Tom Gauld

Education

Gauld studied illustration at Edinburgh College of Art - where he first started to draw comics "seriously" - and the Royal College of Artist

Career

His style reflects his self-professed fondness of "deadpan comedy, flat dialogue, things happening offstage and inexpressive characters". Others note that his work "combines pathos with the farcical" and exhibits "a casual reduction of visual keys into a more rudimentary drawing style" Gauld is best known for his three major publications: The Gigantic Robot, Goliath and You"re All Just Jealous of My Jetpack. He has also authored a number of smaller-scale books such as Guardians of the Kingdom,, Hunter and Painter and his cartoon Move to the City, which ran weekly in London"s Time Out in 2001-2002.

Together they self-published the comics First and Second under their Cabanon Press, which they started in 2001.

(The two volumes were subsequently published together by Bloomsbury Publishing in 2003, as Both) As part of commercial projects, Gauld has done some animation work. In an interview, he commented that "omics are a lot of work but animation.. was too much.") His books are now published by Drawn and Quarterly and he regularly produces cartoons and illustrations for The New Yorker (including cover art), The New York Times, The Guardian and New Scientist.

In a 2012 interview, Gauld revealed that he had started work on a book that was even longer than Goliath (which was not "You"re All Just Jealous of My Jetpack). In a 2011 interview, Gauld listed his "Cartooning heroes": William Heath Robinson, Gary Larson, Roz Chast, Richard McGuire, Ben Katchor, Daniel Clowes, Chris Ware and Jochen Gerner.

Works

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  • The Gigantic Robot

    (Published as a board book for adults, The Gigantic Robot ...)

  • Hunter & Painter

    (A tale of two cavemen by the creator of Goliath. A fiftee...)

  • Hunter & Painter by Tom Gauld (2007-06-03)
  • The Gigantic Robot by Tom Gauld (2009-07-09)