Tom Gauld

@tomgauld

Cartoonist and Illustrator. My book of science cartoons, PHYSICS FOR CATS, is available now!

London tomgauld.com Joined June 2009

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld Oct 30

'The Child' is one of three new limited-edition prints available now at tomgauld.com/shop

Two hooded figures with lamps approach a moonlit, isolated cottage. A woman answers the door. We have come for the child, says the hooded figure So soon? she asks It is time, says the hooded figure. The woman is distraught. We should never have got him a library card! What is done cannot be undone, says the hooded figure We couldn’t see the harm! We just wanted him to enjoy reading! For most, it ends there, says the hooded figure, turning away and walking into the wilderness Oh lord, What have I done! says the woman, the child walks past her and out into the darkness with them. Do not cry mother. I am a writer now.

Tom Gauld @tomgauld Sep 4

My twitter got hacked a couple of weeks ago after I responded to a fake legal complaint. I’m back in now and nothing seems to have been done while I was out.

Tom Gauld @tomgauld Aug 17

My latest books cartoon for the @guardian

Title:
Who is Haunting The Library of Forbidden Tomes?

Image: five panels showing characters in a gothic library

22% - tormented souls, frozen between life and death (a ghost reading a book)
4% - dank, fetid horrors from the icy depths below (a black slug like creature with a single eyestalk reading a book)
15% - cold, lifeless bones possessed by a corrupt sorcery (a skeleton reading a book)
11% - frigid and malevolent ectoplasmic vapours (a shapeless apparition reading a book)
48% - regular readers happy to away from the heatwave
(A mother, small child and toddler in buggy, all reading books)

Tom Gauld @tomgauld Aug 15

Clip Art > Science > Failure > Cute

My latest @newscientist cartoon.

Title:
Clip Art > Science > Failure > Cute

Image:
A series of science-related items (glassware, robots, fires, scientists) with smiley faces labelled this:

fire_small.jpg
graph_error.jpg
cracked_glassware.jpg
sad_at_desk.jpg
fire_medium.jpg
broken_robot.jpg
disproved_theory.jpg
fire_huge.jpg
sad_on_floor
toxic_cloud.jpg
rejected_paper.jpg

Tom Gauld @tomgauld Aug 11

My latest cartoon for @newscientist

1. The entomology department notice board a sign reads “Employee of the moth: Claire”
(Claire is spelled with an i)

2. Clare and a colleague are scientists wearing lab coats, they look at the board. He says “Congrats, But I think they made a typo.”

“Damn, do they did.” Says Clare

3. Clare in the office, seen from outside “Sorry to bother you boss, but my name is spelled wrong on the poster”

4. Her boss is a human-sized moth in a lab coat sitting behind a desk “Apologies Clare, I’ll get that fixed.”
(Clare is spelled either no i)