Paper. Pen. Pandemic.

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Publisher and editor:

Benevento Publishing - A brand of Red Bull Media House GmbH

Oberst-Lepperdinger-Straße 11–15

5071 Wals near Salzburg, Austria

Concept, composition and design:

Team Rottensteiner Red Bull

Art direction:

Marion Bruckmeier

Project management:

Anne-Sophie Stocker

Assistance composition:

Maximilian Rottensteiner

Walter Grill

Final artwork:

Michael Höller

Cover design:

Team Rottensteiner Red Bull

Cover:

Bruce MacKinnon

Picture editors:

Eva Bauer, Markus Kucera

Translation:

Anne Fries

ISBN 978-3-7109-0130-0

eISBN 978-3-7109-5132-9

Viral Cartoons from around the Globe.

PROLOGUE. PROLOGUE. A virus, with a diameter far smaller than one ten-thousandth of a millimeter. And yet thanks to its extremely infectious, initially unpredictable and sometimes lethal nature, it has grabbed center stage the world over. Amidst all the sick madness are the observers, with their knack of spotting the essence of things, and their gift for reproducing it in pictures. They do not report, do not explain, and do not moralize. Cartoonists scratch away at the surface of events with their pens to expose the underlying issues. Their perspectives bring other, unexpected facets of a subject to light, giving the beholder greater insight, and encouraging him to “think outside the box”. As well as examining the peculiarities of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the “new normality” in times of crisis, the artists have taken a critical look at the astonishing ways in which people have dealt both with this insidious disease itself, and with various absurd proposals on how to combat it. What these free thinkers among the commentators on world affairs have produced is every bit as diverse as their visual languages and the senses of humor of their respective cultural groups. Over 400 works by more than 100 cartoonists in over 50 countries on all continents are collated in this book, which surely also offers a glimmer of hope in these surreal times – because as long as we can still laugh about a threat, it certainly can’t have killed us.

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A virus, with a diameter far smaller than one ten-thousandth of a millimeter. And yet thanks to its extremely infectious, initially unpredictable and sometimes lethal nature, it has grabbed center stage the world over.

Amidst all the sick madness are the observers, with their knack of spotting the essence of things, and their gift for reproducing it in pictures. They do not report, do not explain, and do not moralize.

Cartoonists scratch away at the surface of events with their pens to expose the underlying issues. Their perspectives bring other, unexpected facets of a subject to light, giving the beholder greater insight, and encouraging him to “think outside the box”.

As well as examining the peculiarities of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the “new normality” in times of crisis, the artists have taken a critical look at the astonishing ways in which people have dealt both with this insidious disease itself, and with various absurd proposals on how to combat it.

What these free thinkers among the commentators on world affairs have produced is every bit as diverse as their visual languages and the senses of humor of their respective cultural groups.

Over 400 works by more than 100 cartoonists in over 50 countries on all continents are collated in this book, which surely also offers a glimmer of hope in these surreal times – because as long as we can still laugh about a threat, it certainly can’t have killed us.

Tex Rubinowitz

Austria

I hate corona – Racist!

IS THE KILLER VIRUS HERE?

Daily Mail, January 24, 2020

KILLER VIRUS NOW SPREADING FAST

Evening Standard, January 30, 2020

THE OUTBREAK

Focus, February 3, 2020

CORONA ALARM!

Bild, February 24, 2020

VIRUS PANIC

Daily Mirror, February 28, 2020

CORONA IS HERE

Dee Telegraf, February 28, 2020

CORONAVIRUS CLOSES IN

Daily Guide, March 12, 2020

GLOBAL PANDEMIC

El Periódico de Catalunya, March 12, 2020

MANY LOVED ONES WILL DIE

Daily Mail, March 13, 2020

WAR ON CORONA

Sunday Mail, March 15, 2020

Ilya Katz

Israel

Andrea Pecchia . Surrealism

Italy

Angel Boligán . Virus y Miedos

Mexico

Kleber . o problema Corona

Brazil

Cost. . pangolin

Belgium

António Antunes . Lurking

Portugal

Dlog . Pandemic Headache

Tunisia

PANIC ANXIETY STRESS FEAR DARK THOUGHTS NEGATIVE THOUGHTS MORBID OBSESSIONS

Christof Stückelberger . He just wants to play