6 Year of the Tiger Covid-themed illustrations by Post cartoonist Harry Harrison to be auctioned
- With titles such as The Covid Treadmill and The Negative Test, the new limited series displays Harrison’s trademark dark humour and wry wit
- The six watercolour works can be bought as a whole or individually, with the minimum starting bid for each piece fixed at HK$2,022 (US$260)
With the number of Covid-19 infections in Hong Kong hitting new highs almost daily, the Year of the Tiger is getting off to an extremely bumpy start.
To help calm the nerves, political cartoonist Harry Harrison, whose humorous musings appear in the South China Morning Post every day, has come up with a new series of works that promises to bring us some comic relief during these uncertain times.
“I have a dark sense of humour and news is seldom good, whatever is going on, so my job usually involves finding something wry in bleak situations,” Harrison says. “In this instant, I’ve tried to keep them light as it’s a festive occasion.”
To celebrate the Lunar New Year, the South China Morning Post today revealed a limited series of six framed colour illustrations by Harrison, each to be auctioned online on February 24.
Harrison, who came to Hong Kong in 1994 and whose “Harry’s View” cartoon has appeared in the Post since 2001, says challenging times often serve as a source of inspiration for him.