September 19th, 2025
21 septembre •14H : Inauguration de l'exposition à la Bibliothèque Gabrielle-Roy avec l'artiste -17H30 : Grande rencontre de l'ICQ animée par Antoine Tanguay à la Maison de la littérature - COMPLET (vous pouvez vous mettre sur une liste d'attente en appelant au 418-641-6797 poste 3) 22 septembre -10H30 : Heure du conte bilingue de l'album «Le petit robot de bois et la princesse-bûchette» par Tom Gauld et Nadine Robert des Éditions Comme des géants à la Bibliothèque Gabrielle-Roy (public visé : 3 à 8 ans) INSCRIPTION NÉCESSAIRE lien en bio ! •15H À 17H : séance de dédicaces à la Librairie Pantoute (succursale Vieux-Québec) Détails sur l'événement FacebookALT

QUEBEC CITY! I’m coming over for the weekend! Details above 👆

September 18th, 2025
September 17th, 2025
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posted by [personal profile] kevin_standlee at 05:58am on 17/09/2025 under , ,
Lisa and Kuma are home. But that last segment was on the verge of going completely wrong.

SFO Security and What the Heck is Happening in the Bay Area )

We got Lisa into her cave (the travel trailer) and she worked on getting things running again and trying to get to bed ASAP. I had to stop and have something to eat, as my earlier plan to eat at the airport while waiting for Lisa was scuppered by the travel kerfuffle.

So everything worked out in the end, but I guess it's a good think she had such a long layover at SFO or else that too would have failed and she would have spend the night sitting by luggage carousel 9 waiting for met to come and rescue her.
Mood:: 'relieved' relieved
location: Fernley, Nevada
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posted by [personal profile] steepholm at 08:47am on 17/09/2025 under
Judging from interviews, every famous person seems to have been told by a careers teacher at some point that they would "Never amount to anything", "Just didn't have what it takes to make it as a professional" etc., but then went on to prove them gloriously wrong.

This never happened to me - in fact, I don't think I ever spoke to a careers teacher at all. Perhaps we didn't have one at my school? The traditional options were get married or work in the brewery/on the farm, so it would have been a rather dispiriting assignment, I imagine.

But are careers teachers universally this negative in their attitudes? Doesn't it seem like it would be the first thing you learn at careers-teacher school, "Don't tell children that they'll never amount to anything"? Is it some kind of reverse-psychology motivational tool, sparingly but deliberately deployed? Or are the celebs bending the truth a smidge? I don't know, but I'd be interested to hear whether anyone here has been subjected to this kind of treatment.
September 16th, 2025
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posted by [personal profile] kevin_standlee at 05:09am on 16/09/2025 under , ,
According to United Airlines and FlightTracker, Lisa and [personal profile] travelswithkuma are (as I write this) just heading out over the North Atlantic with a projected route passing over Iceland, Greenland, and Canada on their way to SFO, where they will have four hours to clear Immigration and Customs, re-clear Terrorization, and then board the short flight to Reno. They should arrive around 7:45 PM tonight, and I'll be there to collect them, take them home, help them get their stuff into their cave, and leave them to hibernate for as long as possible.
Mood:: 'optimistic' optimistic
location: Fernley, Nevada
September 15th, 2025
posted by [syndicated profile] myjetpack_feed at 06:49pm on 15/09/2025
Panel 1. image of a huge nuclear plant.  “Reactor Overheating”  2. A worker in a hazmat suit works at a computer. The screen reads: “Press cancel to avoid critical overload”  3 - 9. The worker continues to type at the computer. The screen changes in each panel and reads:  “Enter password to confirm” “Incorrect password” “Incorrect password” “Do you want to reset your password?” “Reset link has been sent to your email” “Please choose a new password” “New password can't be the same as old password” The colour gets hotter in each panel. Starting blue in 1 and ending in red in 9.  Panel 10. Wide view. The entire earth is blown up. ALT

My latest cartoon for New Scientist

p.s. this week I am on a USA/Canada tour with my new book. Details and preorder links at www.tomgauld.com

September 14th, 2025
Macho editions: classics reworked for men!   War and peace by Leo Tolstoy  with a large bright yellow label which reads: 33% more war!   In search of Lost time by Marcel Proust  with a large bright yellow label which reads:  Less remembering, more action!    The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald  with a large bright yellow label which reads:  More information about the cars!     Sense and sensibility by Jane Austen  with a large bright yellow label which reads:  Jack Reacher Cameo!ALT

My cartoon for this week’s Guardian books.

p.s. this week I am on a USA/Canada tour with my new book. Details and preorder links at www.tomgauld.com

posted by [syndicated profile] myjetpack_feed at 04:27pm on 14/09/2025

My Sunday at SPX

12.30pm: I’m signing PHYSICS FOR CATS (and anything else) at the @drawnandquarterly table W1-W5

2.30pm: panel discussion with Kevin Huizenga and Marc Sobel in the White Oak Room

3.30pm: last SPX signing at the @drawnandquarterly table W1-W5

September 13th, 2025
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posted by [personal profile] athenais at 02:14pm on 13/09/2025 under ,
I am on day five of a miserable cold and I can't use my brain for anything but pretty pictures. I interrupt my viewing of two C-dramas and a K-drama to show you this beautiful rose in my garden. Glamis Castle is so pretty and has old-school glamour. It also smells lovely.

ALT: A poster for SPX comics festival. Featuring the letter S, P and X surrounded by books with stick figures on their covers representing various genres.ALT

SPX starts today! Here’s what I’m doing:

1 - 3pm: I’m signing PHYSICS FOR CATS (and anything else) at the @drawnandquarterly table W1-W5

5.30 - 6.30pm: I’ll be reading cartoons as part of CAROUSEL in Brookside C

This pic is a poster I designed for last time I was at SPX.

September 12th, 2025
A drawing of a large cat-shaped book-filled spaceship being piloted through space by a small figure.ALT

My PHYSICS FOR CATS North American tour begins tomorrow! Come along and see me read, talk, and sign comics.


13th and 14th: SPX

16th: Toronto (with Lee Lai and Mimi Pond)

17th: New York (with Lee Lai and Mimi Pond)

18th: Chicago (with Lee Lai and Mimi Pond)

19th: Montreal

20th and 21st Quebec City


More details at tomgauld.com

September 10th, 2025
A therapist's office. The therapist sits in a chair taking notes. On the couch is a vague, sprawling, dark sparkling shape with a sad face, It is saying:They all ask "What is dark matter?" and "Where is dark matter?" but nobody asks "How is dark matter?"ALT

My new book of cartoons is out soon. I am bringing it to SPX/BETHESDA, TORONTO, NEW YORK, CHICAGO, MONTREAL and QUEBEC CITY starting this weekend! Visit www.tomgauld.com for more details and preorder links!

September 7th, 2025

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