Tom Gauld (@tomgauld.bsky.social)

@tomgauld.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 3:07 PM

625 New Cosy Crime Novels for Autumn! (My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com)

Title: 625 new cosy crime novels for autumn! (pick one option from each column)

Column 1: (one option) The.

Column 2: (five options) Chipping-Sodbury, Bishop's Stortford, Kirkby Stephen, Saffron Walden, Melton Mowbray.

Column 3: (five options) Retired Librarians', Parish Council,Lawn Bowlers', Pub Regulars', Women's Institute.

Column 4: (five options) Murder, Burglary, Littering, Bigamy, Poisoning.

Column 5: (five options) Investigation Society, Revenge Guild, Detection League, Punishment Club, Inspection Unit.

@tomgauld.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 11:34 AM

No plans right now. But if you are interested, email me and I will explain other options www.tomgauld.com/contact

@tomgauld.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 10:50 AM

Sure!

@tomgauld.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 10:47 AM

My latest @newscientist.com cartoon

Panel 1: a large robot (composed of AI servers, network switches, storage arrays, and power distribution units) and a human are talking.

Professor "You don't want to destroy humanity do you, lLLM-A-9300x?"

Robot "Haha. What a silly question, Professor. I have no desires or feelings of my own whatsoever."

Professor (relieved)"Oh good."

Panel 2: they walk on. The robot continues "I am merely a tool of the company that created me. And that company, being composed of humans, will naturally have humanity's best interests at heart."

Panel 3: The professor is conspicuously quiet.
"Right?" says the Robot.
…
More silence

"Professor?"

@manderleypress.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 12:42 PMReposted by @tomgauld.bsky.social

POV: you find a forgotten classic and now you get to bring it back to life
- Book: Woman Alive by Susan Ertz
- Art work by @tomgauld.bsky.social
- Introduction by Graham Norton
We turn our favourite bookcovers into limited edition signed art prints - exclusively at manderleypress.com

@tomgauld.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 8:06 PM

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@tomgauld.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 2:52 PM

Some sketchbook Gruffalo doodles (pic 1) and original ink drawing (pic 2) for the cartoon quoted below.
The drawing is now at www.tomgauld.com/art-for-sale

Various sketchbook doodles in pen and pencil of the Gruffalo

Title: Just announced! Three new Gruffalo books commissioned from bestselling authors! Lee Chilld: The Gruffalo just wants a quiet life, but when a crime syndicate moves into the deep dark wood, he must use his terrible claws and the terrible teeth in his terrible jaws to protect the fellow. Sally Rooney: The Gruffalo moves to contemporary Dublin. He ill ever see past his orange eyes, purple prickles and poisonous wart. Kazuo Ishiguro: After a long absence, the gruffalo returns to the forest and attempts to make sense of his past. Encounters with a mouse, a fox, an owl and a snake uncover long-buried memories, regrets and revelations.

@tomgauld.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 11:05 AM

My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com

As we join the great theoretical scientist, he is deep in thought. So still, quiet and focused that he might almost be asleep. But inside that brilliant mind, what new idea is forming? What certainty is being meticulously interrogated? What ingenious theory is ready to change our world forever? (the scientist snores lightly) Ah, it seems he actually is asleep. And that's fine. Science is hard and not every day can be a success. We will come back another time.

@tomgauld.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 10:32 AM

My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

@tomgauld.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 6:03 PM

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@tomgauld.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 12:28 PM

I'm down to the last nine copies of this ISS Cat print, so if you want one, please order soon. It's in my shop along with other prints, badges and a zine: www.tomgauld.com/