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**Khurram Wadee** @mkwadee@mastodon.org.uk · Apr 12

Apr 12

Khurram Wadee @mkwadee@mastodon.org.uk

#TomGauld on creating an #ActionMovie – #cartoon | #Books | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/books/picture/2025/apr/12/tom-gauld-on-creating-an-action-movie-cartoon

Let's create a movie for Netflix!
Jason Statham is: The Editor/Librarian/Bookseller

A heroic special forces officer retires to a sleepy town to follow his true passion of setting up a...
Poetry Anthology/Public Libary/Local Bookshop.

He settles happily into the routine of small-town life, but when the townspeople are menaced by a...
Greedy Billionaire/Corrupt Politician/Evil Corporation.

He must cominde his literary and military skills to protect his new community with the help of...
An attractive poet/A young borrower/The bookshop cat.

#Humour

**Khurram Wadee** @mkwadee@mastodon.org.uk · Apr 11

Apr 11

Khurram Wadee @mkwadee@mastodon.org.uk

#TomGauld on #TheShining – #cartoon | #Illustration | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/picture/2025/feb/01/tom-gauld-on-the-shining-cartoon

Jack from the Shining is at his typewriter with a thesaurus. He writes, "All industry and no frolics renders Jack a listless infant."

#Humour

**Khurram Wadee** @mkwadee@mastodon.org.uk · Apr 10

Apr 10

Khurram Wadee @mkwadee@mastodon.org.uk

#TomGauld on the #libertarian – #cartoon | #Books | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/books/picture/2025/feb/22/tom-gauld-on-the-libertarian-cartoon

A librarian is shouting at a family who want to borrow lots of books, "Wake up, people!! The state is lending you these books to blunt your natural acquisitive urges and keep you compliant!" The caption reads, "Due to a typo in the job listing, the vacancy at the public library was filled by libertarian."

#Humour

**Jack Yan (甄爵恩)** @jackyan@mastodon.social · Apr 10

Apr 10

Jack Yan (甄爵恩) @jackyan@mastodon.social

Still one of my favourite #TomGauld cartoons (note: link is on a Meta site).

https://www.instagram.com/p/CHxh4nUH2es/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

InstagramTom Gauld on Instagram: "‘The Hills’. One of the cartoons available on my site. Follow the link in my profile to get one."6,755 likes, 48 comments - tomgauld on November 19, 2020: "‘The Hills’. One of the cartoons available on my site. Follow the link in my profile to get one.".

**Khurram Wadee** @mkwadee@mastodon.org.uk · Apr 9

Apr 9

Khurram Wadee @mkwadee@mastodon.org.uk

#TomGauld on the #writer’s attempts to improve his #novel – #cartoon | #Books | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/books/picture/2024/feb/03/tom-gauld-on-the-writers-attempts-to-improve-his-novel-cartoon

A writer has called in technicians and mechanics to examine his desk and computer to find out what's wrong. He tells them sternly, "Well, if there's nothing wrong with my desk, chair or computer, then why is my novel so terrible?"

#Humour

**Khurram Wadee** @mkwadee@mastodon.org.uk · Apr 8

Apr 8

Khurram Wadee @mkwadee@mastodon.org.uk

#TomGauld on #TimeManagement – #cartoon | #Books | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/books/picture/2025/jan/18/tom-gauld-on-time-management-cartoon

A woman is sitting back on her chair by her desk and reading, while a cat rests on her lap. The computer is displaying a text message saying, "How's that new draft coming along?" She is thinking, "Every time I slack off, I get an e-mail from my editor. How does she know that I'm not working?"

#Humour

**Khurram Wadee** @mkwadee@mastodon.org.uk · Apr 7

Apr 7

Khurram Wadee @mkwadee@mastodon.org.uk

#TomGauld on the writer’s dog – #cartoon | #Culture | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/books/picture/2025/jan/25/tom-gauld-on-the-writers-dog-cartoon

A man is sitting in a chair and training his pet dog. He says, "Sit!" and the dog sits up. He says, "Shake hands" and the dog offers a front paw. He says, "Play dead" and the dog lies on its back with its legs in the air. He says, "Give feedback on my latest draft, and be brutally honest, unless you hate it, in which case, be diplomatic!" The dog stares in shock at him.

#Humour #WritersDog

**itsveganjim** @itsveganjim@mastodon.social · Apr 3

Apr 3

itsveganjim @itsveganjim@mastodon.social

#tomgauld #dystopia #cartoon

**Laura** @l_a_ferreira@mastodon.social · Mar 24 *

Mar 24 *

Laura @l_a_ferreira@mastodon.social

Tom Gauld.

#tomgauld #cartoon

**Khurram Wadee** @mkwadee@mastodon.org.uk · Mar 8

Mar 8

Khurram Wadee @mkwadee@mastodon.org.uk

#TomGauld on finishing a book – #cartoon | #Books | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/books/picture/2025/mar/08/tom-gauld-on-finishing-a-book-cartoon

A writer is at his computer finishing his book. He does and shouts with joy, "I've finished my book!" His agent says, "It's great, I have a few notes." So he goes back and edits his manuscript. He shouts with joy, "I've finished my book!" His editor says, "It's great, I have a few suggestions." So he goes back and edits his manuscript. He shouts with joy, "I've finished my book!" Th readers say, "It's great, we need a sequel!" So he goes back and starts writing again.

#Humour

**Stan Carey** @stancarey@mastodon.ie · Mar 5

Mar 5

Stan Carey @stancarey@mastodon.ie

Word buildings. An old favourite by Tom Gauld

Single-frame, black and white cartoon of four buildings or places in a row, each labelled underneath. On the left is the Institute of Neologisms, a fancy, futuristic building like the snub nose of a rocket with a glass dome on top and scientific equipment inside. Beside it, connected by a thick tube like a robot's arm, is the Department of Everyday Language, a plain rectangular block of a building with six storeys and lots of small windows, like a municipal or apartment block. Next is the Society for the Preservation of Antiquated Terminology, a narrow, rather charming building, vaguely gothic, with arched windows and a steep roof. It's also connected to the Department building, by a transept-like structure. Finally, on the right, is the Cemetery of Forgotten Words, a scattering of slim tombstones and a small, dead-looking tree.

#cartoons #drawing #words

**Laura** @l_a_ferreira@mastodon.social · Mar 3

Mar 3

Laura @l_a_ferreira@mastodon.social

Tom Gauld.

A cartoon about what to do when one has too many books.

#tomgauld

**David Haigh** @leanlearnlead@mstdn.ca · Feb 22

Feb 22

David Haigh @leanlearnlead@mstdn.ca

#tomgauld eases the pain...

#funny #cartoon

**Boggin** @boggin@mastodon.scot · Feb 22

Feb 22

Boggin @boggin@mastodon.scot

Tom Gauld on the libertarian – cartoon | Books | The Guardian

#theGuardian #TomGauld

https://www.theguardian.com/books/picture/2025/feb/22/tom-gauld-on-the-libertarian-cartoon

"Wake up, people! The state is lending you these books to blunt your natural aquisitive urges and keep you compliant!"
Due to a typo in the job listing, the vacancy at the public library w
as filled by a libertarian.

**Natasha Jay** @Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt · Feb 18

Feb 18

Natasha Jay @Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt

A Tom Gauld classic

A cartoon on three panels

Two scientists stand in front of a large computer, above head high

Panel 1
Scientist 1 "How's it going?"
Scientist 2 "I'm trying to create an AI that can understand and use sarcasm."

Panel 2
Computer/AI "It's going great. This guy is a real genius."

Panel 3
Scientist 1 "Was that sarcasm?"
Scientist 2 "I don't know."

#tomgauld #AI

**Khurram Wadee** @mkwadee@mastodon.org.uk · Feb 17

Feb 17

Khurram Wadee @mkwadee@mastodon.org.uk

#TomGauld on #cooking – #cartoon | #Books | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/books/picture/2025/feb/15/tom-gauld-on-cooking-cartoon

A man is cooking in the kitchen as a woman is stacking books on a shelf. He tells her, "Your library can't spread in here as well! The books will get damaged bu oils and steam from my cooking." "Good point." she says. Later, the woman is reading in the kitchen, the shelves now fully stacked with books, while the man is cooking outside in the rain, while holding an umbrella.

#Humour

**Khurram Wadee** @mkwadee@mastodon.org.uk · Jan 26

Jan 26

Khurram Wadee @mkwadee@mastodon.org.uk

#TomGauld’s tips on how to protect your local #library from cuts – #cartoon | #Books | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/books/picture/2024/feb/10/tom-gaulds-tips-on-how-to-protect-your-local-library-from-cuts-cartoon

Methods of defending your local library from government cuts:
Community support -- protest outside the libary
Fortifications -- wall and sentries in around the library
Camouflage -- library painted in camouflage fatigues
Black magic -- library protected by an enchanter and occult symbols
Time travel -- library taken back to the age of the dinosaurs
Disguise -- the library done up as a vape shop
Attack! -- library on caterpillar tracks and mechanical arms to defend itself.

#Humour

**Khurram Wadee** @mkwadee@mastodon.org.uk · Jan 12 *

Jan 12 *

Khurram Wadee @mkwadee@mastodon.org.uk

#TomGauld on the #JohnLeCarré #AdventCalendar – #cartoon | #Books | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/books/picture/2024/nov/30/tom-gauld-on-the-john-le-carre-advent-calendar-cartoon

December 1st to 23rd: Open the doors to watch George Smiley Reluctantly uncover a conspiracy as he wanders around the damp, dilapidated London of the seventies.
December 24th: having solved the mystery and written his resignation letter, Smiley eats Christmas dinner alone. (Available in all good bookshops!)

#Humour

**Mark A. Rayner** @markarayner@mas.to · Jan 12

Jan 12

Mark A. Rayner @markarayner@mas.to

Where's the "kill your darlings" command?

$Keyboard Shortcuts for Novelists: Find and fill plot holes Make protagonist more likable Remove boring bits Insert character: sage bartender | talking dog \ long-lost sibling Add: sexual tension | plot twist | humorous interlude Change setting to: Tudor England, WWII lifeboat, Jupiter, 2250$

#amwriting #WritingCommunity #humor