Lockdown Cartoons 3

Lockdown Cartoons #3

by Sunil Agarwal, Ian Baker

If you missed the first two Lockdown Cartoons books get laughing with the third 100 cartoons lampooning a world gone mad.

Need some light relief from the stress of the new normal? Don’t know if you should be wearing a mask or a frown? Or are you just plain bored? Leading cartoonists Sunil Agarwal and Ian Baker have been poking fun at human foolishness for years with insightful and satirical observations in Reader’s Digest, National Lampoon, and The Times of India. Now they’re here again to share their wit and wisdom so you can inject a shot of reality-checks into the pandemic chaos.

Lockdown Cartoons 3: The Cartoon Book for Surviving Quarantine, Boredom and Isolation Book 2 contains 100 more snappily drawn gags that will help you view the quarantine with a sacrilegious comic perspective. If confinement feels more like a punishment for your brain than a life-saving necessity, just turn to any page for an instant relief package.

Take a break from global disruption for a healthy dose of the absurd.

With 100 more New Yorker style gag cartoons, Lockdown Cartoons 3 is an irreverent, thought-provoking jab at our current quarantine condition. If you like cheeky humor, wicked satire, and a humorous take on a crazy era, then you’ll love Sunil Agarwal & Ian Baker’s sharp-eyed sendup.

Genres: Humor

104 pages, Paperback

First published July 6, 2020

About the author

Sunil Agarwal is a cartoon gag writer for the Times of India, one of the largest English print newspapers in the world. He has co-created and published over a thousand cartoons in the daily since 2015.

Reviews

[Lexxi Kitty · Rating 4 out of 5]

The third and possibly last in this series. The books are all about 104 pages each, and were released one book a month starting in May, and possibly ending in July. The author has published stuff since July that wasn't part of this series, so I assume this series is over.

Mentioned I had a couple of thoughts left:
1) there appeared to be both repeated panels in the three books (though that possibly might just have been me seeing the cover panel (and back cover panels) and then seeing those in the books; though I know at least one of the edition covers is of a panel that appeared in an earlier book. Bah I can't write. Yes I did have a second part to that 'both' but I forgot to mention it. Both repeated panels, and repeated ideas. Like men being super excited more for seeing a woman without her mask on (or imagining a barely clothed woman mask-less), than in the woman being either barely clothed (skimpy bikini) or completely naked in a strip club (I believe the strip club comic was in this book here);

2) I think I saw in a review for one of the books in this series something along the lines of 'the panels were more meh than anything else, I occasionally smiled. They were kind of meh at times, but I know that I had moments wherein I had a laugh, one of those out loud ones and everything, and it was probably a bigger laugh because of the panels before it. The relatively 'eh/meh/smile' panels. Kind of a vague 'oh wow, this one is actually pretty humorous'.

3) I've a vague idea I was going to note something about how these works were self-published; note something about how the writer works for an English language paper in India; note the artist is from (was from? Lives in now?) the UK and, amongst other things, some of his stuff appeared in Playboy (which might be why some of the women are topless - both the 'has had work published in Playboy' and the UK part (since they seem to be more open to nudity than the USA). I forget if there was anything else I was going to note.

Again, a relatively humorous collection of comic panels.

[Astrid Galactic · Rating 4 out of 5]

More laughs and tilted ways of looking at life while being locked up in your own home in a time of isolation during the Covid-19 virus with Sunil Agarwal's Lockdown Cartoons #3.

Agarwal has a way of looking at things in a manner that turns the world upside down by showing us how some are doing things and having thoughts we'd never imagine would happen before. He puts his focus on human behavior and extracts the "new normal" absurdities so that we can all laugh at ourselves while some of us are going a little bit nuts. He finds those nuggets and throws them right in our face, masks and all... or maybe maskless in a few cases.

Always enjoyable and worth several reads. Great social commentary and stress buster by providing us with a few laughs.

The only downside for me was that there were one or two that I just didn't get. Would have loved it if those would have communicated the concept with a bit more detail as I'm sure that I would have appreciated the message. Or, dare I say it, maybe I just haven't been locked down long enough.

Thanks to Book Sirens for a copy of the eBook for a fair and honest review.

[Debbie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Though we all know this time of Covid-19 is serious, sometimes it's okay to take a step back and smile. And that's just what The Lockdown Cartoon Book Series attempts to help us do.

This book is full of relatable experiences regarding wearing face masks, having to work from home, corporate executives working in empty offices, and much more. And for those concerned about the cartoons, nearly all are in good taste and not objectionable.

The author and illustrator truly think outside the box to help us smile and try to relax.

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

[hermionegrangerlifegoals · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn't feel as if the comics in this third installment in the series really lived up to the mark. They seemed more random and less comical. I'm not sure why. I really like this series though, it's crude, realistic, relevant based on the times, and highly relatable to an extent. I would recommend this book and the other two books in the series to people who I know would enjoy them.

*Thank you to the publishers, the author, Sunil Agarwal, and Booksirens for my free copy of their book in exchange for an honest review.

[Lenita Sheridan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Most of these jokes were in good taste. There were one or two objectionable ones. I really appreciate the humor in this book. It is great for the times in which we are living. Some had me laughing out loud. I can’t get enough of these cartoons. I highly recommend them!

[Anu · Rating 4 out of 5]

Light Read and interesting.
This book intrigues readers with wonderfully portrayed illustrations and thoughts on the pandemic.
Makes you smile.