James Mellor, a regular contributor to Private Eye and prominent corporate cartoonist, presents Quarantoons - his best cartoons from the time of coronavirus.


This is the story of how we were locked down and unlocked, tested and traced, then jabbed and pinged. From the satirical to the silly, the cartoons show how our lives were turned upside down, and how we tried to carry on with our lives.


Quarantoons is a book for those exhausted by zoom meetings, confused by ever changing covid guidance, or exasperated by overnight virology 'experts' (who I'm certain were only on the news panel just last month as supposed Brexit 'experts'). It's important to see the funny side.


This is our journey into the new normal. It's not very normal. Perhaps it never was.