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Tom Gauld

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


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UPDATE: This has sold out now. I have held a few back in case any get lost in the post so may be able to add a few more to the site in a couple of weeks.

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www.tomgauld.com/shop

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I've made a new screenprint!
It is a limited edition of 100 signed and numbered copies available now at my shop: www.tomgauld.com/shop

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This week’s New Scientist cartoon. #science

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Yes! I played warhammer as a teenager and I think that stuff (Ian miller, John Blanche etc) is deep in my subconscious .

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Not that I recall. Is that a Fury Road reference?

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Four images of preparation for the cartoon below: 1. Sketchbook page, 2. Pencil drawing, 3. Finished original ink drawing, 4. Closeup of coloured version.

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Beware of the book festivals! (My latest Guardian Books cartoon)

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I have a mailing list. I send out two or three emails a year, usually with advance notice of new books, prints and whatnot. You can join it here:
tomgauld.us2.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

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She’s a rescue cat and came with the name, but I assume it’s a sailor moon reference.

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🙏

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She was more visual inspiration for this, not much of a smasher in real life.

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Actually, I am being unfair to Luna. She rarely smashes things.

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👋 🐈‍⬛

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👋 🐈‍⬛

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Original drawing (ink on paper) and inspiration (Luna).

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SCIENCE CAT (my latest cartoon for New Scientist)

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My cartoon for this week’s Guardian books.

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Full list of artists:

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I'm showing some cartoons as part of an all-star show at CARTOONFESTIVAL KNOKKE-HEIST in Ravelingen, Belgium, 6th July to 1st September. www.knokke-heist.be/cartoonfestival-knokke-heist

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The original ink drawing for the weekend's Guardian cartoon. www.tomgauld.com/art-for-sale

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No. Just a bit of silliness.

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My latest New Scientist cartoon.

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Hi. I’ll look into this. Thanks for sharing!

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Here’s another writing/voting cartoon from a few years ago:

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‘Politicians shamelessly chase votes from the Crime Fiction community’ (my cartoon for this weekend’s Guardian Books).

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Are you being serious? Surely we can revisit concepts like this in new ways without it being considered theft? (If it is theft, then Escher "stole" the impossible triangle from Oscar Reutersvärd, by the way).

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...and here are some related doodles and the other prints

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This is one of the five exclusive prints available now at www.tdmacgregor.com/shop/tom-gauld-prints-at-macgregor-etc

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Some sketchbook doodles and the cartoon they led to.

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haha

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My latest cartoon for New Scientist.

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Ha! Amazing.

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Thank you! Hope you enjoy it!

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I did not know that. I like it though.

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Inspired by this real story:
www.theguardian.com/books/articl...

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My latest Guardian Books cartoon.

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It happens maybe two or three times a year. The books section sometimes gets given a page less in the magazine, so they cut my page as it's less time specific

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Werner Herzog! Wild Things! Impossible Buildings! Robot Birds! All now available online as exclusive prints from MacgregorEtc:
www.tdmacgregor.com/shop/tom-gauld-prints-at-macgregor-etc

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The original drawing is on my site tomgauld.com/art-for-sale

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My latest cartoon for New Scientist.

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This week’s Guardian Books cartoon. Lots more here: www.theguardian.com/profile/tom-gauld

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Today! 5pm

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They'll be online soon. For now it's just in the gallery, or by messaging them.

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It's part of E17 Art Trail and the gallery will be open [times tbc] and selling my exclusive prints and T.D Macgregor's incredible paintings and art. www.instagram.com/macgregoretc/

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LONDON! Tomorrow from 5pm I'll be at MacgregorEtc selling prints, zines & books, signing & doodling and hanging out with T.D. Macgregor. Come and see us! Address: Macgregoretc, Patchworks, 258 Church Road, Leyton, London, E10 7JQ

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I'm very proud that this cartoon is in the fascinating show ‘Kafka: Making of an icon’ at the Bodelian Libraries: visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/kafka
(Thanks to Richard Ovenden for including me and taking these pictures.)

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A recent cartoon for New Scientist. Many more here: www.newscientist.com/author/tom-gauld/

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ROBOT APOCALYPSE 2030 my cartoon for this week’s Guardian Books.

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I hope someone will publish an English edition but I haven’t heard of one yet.

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