Like lighthouses, cartoons help the public see the truth in Myanmar

Women holding torches as they protest against the February 2021 military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, on July 14, 2021. — Reuters

He can take a few hours, a day or a week to finish an editorial cartoon, drawing on a tablet through which he brings in, and lets out, stories about the world around him, including those happening in a Myanmar that has been coming undone since the February 2021 coup.

Social media and online spaces exploded with political cartoons and satire soon after the military takeover, encouraging many to stay with the struggle against the junta.