Hi everyone - I got Covid recently and tested positive for 10 days. I could almost hear it drift downward from my runny nose to my achy throat to my congested lungs, and while it was on the move, it spoke to me like one of those genial sociopaths we all have in our lives—that person who needles you until you lash out and then accuses you of being too touchy. As far as getting Covid is concerned, I’m lucky and I know it. My symptoms could have been much worse. But this Spore aggravated me for ten days, so I decided to draw a cartoon about my experience, my effort to make a smaller lemon out of a bigger one. I hope you enjoy my…
Thanks for reading! Stay safe and healthy everyone! (For my brother who asked, that last image is of monkeypox, which I don’t really have.) And now, the equivalent of the credits: WRITTEN & DRAWN by: Jose Arroyo PAPER: Strathmore Bristol Series 300 (smooth surface); PENS: Assorted dip pens and steel nibs although I occasionally used a Micron Pigma 0.5 pen if the paper fibers were spreading the ink too much. INK: Speedball Super Black India Ink. CORRECTIONS: Daler Rowney Pro White.