It was a big year for comics journalism at NPR.
During the coronavirus crisis, our team has created and published original comics to offer COVID-19 advice and information and to tell stories about people whose lives have been affected by the pandemic.
One of the most popular was a printable zine targeted to children with tips on how to explain it all to them.
Other topics ranged from how older people are coping to the best way to wear a mask (demonstrated by cats, because, well, the internet loves cats).
Here are some of our favorite NPR comics of the year. See all the coronavirus comics from here.
We break down the different types of masks, their effectiveness 鈥� and the right way to wear and handle them.
A zine and comic guide on how kids can protect themselves from COVID-19. Wear a mask. Stay 6 feet apart. And try not to pick your nose.
Months of staying at home 鈥� and worrying if a loved one catches COVID-19 鈥� are tough on everyone. But sometimes we forget that kids need help coping just as much as adults too.
Advice on how to help the older people in our lives 鈥� parents, grandparents, neighbors, relatives, friends 鈥� feel comfortable and safe in the pandemic.
Visual journalist Sarah Mirk checked in with a sampling of grocery workers to hear more about their experiences on the job during the pandemic and what they say needs to change.
They're using a variety of songs to celebrate happy COVID-19 discharges.
A doctor shares his experience tending to a patient who is terribly ill 鈥� and how he tries to give comfort to such patients and their family members.
He'd been separated from his parents. He was living in a refugee camp in Sudan. And then a snake bit him.
Mister Rogers said "look for the helpers" in times of crisis. Here's the story of Shah Dedar. He's 32, he's a Tom Hanks fan 鈥� and he works to protect the most vulnerable in crowded refugee camps.
How do you tell a stranger to be better at physical distancing? What do you do when a backyard gathering suddenly has one too many unmasked guests? This episode walks through the new rules of etiquette during COVID-19.
Can I protect myself from catching the coronavirus? That's a question on everyone's mind. Malaka Gharib spend one day trying to do all the right things 鈥� then asked epidemiologists to grade her.
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