Siete solo invidiosi del mio zaino a razzo

i freaking love tom gauld. this is a collection of illustrations he did which ran in the guardian , and they make me want to move to england just to read the newspaper. but i will probably just wait for his next collection to come out. obviously the ones i like best are the ones which focus on littry Leggi tutto

This is a collection of one panel funnies collected together. Some of them are very humorous and some miss. He makes some great writing jokes in here. It’s easy and fast to read and you certainly wont read it for the art. I was amused. I had to get this ILL.

The brilliantly titled “You’re All Just Jealous of my Jetpack” is a collection of Tom Gauld’s strips for The Guardian newspaper most of which are humourous takes on literary topics. The title itself is an observation that literary books tend to look down upon genre novels, especially sci-fi, even th Leggi tutto

Gauld does strips for The Guardian, and this book is a collection of that stuff. Great title. Lots of fun, clever stuff. The title comes from one great one about how traditional lit might be jealous of sci fi. . . :) Gauld also did the amazing graphic novel Goliath. His style is sharp and simple and Leggi tutto

This is a collection of Tom Gauld’s comic strips for The Guardian , which are humourous takes on literary and/or science fiction topics mostly. I think this is the first time many have been published in the U.S. Some are quite funny, and I am sure some were over my head. I especially liked the one ab Leggi tutto

This is an altogether adorable collection of comics from The Guardian . I think that Karen's review sums up the book far better than any review I write could. I mean, it has pictures . I picked this book up at The Book Thing thinking it looked charming and entertaining, and was pleasantly surprised by Leggi tutto

Yes, I am jealous of your jetpack! And of your wit, and your talent, and your intelligence! These are cartoons that originally appeared in the Guardian and they had me snorting and laughing. I wouldn't put the book down. I made everyone around me sit and listen to my favorite ones. If you are a read Leggi tutto

I bought this for my dad's birthday (21st of Feb) but I read it before he had a chance (I'm an awful person) and I laughed the whole time. It combines a sort of surreal, absurd, random and dumb sense of humour with the most literate, smart and obscure references. What is not to love?