Op-Comic: Ivan Ehlers

 <span class="copyright">(Ivan Ehlers / For The Times)</span>
(Ivan Ehlers / For The Times)
A customer is rude to a clerk while a couple wearing masks watches.
A customer is rude to a clerk while a couple wearing masks watches.
Two couples, one pair masked, face off in the supermarket. The men exchange cross words.
Two couples, one pair masked, face off in the supermarket. The men exchange cross words.
A man coughs loudly as he walks by another man wearing a face mask.
A man coughs loudly as he walks by another man wearing a face mask.
A man coughs loudly while walking past a masked elderly couple in a supermarket aisle.
A man coughs loudly while walking past a masked elderly couple in a supermarket aisle.
A man wears a face mask while a man and a woman, holding a baby, openly judge him for wearing a mask.
A man wears a face mask while a man and a woman, holding a baby, openly judge him for wearing a mask.
A man wears a face mask while a man and a woman, holding a baby, are in the background. The woman sneezes.
A man wears a face mask while a man and a woman, holding a baby, are in the background. The woman sneezes.
A man coughs at the checkout while interacting with a masked clerk behind a panel. Another man, wearing a mask, is in line.
A man coughs at the checkout while interacting with a masked clerk behind a panel. Another man, wearing a mask, is in line.
A man wearing a mask and a yellow beanie interacts with a masked clerk at checkout. Unseen people cough in the background.
A man wearing a mask and a yellow beanie interacts with a masked clerk at checkout. Unseen people cough in the background.
A crowd of people of all ages wears masks.
(Ivan Ehlers / For The Times)

(Ivan Ehlers / For The Times)

Ivan Ehlers is a cartoonist and writer in Los Angeles. His work has appeared in the New Yorker and MAD magazine, among other publications. @ivan_ehlers

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