Tom Gauld
| Tom Gauld | |
|---|---|
| File:Tom Gauld 2015-04-11.jpg | |
| Born | 1976 (age 47–48) Aberdeenshire,[1] Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Edinburgh College of Art Royal College of Art |
| Known for | Illustration, Cartoonist |
| Notable work | The Gigantic Robot (2009) Goliath (2012) You're All Just Jealous of my Jetpack (2013) |
| Website | http://www.tomgauld.com/ |
Tom Gauld (born 1976) is a British cartoonist and illustrator. His style reflects his self-professed fondness of "deadpan comedy, flat dialogue, things happening offstage and inexpressive characters".[2] Others note that his work "combines pathos with the farcical"[3] and exhibits "a casual reduction of visual keys into a more rudimentary drawing style"[4]
Career
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, Robots, Monsters etc., Hunter and Painter and his cartoon Move to the City, which ran weekly in London's Time Out in 2001-2002.
Gauld studied illustration at Edinburgh College of Art - where he first started to draw comics "seriously"[5] - and the Royal College of Art. At the Royal College of Art, he worked with friend Simone Lia.[6] Together they self-published the comics First and Second under their Cabanon Press, which they started in 2001.[7] (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 "[c]omics are a lot of work but animation... was too much.")[8]
His books are now published by Drawn and Quarterly and he regularly produces cartoons and illustrations for The New Yorker (including cover art),[9][10] The New York Times, The Guardian and New Scientist.[11]
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).[12]
Influences
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.[13]
Personal life
Gauld grew up in the countryside in northern Scotland,[14] and has said that he had always wanted to be involved with something creative related to drawing.[15] He now lives in London with his wife, artist Jo Taylor, and his children.[16]
While his full-length book Goliath is based on the eponymous biblical figure, Gauld is not religious.[17]
Bibliography
- First (with Simone Lia) (2001)
- Guardians of the Kingdom (2001)
- Second (with Simone Lia) (2002)
- Three Very Small Comics vol. 1 (2002)
- Both (with Simone Lia) (2003)
- Move to the City (French) (2004)
- Three Very Small Comics vol. 2 (2004)
- Robots, Monsters etc. (2006)
- Three Very Small Comics vol. 3 (2007)
- The Hairy Monster: a guide (2006)
- Hunter and Painter (2007)
- The Wise Robot Will Answer Your Question Now (2008)
- The Gigantic Robot (2009)
- 12 Postcards (2010)
- Goliath (2012)
- You're All Just Jealous of My Jetpack (2013)
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ http://www.tcj.com/small-human-ordinariness-an-interview-with-tom-gauld/
- ↑ http://www.casualoptimist.com/blog/2011/08/23/q-a-with-tom-gauld/
- ↑ http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/cr_sunday_interview_tom_gauld/
- ↑ http://www.casualoptimist.com/blog/2011/08/23/q-a-with-tom-gauld/
- ↑ http://www.casualoptimist.com/blog/2011/08/23/q-a-with-tom-gauld/
- ↑ http://www.tomgauld.com/index.php?/about/
- ↑ http://www.tcj.com/small-human-ordinariness-an-interview-with-tom-gauld/
- ↑ http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/cover-story-2014-10-20
- ↑ http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/cover-story-tom-gaulds-turkey-day
- ↑ http://www.casualoptimist.com/blog/2011/08/23/q-a-with-tom-gauld/
- ↑ http://www.tcj.com/small-human-ordinariness-an-interview-with-tom-gauld/
- ↑ http://www.casualoptimist.com/blog/2011/08/23/q-a-with-tom-gauld/
- ↑ http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/cover-story-tom-gaulds-turkey-day
- ↑ http://www.tcj.com/small-human-ordinariness-an-interview-with-tom-gauld/
- ↑ http://www.comic-con.org/cci/2013/special-guests/tom-gauld
- ↑ http://www.tcj.com/small-human-ordinariness-an-interview-with-tom-gauld/
External links
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
 |
This profile of a British comics creator, writer, or artist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
