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Tom Gauld
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Cartoonist and Illustrator. My book of science cartoons, PHYSICS FOR CATS, is available now! www.tomgauld.com
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Get some Kupperman for Christmas!
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A new shipment of the beautiful 8 x 10 prints I'm making now... just $20 each! Perfect for decoration, greeting cards, thrill your friends and neighbors, etc.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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I designed a very tall mural for www.bdcolomiers.com/
November 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Now for some sports news...
(this week's cartoon for @theguardian.com books pages)
Panel One: A sportscaster speaks to a television camera "You join us just in time for the annual booksellers versus librarians tug of war." Panel Two: We see the participants warming up as he continues... "Two very strong teams this year, they’ve both been in training since February. As always, the real skill in this match is not to start chatting about boo-" Panel Three: "Too late!! A pair of librarians are discussing the new Margaret Atwood! A crowd is forming! The booksellers are joining in! It's all over!!" We see all the participants chatting. Panel Four: The sportscaster finishes up to the camera: "The rope lies untouched! The discussions continue! We have a draw for 325th year in a row! Join us again next year!" End. Bonus alt-text Content: Fun fact! The first tug of war was between the staff of Cranston Library and those of Daniel Midwinter Booksellers www.cranstonlibraryreigate.com/ www.blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/manuscripts/2017/11/10/booksellers/
November 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Maths Puzzles for Conspiracy Theorists.
One of the cartoons from my new book 'Physics for Cats'. In good bookshops now and online in English, French, German and Spanish editions.
Title: Maths puzzles for conspiracy theorists. 1. A train departs at 2pm Travelling at 40mph. The next train follows an hour later, travelling at 45 mph. Why are we still using trains when the government has hyper-speed ufo technology? 2. Susie brings eighteen Apples and twelve Oranges to school and divides them equally Between her six Friends. How many of these children are in the pay of big fruit? 3. When Tom was eight, his sister, anne, was half his age. Tom is now 48, so why does Anne just laugh at him when he patiently explains to her that the earth is flat? From 'Physics for Cats' by Tom Gauld - order it at www.tomgauld.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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FRANCE! I am coming to the BD Colomiers festival this weekend (22 and 23 November). Come to my talk and/or find me at the Editions 2042 and @dandq.bsky.social booths (they will both have copies of my new book). www.bdcolomiers.com
My Schedule at the BD Colomiers Festival SATURDAY 22nd November 11am: Talk with Andreas Lemaire at Cinéma Véo Grand Central. 12-1.30pm: Signing st the D&Q booth 5-7pm: Signing at the Editions2042 booth SUNDAY 23rd November 2.40-4pm: Signing st the D&Q booth 5-7pm Signing at the Editions2042 booth Cover of La Physique pour les Chats by Tom Gauld Cover of Physics for Cats by Tom Gauld
November 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Endless journey cards by @tomgauld. Green version available here: laurencesternetrust.org.uk/shandy-hall-... A great postable #Christmaspresent for all ages. These 12 picture cards can be arranged to form 479,001,600 different landscapes! Inspired by the works of Laurence Sterne.
November 19, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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1/3 I have made three of my cartoons into new, limited edition prints. You can get them now at www.tomgauld.com/shop
Title: How to focus on writing your book There follow eleven tiny images telling a story. The captions read: Turn your devices off (a writer with a phone and laptop. The screens are dark). Put them in a drawer. Lock the drawer. Throw away the key. Leave the house. Do not look back. Keep to backroads and hedgerows. Feel your old life slip away. (the writer has shed his clothes) Sleep by day. Forage in the evening. Write by the light of the moon When you have a passable first draft, commit a minor crime and use your phone call to contact your agent. (the naked writer is in a prison holding a phone while an unamused police officer looks on).
November 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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November 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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My latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books pages.
Two pigeons on a London street, pecking at crumbs. Pigeon 1: "I'm sorry you missed out on the Booker prize. I thought your novel was wonderful." Pigeon 2: "It’s a stitch up! They always give it to a human!" Pigeon 1: "It’s nice they considered it." Pigeon 2: "Nobody cares about the longlist, Janet!" Pigeon 2 again: "Zadie Smith had a bestselling novel and an armload of literary prizes before she was 25*." Pigeon 1: "You’ve got to stop comparing yourself to Zadie Smith" Pigeon 2: "Why?" Pigeon 1: "We’ve all got to find our own path through the world. Plus, it’s much harder to type with claws." pigeon 2: "That’s true." They both go back to pecking. Pigeon 2: "I’m glad you liked my book." *Pigeon 2 is 3 years, 11 months and 22 days old, the equivalent of 42 in human years. https://pigeonpedia.com/pigeon-years-to-human-years-calculator/
November 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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I just got back from London's best comic shop @goshcomics.bsky.social with the following news:
Pics 1&2: Their copies of my new book still come with this tiny zine.
Pic 3: I got copies new work by geniuses Sammy Harkham and Linnea Sterte
Pic 4: I signed a big pile of my other books
A hand holding Tom Gauld's book Physics for Cats A hand holding Tom Gauld's zine Shrodinger Sariations Two comic books. Crickets 9 by Sammy Harkham and Garden of Spheres by Linnea Sterte A window at Gosh comics filled with Tom Gauld's books.
November 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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I just finished reading TONGUES, the new book by Anders Nilsen. An epic triumph of ambitious, beautiful storytelling:
www.andersbrekhusnilsen.com/tongues
A hand holding the book TONGUES by Anders Nilsen.
November 12, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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Three of my Austen-adjacent cartoons are featured in the The Jane Austen Society of North America’s latest instalment of ‘Unexpectedly Austen’:
www.jasna.org/austen/unexpectedlyausten/
November 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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My latest @newscientist.com cartoon.

p.s. my new book of science cartoons 'Physics for Cats' is out now! Order from your local bookshop or online: www.tomgauld.com
Panel 1. Two scientists walking along. The first one says: I have opened a portal into an alternate universe that is an exact reflection of our own! Panel 2. The second scientist looks into a technical portal and says WOW Panel 3. A reflection of panel two. The reflected scientist's speech bubble still reads: WOW Panel 4. A reflection of panel one. The text is all back to front.
November 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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My books cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com
Panel 1 An author in their agent's office says: "This book will be my magnum opus, the book that I was put on the planet too write, and the pinnacle my writing and your publishing careers." Panel two The agent looks over a manuscript with a neutral expression. The author continues: "Unless you don’t like it. In which case it’s just one of a number of ideas I’m playing around with."
November 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Hoy a las 19.30h hemos quedado con Tom Gauld.
November 7, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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One of the cartoons from my new book 'Physics for Cats'. In good bookshops now and online in English, French, German and Spanish editions. I am in Spain this week launching the book - come along! www.tomgauld.com
Caption: Despite his status in the mathematics community, Torus never stopped feeling inferior to his more delicious relatives, Doughnut and Bagel. Image: A wireframe torus with arms and legs waves awkwardly to a donut and bagel. From 'Physics for Cats' by Tom Gauld - order it at www.tomgauld.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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I am on the plane to Spain:
Come along to hear me talk or get a book signed/doodled in. • Tuesday, 7pm, Finestres d'art i Comic, Barcelona • Wednesday, 7.30pm, Fundacion Telefonica, Madrid • Thursday, 6.30pm, Los 3 Hermanos de Moriarty, Madrid • Friday, 7.30pm, Libreria Letras Corsarias, Salamanca Links at tomgauld.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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I drew this cover for WOMAN ALIVE from @manderleypress.bsky.social "A forgotten #sci-fi #dystopian classic, first published 90 years ago and now reissued with an introduction by Graham Norton". Preorder it now: www.manderleypress.com/shop/p/womanalive
The cover of the book WOMAN ALIVE by Susan Ertz. Illustrated with a drawing by Tom Gauld in shades of reds and pinks which shows a retro-futuristic city. In the arched door of a tall tower stands a female stick figure. Stairs lead down, through a layer of clouds to lower levels and tunnels from which a crowd of male stick figures emerges.
November 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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My books cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com
Title: The desk of a late, great author Panel 1: A woman asks "The publisher is on my back again. Have you guys got anything left in there?" Panel 2: A desk, with four drawers and a friendly face on each, replies "Nope" "Sorry." "Nothing." the last one says "I might have something..." Panel 3: The woman reaches into the drawer which says "That's it...Right At the back." Panel 4: The woman holds some paper "It's just a pizza menu." Panel 5: The drawers reply: "Oh well" "We've done our best" "We have secured a great reputation for eternity!" But another voice joins in: Panel 6: "Now, hold on there. I've got a few things that might Interest you..." It is the waste-paper basket, filled with crumpled balls of discarded paper.
November 2, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Coming soon. A forgotten #sci-fi #dystopian classic, first published 90 years ago and now reissued with an introduction by Graham Norton and a brand new cover commissioned from @tomgauld.bsky.social - pre-orders are open and shipping is worldwide!
#booksky
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Woman Alive by Susan Ertz, A Manderley Press edition 2026, introduction by Graham Norton — Manderley Press
Woman Alive is a curious science fiction novel from 1936 by Susan Ertz, set in London in a dystopian future where only one woman is left alive after all others in the world are wiped out in a pandemic...
www.manderleypress.com
November 2, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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Three @theguardian.com books cartoons from previous halloweens: 1. Haunted Bookshop
Reasons to visit your local haunted bookshop: Open Until Very Late (image: moonlit bookshop) Staff with nine hundred years experience (image: skeleton bookseller) Home delivery by Headless Hoseman or flying fiend (image: deliveries being made) Readings from famous authors (Image: Shakespeare zombie) Stay and browse forever (Image ghost in a bookshop)
October 31, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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A halloween cartoon for @newscientist.com
Image: three figures in protective suits watch from behind a screen as a child approaches a door-like mechanical structure in which stands a man. Between them is an amorphous glowing shape. Caption: Scientists at the institute of halloween studies have succeeded in creating "The treak": a quantum state that is simultaneously trick and treat. It is stable for a millionth of a second before decaying into a half-hearted prank and a mediocre candy bar.
October 31, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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🇪🇸 I am coming to SPAIN next week!
Come along to hear me talk or get a book signed/doodled in.
Tuesday, 7pm, Finestres d'art i Comic, Barcelona
Wednesday, 7.30pm, Fundacion Telefonica, Madrid
Thursday, 6.30pm, Los 3 Hermanos de Moriarty, Madrid
Friday, 7.30pm, Libreria Letras Corsarias, Salamanca
A drawing of a large cat-shaped book-filled spaceship being piloted through space by a small figure
October 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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A halloween books cartoon for @theguardian.com
Image: The library of an ancient castle. A full moon shines through a gothic window. A vampire creeps up behing a carpenter. Caption: "It had not been easy, but the Count was glad that he had resisted drinking the carpenter's blood until his beautiful new bookshelves were complete."
October 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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One of the cartoons in my new book 'Physics for Cats' which is out now in the UK, USA, Canada, France, Spain and Germany. Order from your local bookshop or online: www.tomgauld.com/
Title: Know Your Acronyms Image: four colourful panels each containing four figures representing the disciplines listed. 1. STEM Science, technology, engineering and mathematics 2. STET Sword-swallowing, , trapeze, escapology and tightrope 3. STEP Swindling, theft, extortion and piracy 4. STEW Seance, telekinesis, exorcism and witchcraft below is the following text: From 'Physics for cats' by tom gauld - order it at www.tomgauld.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM