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Published August 28, 2023

The End of Summer

Oof. This is a little too on the nose from Roz Chast (for The New Yorker).

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Published August 18, 2023

‘To Be Read’ by Tom Gauld

Tom Gauld for The Guardian.

My ‘to be read’ wall feels particularly bad at the moment. I did, however, read an ARC of She’s a Killer by Kirsten McDougall on vacation, which is fun if you like an unreliable narrator who is not quite a genius, but very possibly a sociopath (and has an imaginary friend).

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Published June 6, 2023

Ghost Writer

Cartoon by Graham Annabelle.

And just a reminder, Graham AKA Grickle has a new graphic novel for kids called Eerie Tales from the School of Screams coming out this summer.

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Published June 6, 2023

Nighthawks at the Library by Tom Gauld

Tom Gauld for The Guardian.

(Is this a Semisonic joke as well as an Edward Hopper one? Or am I just showing my age?)

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Published April 18, 2023

Free Library

Cartoon by Graham Annabelle.

Graham has a new graphic novel for kids called Eerie Tales from the School of Screams available in July.

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Published January 24, 2023

Black Holes?

Tom Gauld for New Scientist. Feels about right.

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Published November 26, 2022

Coffee

Multiple people sent me this 2016 Seth Fleishman cartoon after The New Yorker re-posted it to Instagram recently. I’m not exactly sure what they were trying to tell me…

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Published October 24, 2022

The Perfect Book Cover by Tom Gauld

Tom Gauld for the Guardian.

I think pretty much every book cover designer I know shared this over the weekend. Every British one at least…

Tom’s latest collection of literary cartoons, Revenge of the Librarians, is out now.

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Published October 19, 2022

Our Town’s Libraries by Tom Gauld

Tom Gauld for the New York Times.

Tom’s new book, coincidentally called Revenge of the Librarians, is out now.

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Published March 11, 2022

More interesting as a book

Steinberg.

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Published June 30, 2021

Your House is Overloaded With Books…

Tom Gauld celebrates Independent Bookshop Week (which was last week, but isn’t every week independent bookshop week when you think about it?)

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Published February 25, 2021

Bedtime Reading Routine

This is a tragically accurate portrayal of how it has been going during the pandemic.

(Tom Gauld for The Guardian of course)

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