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28/2/25
The ink drawing I contributed to an exhibit celebrating Edward Gorey’s Centenary is now available in the shop as a limited edition of 50 signed and numbered prints.
The Guardian has released three of my cartoons as prints. They are an open edition in two sizes and are available for one week only (until March 7th) from their shop.
9/1/25
My Shop and Art for Sale are open again.
Physics for Cats will be my next collection of science cartoons. It'll be out in the autumn. More details and an excerpt are here. A paperback of my first collection of literary comics will be out later this year too.
3/9/24
I have released three new prints. This is one of them. They are all available now in the Shop.
9/6/24
I made a new screen print of the image below in a limited edition of 100 signed and numbered copies. It was printed by White Duck editions. UPDATE: This print has sold out now but I have others in the shop and at macgregoretc. Join my mailing list to get advance notice of things like this.
20/5/24
I have released five new prints of my cartoons exclusively with macgregoretc. They are larger than my usual prints and can be purchased framed or unframed. Visit the macgregoretc website to get one.
30/4/24
Saturday May 4th is Free Comic Book Day and Gosh Comics have fun events all day. I’ll be there, signing and doodling, 2-3pm with Chris Riddell. Full details here.
I will be in France as well. Signing books at NordEst Paris 5-7pm on the 6th of May and the next day attending the opening of my exhibition 'La Revanche des Bibliothécaires' at Bibliothèque de l'Université de Strasbourg.
A recent cartoon for The Guardian.
A recent cartoon for the Guardian
20/2/23
On the 13th of March I’m coming to Hamburg to talk live with Andreas Platthaus and Jörg Mühle at Literaturhaus Hamburg as part of Graphic Novel Tage. You can get tickets here. I will also be signing books at Strips and Stories from 4-5pm.
18/11/22
I’m doing a Revenge of the Librarians event at the Barbican Library in London on the 30th of November. I’ll be reading, talking, being interviewed and signing books. You can get tickets at this link.
The Spanish edition of La Venganza de los Bibliotecarios is out very soon from Salamadra/Penguin and I’m coming to Barcelona and Madrid:
23rd November: Reading/chat/signing, 6.30pm, Libreria Finestres, Barcelona. Book Here.
24th November: Signing, 7.30pm, Generación X, Madrid.
25th November: Reading/chat/signing, 7pm, Fundacion Telefonica, Madrid. Book Here.
15/10/22
I am coming to Germany to visit the Frankfurt Book Fair and do some events for both my comics and for Der Kleine Holzroboter und die Baumstumpfprinzessin:
Friday 21st October, 4-6pm. Signing at T3 Comic Shop, Frankfurt.
Saturday 22nd October, 11am. Signing at Buchhandlung Eselsohr, Frankfurt.
Saturday 22nd October, 4pm. Children’s event with Jörg Mühle at Nationalbibliothek, Frankfurt
Sunday 23rd October, Noon. Comics event with Jakob Hoffmann at Goldstein Galerie, Frankfurt.
Monday 24th October, 9am. Reading for children at Stadtbibliothek, Stuttgart.
Monday 24th October, 7.30pm. Event with Thomas Klingenmaier at Stadtbibliothek, Stuttgart.
The Shop and Art for Sale are closed for the summer. They’ll re-open in October. You can still order things but they won’t ship till I’m back.
27/2/22
A cartoon about wordle for the Guardian:
One of my weekly cartoons for the Guardian. See many more of them online here.
1/8/21
The shop and art for sale sections are now closed for the holidays. Any orders received will be shipped when I’m back in early September.
I have made two downloadable Wooden Robot and Log Princess colouring sheets which you can find at: www.tomgauld.com/colouring
I have added four new prints to the shop, including the cartoon above.
9/6/21
It exists! I got a real copy of my book! The Little Wooden Robot and the Log Princess will be out in August. It can be pre-ordered now from all good bookshops and online. Pre-orders and early orders are extremely helpful, as they let the bookshops and websites know that there is demand for the book.
The exhibit 'Apprentis Sorciers' is finally open at Muséum de Toulouse. It consists of my science cartoons interacting with their collection and was was curated by Editions 2024. Visiting details are here.
8/3/21
I drew a cover for the next issue of The New Yorker. You can read an interview about it here. Prints of all my New Yorker covers can be bought from their store.
11/9/20
I have written and illustrated a book for children! ‘The Little Wooden Robot and the Log Princess’ will be out next year from Holiday House (in North America) and Templar Books (in the UK). You can read about it in the Bookseller. I’ll put up pre-order links when I get them.
A recent cartoon for the Guardian Review
2/12/19
I’ve put eight new drawings into the art for sale section.
The shop and art sales will close for the holidays on 11th of December. If you would like anything for Christmas, please get your order in as soon as possible.
I drew the cover to this week’s New Yorker. You can buy prints of the image here, or read a short interview about it here.
12/6/19
I have added some new drawings to the Art for Sale section.
My graphic novel Goliath is now out in a Brazilian translation from Todavia Livros.
Drawn and Quarterly have announced that they will publish my next book in April 2020. Department of Mind-blowing Theories is a collection of one hundred and fifty of the weekly science cartoons I make for New Scientist. The UK edition will be published by Canongate and editions in French, Italian, German, Spanish and Russian will follow soon.
17/5/19
On 21st May 7-8pm I will be at Blackwell’s Oxford Westgate, talking with Alex Fitch about comics and signing/drawing in my books. The event is organized by the Oxford Comics Network and is open to all. Buy a ticket here.
I drew the cover for this week’s New Yorker Innovations issue. It is titled ‘Dog Walkers 2.0’ and I talk a little about it here. Prints of the image can be purchased at The New Yorker store.
26/2/19
I have moved studios. My new address is 1 Bridge Mews, 122 Dalston Lane, London, E8 1FG, UK.
My cartoons continue to appear weekly in the Guardian and New Scientist. Here is a recent one:
29/1/19
I drew the cover for this week’s New Yorker. It is titled ‘Winter Garden’ and I talk a little about it here. Prints of the image can be purchased at The New Yorker store.
7/12/18
I designed some limited edition wrapping paper for my illustration agent Heart (see a detail below). It’s not for sale I’m afraid.
31/1/18
My cartoon for the Guardian will be appearing weekly on the last page of the newly redesigned Review section. The cartoons are in a new, longer format: see example below, or the whole lot here.
My shop is open again.
4/12/17
I drew the cover for this week's New Yorker. You can buy a print here.
The shop on this site will close on the 11th of December, but please order sooner rather than later if you want things in time for Christmas.
I've just sent out one of my semi-regular newsletters which contains various Christmas present ideas from this site and elsewhere, you can read it here, or sign up to the mailing list here.
15/11/17
Wordery.com now stocks most of my books and offers free worldwide deilivery.
I have added some new items to my shop, including badges, books and drawings. [update: the badges are sold out]
My US tour is over. Thanks to everyone who came or helped along the way.
18/7/17
Drawn and Quarterly will have early, signed bookplate copies of Baking with Kafka at their stand (#1629) at Comic-con San Diego from 19th to 23rd July.
Mooncop is nominated for three Eisner awards which will be announced at the con. [Update: I didn't win. Well done to all the winners!}
7/7/14
I've put a few more original drawings into the shop.
9/6/2017
I will be at ELCAF signing books at the Drawn and Quarterly booth, on Friday 16th June 1-2pm and Saturday 2-3pm & 4-5pm. We will have early copies of the new paperback edition of Goliath as well as my other books.
My illustration agent Heart have added new images and a video interview to my page on their site.
5/6/2017
The New York Times published an all-comics issue of their weekend magazine featuring many excellent cartoonists. I created a two-page story titled 'View Finder' (shown below) as well as creating a comic-strip editor's letter and hand-drawing the lettering most of the design elements in the magazine. Thanks to Matt Wiley, Caitlin Roper and the NYT magazine team who created the issue.
Click on the image to enlarge.
3/5/2017
Mooncop has been nominated for Eisner Awards in the Best Graphic Album, Best Artist/Writer and Best Lettering categories. It is still available in good bookshops and online.
1/5/2017
I've put ten more original drawings into the shop. The Endless Journey cards are now sold out.
A cartoon for The Guardian.
29/3/2017
I have added ten original drawings to the shop. [update: These are all now sold. I'll add more in a few weeks]
23/3/2017
Welcome to my new website.
The shop is open now, but uses a different system from the old one. Please email me if you have any problems.
A cartoon for New Scientist.
22/3/17
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