Nobody expected 2020 to be like this. All media channels encouraging people to stay at home. All theaters, cinemas, gyms, and museums being closed. All hospitals around the world filled with people, some even unable to help others. It seems like everything has stopped in the great pandemic of the 21st century —coronavirus. One artist decided to show us how to adapt to these uneasy and extreme times. See also: The Doctors are the Champions Against Corona.
#1 The Redeemer
#2 Awakening of hope
Cartoon: Awakening of hope. Cartoons by Alireza Pakdel, Iran. See also: It is the spring of hope.
#3 Nowruz, Spring and rebirth
Cartoon: Nowruz, Spring, and rebirth. Cartoons by Alireza Pakdel, Iran. See also: Spring no Smile.
39-year-old Iranian artist Alireza Pakdel creates mindful illustrations that reflect on the world’s current situation and show how to fight the spread of this invisible enemy. His illustrations capture the harsh reality of those who sacrifice themselves to take care of us—doctors, policemen, firemen, and nurses. They are the protagonists of these illustrations that we must respect.
#4 Safe bridge
Cartoon: Safe bridge. Cartoons by Alireza Pakdel, Iran. See also: Home safe home.
#5 Who cares for the caretakers?
Cartoon: Who cares for the caretakers?
Cartoons by Alireza Pakdel, Iran.
#6 The Defender
Cartoon: The Defender. Cartoons by Alireza Pakdel, Iran. See also: Doctors in the defense line.
Pakdel masterfully highlights the power of solidarity, empathy, and protection for one another. His characters convey all kinds of feelings and appeal to surreal, imaginary situations that reflect on today’s world—a group of doctors holding the arrows of the clock to wait for the vaccine, a doctor and a nurse trying to break the chain of the coronavirus from a patient’s hand, and another doctor sacrificing himself to defend a group of patients from the deadly virus.
#7 The final stand
Cartoon: The final stand.
Cartoons by Alireza Pakdel, Iran.
See also: Stand with Paris with love and solidarity.
#8 These are our heroes
Cartoon: These are our heroes.
Cartoons by Alireza Pakdel, Iran.
See also: Do not be a hero, stay inside.
#9 These are Fighters against COVID-19
Cartoon: These are Fighters against COVID-19. Cartoons by Alireza Pakdel, Iran. See also: COVID 19 Blackjack.
#10 It is the spring of hope
Cartoon: It is the spring of hope. Cartoons by Alireza Pakdel, Iran. See also: Springtime surprise.
#11 The cleaner
Cartoon: The cleaner.
Cartoons by Alireza Pakdel, Iran. See also: Cleaning Earth.
#12 Doctors and nurses are the rescuers
Cartoon: Doctors and nurses are the rescuers.
Cartoons by Alireza Pakdel, Iran. See also: The Doctors are the Champions Against Corona.
#13 Waiting for the vaccine
Cartoon: Waiting for the vaccine.
Cartoons by Alireza Pakdel, Iran.
See also: The only vaccine is to stay home.
#14 Stay home do not make it worse
Cartoon: Stay home do not make it worse.
Cartoons by Alireza Pakdel, Iran.
See also: The only vaccine is to stay home.
#15 Staying in will squash the spread of the virus
Cartoon: Staying in will squash the spread of the virus.
Cartoons by Alireza Pakdel, Iran.
See also: Warning CoronaVirus!
#16 Isolation is literally buying time
Cartoon: Isolation is literally buying time. Cartoons by Alireza Pakdel, Iran. See also: Probably not the best time for hatching, stay inside.
#17 All forms of war to protecting life
Cartoon: All forms of war to protecting life. Cartoons by Alireza Pakdel, Iran. See also: Our life in the time of Coronavirus.
#18 The way of solution
Cartoon: The way of solution. Cartoons by Alireza Pakdel, Iran. See also: Staying at home is the solution.
#19 Disinfect even if you are not sick!
#20 Spread joy and fight the virus!
Cartoon: Spread joy and fight the virus! Cartoons by Alireza Pakdel, Iran. See also: It is the spring of hope.
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