Tom Gauld
Tom Gauld was born in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1976. As a child his favourite things were drawing, lego, and playing soldiers. He studied illustration at Edinburgh College of Art.
In 2001, Tom started small-press publishing venture Cabanon Press with Simone Lia while they were studying at the Royal College of Art. They published a number of books including First, Second, Three Very Small Comics, and Fluffy. Tom works as an illustrator and cartoonist and has contributed work to The Guardian, The New Yorker, The Believer, The New York Times, and Granta. He illustrated the children’s book The Iron Man by Ted Hughes and made a comic-strip cover for Penguin Books’ deluxe edition of The Three Musketeers. He has created a number of short comic books including Guardians of the Kingdom, Hunter and Painter, and The Gigantic Robot. His comics have appeared in the three most recent editions of the comics anthology Kramers Ergot. In 2008 he was artist-in-residence at the Fumetto Festival in Lucerne, Switzerland.
Since 2005 Tom has made a weekly cartoon about the arts which appears in the Guardian’s Saturday Review section. He lives in London, England, with his partner and two daughters.

Featured Book
Eisner Award
Best Humour Publication for Baking With Kafka
ALA / YALSA
Great Graphic Novel for Teens for Mooncop
Festival de la BD d'Angoulême
Nominated for Sélection officielle
Eisner Award
Nominated for Best Humour Publication for You’re All Just Jealous of My Jetpack
MoCCA Annual
Long Form Gold Medal for You’re All Just Jealous of My Jetpack
Festival de la BD d'Angoulême
Nominated for Sélection officielle for You’re All Just Jealous of My Jetpack
Young Adult Library Services Assoc.
Great Graphic Novel for Teens
British Comic Award
Nominated for Best Book
Eisner Award
Nominated for Best Graphic Album: New
Independent Publisher Book Award
Silver Medal
ALCUIN Society Book Design Awards
Third Prize for Department of Mind-Blowing Theories
January 11, 2021
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December 9, 2020
Reading with… Tom Gauld photo: Jo Taylor Tom Gauld is a cartoonist and illustrator. He does weekly comic strips f...
October 1, 2021
Tom Gauld’s The Revenge of the Librarians comes out in Fall 2022! This collection from the Eisner-winning cartoonist is going to…
December 14, 2020
While this year has been unprecdented in so many ways, we’re honoured to have been able to publish such incredible books…