The best cartoons and illustrations about quarantine and self-isolation

When the news gets a bit much, it’s comforting to know cartoons will always be there to reflect your anxieties right back at you. The biggest story in a generation has obviously given illustrators and cartoonists the world over plenty to work with. When it comes to such serious all-consuming subject-matter, it can be hard to get the wry-but-not-trifling tone just right. (Sometimes life just isn’t that funny, huh?) But you can certainly rely on these cartoonists to see you through surreal times.

From France’s Jean Jullien to pug-loving Brit Gemma Correll via the New Yorker’s star illustrators, here are some panels that have properly tickled us over the past couple of weeks.

Main image: Siouxsie Wiles and Toby Morris

Jean Jullien

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Spot the 7 differences

A post shared by Jean Jullien (@jean_jullien) on Mar 17, 2020 at 8:51am PDT

Gemma Correll

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Coachella has been postponed but COUCHELLA is still happening... and let’s face it, is the better option anyway 💁‍♀️ #couchella #comics

A post shared by Gemma Correll (@gemmacorrell) on Mar 11, 2020 at 10:23am PDT

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Worrier Pose - Corona Edition #comics #stayhome

A post shared by Gemma Correll (@gemmacorrell) on Mar 23, 2020 at 6:13pm PDT

Tommy Siegel 

a helpful guide pic.twitter.com/rRpyIY9Xd8

— Tommy Siegel (@TommySiegel) April 2, 2020

Julie Houts 

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Some tiny tasks for times like now 💕use your brain, stay inside, wear pajamas, don’t forget to breathe 💕

A post shared by jooleeloren (@jooleeloren) on Mar 15, 2020 at 4:01pm PDT

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Truly apologize from the bottom of my black heart for this earnest content 🙃 for when you lose all sense of time, space, place, body.... etc. 🖐🤏👇👈

A post shared by jooleeloren (@jooleeloren) on Mar 25, 2020 at 7:21pm PDT

Roz Chast

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In this week’s New Yorker. I don’t have a dog.

A post shared by @ rozchast on Apr 1, 2020 at 9:38am PDT

Dana Jeri Maier for the New Yorker 

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Fashionable outfits for working from home, by @danajerimaier. #NewYorkerCartoons

A post shared by The New Yorker Cartoons (@newyorkercartoons) on Mar 17, 2020 at 8:01am PDT

Gripless

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This is how I quarantine #gripless

A post shared by GRIPLESS (@gripless) on Apr 3, 2020 at 1:09pm PDT

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Music to my ears #gripless

A post shared by GRIPLESS (@gripless) on Mar 31, 2020 at 8:10am PDT

David Shrigley

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A post shared by David Shrigley (@davidshrigley) on Mar 20, 2020 at 4:09am PDT

Chris Weyant for the New Yorker

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A cartoon by @christopherweyant, from 2008. #NewYorkerCartoons

A post shared by The New Yorker Cartoons (@newyorkercartoons) on Mar 21, 2020 at 11:55am PDT

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