Department of Mind-Blowing Theories (eBook)

Science Cartoons

Tom Gauld (Autor)

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2020 | Main
Canongate Books (Verlag)
978-1-78689-806-7 (ISBN)

Infos

A dog philosopher questions what it really means to be a 'good boy'. A virtual assistant and a robot-cleaner elope. The undiscovered species and the theoretical particle face existential despair.Just as he did with writers, poets and literary classics in Baking with Kafka, Gauld now does with hapless scientists, nanobots, and puzzling theorems - with comic strips funny enough to engage science boffins and novices alike.

Autor

Tom Gauld was born in 1976 and grew up in Aberdeenshire. He is a cartoonist and illustrator with weekly comic strips in the Guardian and New Scientist and his comics have been published in the New York Times and on the cover of the New Yorker. In addition to his graphic novels, Goliath, You're All Just Jealous of My Jetpack, Mooncop (a New York Times bestseller) and Baking with Kafka (winner of Best Humour Publication at the 2018 Eisner Awards), he has designed a number of book covers. Gauld lives and works in London. @tomgauld | tomgauld.com

Rezensionen

Tom Gauld's deceptively simple comics hold a mirror to human hypocrisies

His economical art . . . is married to dry, incisive humor, making each strip a carefully composed marvel

One of the best cartoonists around!

Gauld's deceptively simple panels and sparse, understated dialogue speak poetically . . . Gauld finds humour and hope - as well as coffee and doughnuts - in his portrait of a fading utopia

The ironic takes on key moments in history and literature (Armstrong on the moon, Cathy and Heathcliff wandering the moor) will certainly elicit a few laughs

Each single-page piece is a clever, funny, slightly bonkers riff on a literary theme . . . Sublime

A collection of brilliantly off-the-wall cartoons. Ever wondered what War and Peace clickbait looks like? Or Machiavelli's month planner? Gauld can help

Praise for Tom Gauld: [Gauld's strips] have become known for their wry, playful erudition

At once hilarious and achingly melancholy . . . A quietly essential read

Tom Gauld might just be the Edward Gorey of our time, channelling his wry humour and macabre aesthetic through exquisite black-and-white illustrations

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 2.4.2020
• Zusatzinfo: colour illustrations throughout
• Verlagsort: Edinburgh
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga ► Cartoon / Graphic Novel
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga ► Comic
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga ► Humor / Satire
• Schlagworte: Cartoons • Comedy • Comics • drawing • Drawn and Quarterly • Guardian cartoons • Humour • Illustrations • New Scientist cartoons
• ISBN-10: 1-78689-806-3 / 1786898063
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78689-806-7 / 9781786898067