as a policeman says the politicians have "..knocked off for the holdiays..you'v been misinformed...again".

- a customer complains to a cafe worker about having to show his COVID-19 vaccine pass and wearing a face mask while the cafe worker is polite but thinks of her "hassle" of asking to see vaccine passes and wearing masks for eight hour shifts. The caption asks readers to "Shop Nice".

- a child asks his mother at bedtime how Santa will deliver presents on one night if "he's stuck in MIQ for 14 days?".

- a weather forecaster shows black clouds of "Delta", "Omicron", and "COVID-19" approaching a map of New Zealand and says "wer'e in for a great summer..as long as those clouds stay at bay".

- two rural men leaning over the homestead fence look at sheep gazing as one sheep says "baa" and a man replies "Humbug". Th other man asks althought its been a tough year if he has to do that every time.

- Father Christmas sleeping in a beach chair under a pohutukawa tree surrounded by - a chiily bin,beer, the 'Otago Daily Times' newspaper, and a 'Wilbur Smith' book.

Title supplied by Library.

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

Quantity: 17 digital cartoon(s).