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Tom Gauld

@tomgauld

Cartoonist and Illustrator. My latest book of cartoons, REVENGE OF THE LIBRARIANS, is out now!

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Tom Gauld

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Sep 11, 2017

‘Useful abbreviations for the time-pressed online reader’ (for

@guardianreview

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Feb 28, 2021

My cartoon for yesterday’s

@guardianreview

#kafka #lockdown

Image: A human-sized insect sits alone in a room working at a desk with a laptop and an iphone.

Caption: Gregor Samsa awoke one morning to find himself transformed into a gigantic insect, but because of the lockdown, his life carried on pretty much unchanged.

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Tom Gauld

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Apr 11, 2021

‘The bookshop cat and the pandemic’. My cartoon for yesterday’s

@guardianreview

Title: The bookshop cat and the pandemic.

First panel.
Caption “the carefree days before”
Image: the cat is asleep on a bookshelf.

Second panel.
Caption “the terrifying early weeks”
Image: the cat is asleep on a bookshelf.

Third panel.
Caption “the long months of lockdown”
Image: the cat is asleep on a bookshelf.

Fourth panel.
Caption “the triumphant reopening”
Image: the cat is asleep on a bookshelf.

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Tom Gauld

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Dec 11, 2017

Four stages of my New Yorker cover from last week: Scribble > Rough > Finished Drawing > Coloured Artwork.

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Feb 24, 2019

‘The novel-writing algorithm’ (for yesterday’s

@guardianreview

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Apr 2, 2017

A cartoon for yesterday's

@guardianreview

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Mar 1, 2015

'Our Blessed Homeland' (my cartoon for yesterday's

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Jan 17, 2021

‘Coronavirus advice from a regency novel’ (my cartoon for yesterday’s

@guardianreview

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May 25, 2014

"My Library" (my cartoon for yesterday's

@guardianreview

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Tom Gauld

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Apr 3, 2021

“Hunting for Easter eggs with Werner Herzog” (for the

@guardianreview

a while ago).

Title: Hunting for Easter eggs with Werner Herzog

Panel one: Werner goes out looking for eggs saying “I despise this idiotic sanitized ritual, and yet I am unwilling to return home eggless”

Panel two: Werner stands before an egg on the ground “The joy of discovery rings hollow against the monumental indifference of the universe”

Panel three: Werner carries an egg “what, other than regret, can hatch from this empty chocolate vessel”

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A recent cartoon for

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Feb 1, 2015

My cartoon for yesterday's Guardian:

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Jul 17, 2022

Infographic: What is a real book? My cartoon for yesterday's

@GdnSaturday

@GuardianBooks

. p.s. my new book of literary cartoons is out soon: tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2

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Feb 24, 2020

my cartoon for the weekend’s

@guardianreview

#inspiration #research #writing

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@tomgauld

Dec 1, 2019

‘My Reading Year’ (for yesterday’s

@guardianreview

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Jan 24, 2021

My cartoon for yesterday’s

@guardianreview

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Feb 14, 2021

'Bedtime reading routine' (my cartoon for yesterday's

@guardianreview

)

Bedtime Reading Routine: 1. Get into bed, 2. Take book from Bedside table, 3. Open book at marked page, 4. Pick up phone and scroll through social media for 45 minutes, 5. Replace bookmark in book and go to sleep.

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Tom Gauld

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Nov 29, 2020

My cartoon for yesterday’s

@guardianreview

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Jan 20, 2019

Your house is overloaded with books. What do you do? (my cartoon for yesterday’s

@guardianreview

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Nov 6, 2020

My suggestions for some alternative voting systems...

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Feb 7, 2021

Let’s not be too hard on ourselves... (my cartoon for yesterday’s

@guardianreview

)

Title: classics reissued with lower standards.

Image: five books -

The Adequate Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith

George’s Passable Medicine by Roald Dahl

Reasonable Expectations by Charles Dickens

The Mediocre Wizard of Oz by L Frank Baum

The OK Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald

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Tom Gauld

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Jan 3, 2021

my cartoon for yesterday's

@guardianreview

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Apr 9, 2018

I drew a spring cover for the

@NewYorker

. Follow this link to see a musical version: newyorker.com/culture/cover-

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Aug 30, 2020

Writing Desks (for yesterday’s

@guardianreview

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Tom Gauld

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Nov 16, 2020

My latest cartoon for

@newscientist

. See more of my science cartoons online here: newscientist.com/author/tom-gau Or get a book of them here: tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2

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Apr 28, 2019

Some useful new words for readers... (My cartoon for yesterday’s

@guardianreview

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Apr 26, 2020

#reading for yesterday’s

@guardianreview

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Feb 21, 2021

'Some literary collective nouns.' (my cartoon for yesterday's

@guardianreview

)

Title: Some literary collective nouns.
Image shows eight groups of figured labelled: A chapter of novelists. A draft of editors. A recommendation of booksellers. An autopsy of critics. A stanza of poets. A borrowing of librarians. A blurb of publicists. A gruop of proofreaders.

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Tom Gauld

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Feb 27, 2022

A cartoon about #wordle for yesterday’s

@GdnSaturday

@GuardianBooks

Therapist: So, if I understand correctly: You’ve become so obsessed
with Wordle that you can only use five-letter words?
Patient : Quite right, sadly.

T: How long has this been going on?
P: About three weeks

T: And does it affect your daily life?
P: Makes basic tasks quite tough.

T: One answer would be to stop playing.
P: Never!

T: Or, try something with a larger vocabulary: scrabble, crosswords?
P: smart! enjoy other games, learn extra words... heard worse ideas.

T: come back and see me in two weeks.
P: Great. Adieu!

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May 3, 2020

‘Specialist delivery services available from local bookshops’ (my cartoon for yesterday’s

@guardianreview

) #shoplocal

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Tom Gauld

@tomgauld

Jul 26, 2020

‘The government finally issues coronavirus guidance for fantastic quests’ (for yesterday’s

@guardianreview

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For yesterday’s

Guardian Review and Guardian Books

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Mar 11, 2018

Village Murder Mysteries (for

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A recent cartoon for

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Jan 22

My latest cartoon for

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‘Customisable Christmas Card’ (for yesterday’s

@guardianreview

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May 17, 2020

'Rearranging my Bookshelves' (my cartoon for yesterday's

@guardian

review). p.s. my new book of science cartoons is out now: tomgauld.com

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Tom Gauld

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Oct 27, 2021

'The Bookshop Cat and the Pandemic' It's available as a print at tomgauld.com/shop

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Sep 13, 2020

‘How to tell if your cat is interested in the novel you are writing’ (my cartoon for yesterday’s

@guardianreview

)

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Feb 6, 2018

‘Mrs Tittlemouse Joins the Suffragettes’ #Suffragette100

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Feb 6, 2022

my cartoon for yesterday’s

@guardian

review #writing

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Tom Gauld

@tomgauld

Jun 28, 2016

Some Advice on How to Cope in These Tough Times -

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Apr 10, 2016

A recent cartoon featuring

@MarsCuriosity

for

@newscientist

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Tom Gauld

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Dec 14, 2020

I'm very sorry to hear that John le Carré has died. Here are a couple of cartoons inspired by his wonderful books.

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Jul 19, 2021

My latest cartoon for

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Apr 12, 2021

Good luck to all the UK bookshops safely reopening today!

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Jan 31, 2021

‘Waiting for Godot to join the Zoom meeting’ my cartoon for yesterday’s

@guardianreview

)

Title: waiting for Godot to join the Zoom call

a zoom call.

Vladimir and Estragon are in separate windows. They both gaze into the screen.

A pause.

Estragon: Nothing happens. Nobody comes. Nobody goes.

Silence.

Another pause.

Vladimir: Shall we go?
Estragon: yes, let’s go.

Caption: they do not leave the meeting.

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Oct 21, 2019

‘Please tick the box’ (for

@newscientist

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Dec 23, 2019

A Christmas cartoon for

@newscientist

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Jan 20, 2017

Here is a cartoon about a thin-skinned orange nitwit:

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I drew a cartoon for

about

's new Norse Mythology book -

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Aug 9, 2020

‘Reading suggestions for summer 2020’ (for yesterday’s

@guardianreview

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Jun 12

My cartoon for the latest

@newscientist

The Science fiction author to an interviewer "My novel is a cautionary tale about capitalism and the consequences of creating powerful technologies without considering the moral implications"

The Tech Company Boss to his team "Guys! This novel is so cool! Let's build some of these things!"

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my cartoon for yesterday's

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Jan 12, 2020

‘New Year’s Resolution’ (for yesterday’s

@guardianreview

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Jan 17, 2019

‘The life-changing magic of decluttering in a post-apocalyptic world’ (a

@mariekondo

inspired comic I made for the New Yorker two years ago).

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Feb 18

‘The Controversial Book’ (my cartoon for this week’s

@GuardianBooks

)

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Tragic Deaths... (for

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Jun 7, 2020

'Mathematical Problems for Novelists' (my cartoon for yesterday's

@guardianreview

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Apr 24, 2020

A cartoon from my new book ‘Department of Mind-Blowing Theories' tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2

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Apr 4, 2021

“An anonymous letter arrives at the hall...” (my cartoon for yesterday’s

@guardianreview

) #books

Title: "An anonymous letter arrives at the hall..."

Panel 1:
Two regency ladies are talking. Lady A holds a letter.
Lady A: It's a list of scandalous rumours about Mister Bingham!
Lady B: Tell Me. My love for him will endure.

Panel 2:
Lady A: he shot a Viscount in a duel.
Lady B: We all have a past.
Lady A: He won his fortune at the card table.
Lady B: Nobody's perfect
Lady A: He was engaged to a Parisian dancer.
Lady B: I gorgive him.

Panel 3:
Lady A: He marks his place in books by folding over the corner of the page
Lady B (furious): Burn his letters and send back the ring! I cannot marry a monster!

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Sep 26, 2016

‘Sympathy cards for scientists’ (a recent

@newscientist

cartoon) -

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Apr 8

My cartoon for this week’s

@newscientist

. Many more here: newscientist.com/author/tom-gau

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It’s not long until UK bookshops can open again, but we can all support our local and independent shops right now, by buying or preordering books from them in various ways.

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May 2, 2021

My cartoon for yesterday's

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Sep 1, 2014

'JAWS reboot possibilities' (my cartoon for Saturday's

@guardianreview

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Jan 13, 2021

A recent cartoon for the

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@tomgauld

May 26, 2019

‘Fan Petitions’ (for yesterday’s

@guardianreview

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@tomgauld

Mar 6, 2022

my cartoon for yesterday’s

@GdnSaturday

‘What the hell’s going on here’ says a 1940s noir detective surrounded by eggs, toilet roll, milk and a tin of tuna.
The woman holding him at gunpoint replies ‘I’m pretty sure the author’s been writing plot outlines and shopping lists on the same page again.’

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May 21

My cartoon for yesterday’s

@GdnSaturday

@GuardianBooks

. p.s. my latest book of cartoons is REVENGE of the LIBRARIANS. Info here: tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2

Night.
A child reads under the covers with a torch.
Father: Ok, buddy. Time to stop reading.
Child: Why?
Father: we all like spending time in a fantasy world, but we need to sleep so that tomorrow we can go out and confront all the challenges that the real world throws at us.
Child: Tomorrow sounds a lot less fun than staying up late reading a book.
CUT TO
They are both reading under the covers with the torch.

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Four

covers: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter.

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Nov 22, 2020

Options for buying books during lockdown (for yesterday’s

@guardianreview

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May 9, 2017

Eccentric Family Generator for Novelists -

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Jul 5, 2017

A recent cartoon for the Guardian:

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Sep 20, 2017

'Dog Philosopher' for

@newscientist

#dogs #philosophy

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Aug 16, 2020

‘greetings cards for writers’ (my cartoon for yesterday’s

@guardianreview

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May 8, 2018

A cartoon about Karl Marx, for the

@guardianreview

#Marx200

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Jun 18, 2016

'James Bond is driving in his underwater car...' (My cartoon for today's

@guardianreview

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@tomgauld

Apr 21, 2019

‘Hunting for Easter eggs with Werner Herzog’ (for yesterday’s

@guardianreview

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Jun 10, 2018

‘Computer Assitance for the Modern Novelist’ (for yesterday’s

@guardianreview

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May 14, 2022

My latest cartoon for

@newscientist

. Many more here: newscientist.com/author/tom-gau

I stared into the abyss.

The abyss stared back.

One thing led to another and now I meet the abyss for regular chats in the coffee shop near my lab.

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A recent

cartoon. See more of them here: newscientist.com/author/tom-gau… Or get a book of them here: tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2

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A recent

cartoon about Dark Matter. See more of my science cartoons online here: newscientist.com/author/tom-gau Or get a book of them here: tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2