
Q is for Quarantine: a Coronavirus Alphabet
The last letter! It’s done!

Q is for Quarantine: a Coronavirus Alphabet
The last letter! It’s done!

Q is for Quarantine: a Coronavirus Alphabet
One more letter to go!
I had no ideas for “Y” until a week ago, when it occurred to me that I’ve drawn two comics on the subject already. This was obviously not a part of the original list, because in April 2020, everyone was talking hopefully in terms of weeks or months. We didn’t know that covid had signed up for a full marathon, and not just a 5k….

Q is for Quarantine: a Coronavirus Alphabet
In an alphabet book, the options for “x” are either “x-ray” or “xylophone.” Though I am sure some ambitious person taught themselves to play the xylophone during lockdown, “x-ray” seemed much more relevant to the pandemic.
This one wins the award for “Struggled Most to Draw.” Be assured that I will not be releasing a Lab Mice anatomy textbook anytime soon.

Not the band, sorry.
Q is for Quarantine: a Coronavirus Alphabet

And “just like that,” it’s done.
Of course, I still have to edit and post the last four letters, and then turn all of them into a book, but…the art is pretty much done.
Although I do need a cover.
Oh, well.

Q is for Quarantine: a Coronavirus Alphabet
This was an easy letter to think of a word (and an illustration) for in April 2020, because it seemed like the general refrain at the time was, “if only we had a vaccine!” The times, they do change….

Q is for Quarantine: a Coronavirus Alphabet
While the U.S. might be having a labor shortage now, this was far from the case in the spring of 2020.

Q is for Quarantine: A Coronavirus Alphabet
Of course it is.
I never thought I would draw a hoard of toilet paper rolls. …Actually, it was quite boring.

I like to send greeting cards, so last summer I challenged myself to draw and send unique, original cards for at least one full year. It’s been so much fun, and the recipients seem to enjoy them!

Q is for Quarantine: a Coronavirus Alphabet.
An abundance of personal space.