Editorial cartoons for Jan. 3, 2021: Good riddance, 2020 Updated Jan 03, 2021; Facebook Share Baby New Year arrived on Jan. 1, ushering out a coronavirus-weary Father Time. The imagery has roots in Greek mythology, CNN reported, but became part of the cultural lexicon thanks to 19th century editorial cartoonists. That tradition continues well into the 21st, with a variety of contemporary cartoonists using Baby New Year/Father Time to comment on severe illness caused by the virus, Zoom calls and social distancing, the eviction crisis, Baby Yoda, the slow passage of time in 2020, our collective desire to be done with the year, and worries the new one may not be any better.