January 2024

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beaniebaneenie:

urbanfantasyinspiration:

Murdered the entire squad

THIS. This shit right here is why any adaptation that has Daphne as a “bitchy popular girl” stereotype and Fred as a “popular jock” stereotype are totally wrong.

They both self-ID as fucking NERDS.

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bunnygirlbruises:

onlinebeast:

What do you call these.

Clackers

Grippers

Spatula

Grabbers

Pick-ups

Pincers

Forceps

Nippers

Claws

Something else

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not sure if this is up your alley at all— if it isn’t i’m sorry— but i got my blood drawn a few years ago and was a little uncomfy about it. lady doing it was super nice and sweet and understanding until i was about to stand up and she almost pushed me back into the chair, wiggled the vials of blood in my face, and said “it’s you juice!!” with the scariest smile i’ve ever seen. and then she just cackled and left. i walked out of that room dazed and confused and terribly scared

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get juiced idiot

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everythingfox:

He do his little dance

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k20spock:

you know if you’re gonna include in-universe art in your work that’s supposed to be really good, you need to be damn confident in your own abilities to pull that off. Like if your character is a great poet and you actually wanna show some of their poetry you need to be a really good poet to pull that off and make it believable. which is why every day I’m impressed that the splatoon people did in fact successfully make a song that would make me defect to squid society  

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liveorganism:

WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE GAY FISH BOYS ARE CANON IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 2024

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dankxsinatra:

Flooflers

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myjetpack:

An office. A group of robots happily chat and gossip as they go for a break. A solitary human sits at her desk in an otherwise empty, dim corner of the room, illuminated by the flow of her laptop’s screen. She looks over at the robots sadly. the headline reads "no job too small"ALT
as previous bit rougher drawingALT
as previous but pencil and ink ALT
as previous but without headline and branding ALT

I drew an illustration for this interesting @guardian essay about AI and work by David Runciman.

Images: 1. Photograph of the artwork as printed / 2. Initial rough sketch/ 3. Pencil drawing while being traced in ink on a light box / 4. Finished version colored using photoshop

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myjetpack:

A stick figure is speaking (though we cannot read what the actual words are) while walking across a chart of labelled, concentric circles. The figure began at "area of expertise" then moved through "realm of general understanding", "province of vague knowledge", "field of nebulous awareness" and "domain of dubious speculation". The figure is now about to step from "region of pure imagination" into "zone of utter ignorance".ALT

A recent cartoon for New Scientist

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myjetpack:

Two explorers have emerged from the jungle into a clearing where two angry-looking men in white coats confront them and stand before easels covered in calculations and formulas. One explorer says nervously "Just back away very quietly and don't look at the flipcharts: they are at their most dangerous when protecting their theories".ALT

A recent cartoon for New Scientist:

p.s. I have a book of science cartoons called ‘Department of Mind-Blowing Theories’. Details at tomgauld.com.

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myjetpack:

Title: Updated illustrations for ‘The Wind in the Willows’ Image 1: Ratty and Mole happily row down a beautiful river. Caption: 1909, messing around in a boat. Image 2: similar to the previous image but the river is polluted and rubbish-strewn, Mole wears a gas mask and Ratty is angry. Caption: 2023, boating around in a mess.ALT

My cartoon for this week’s Guardian Books.

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myjetpack:

Panel One: A scientist leans close to a flower. A thought bubble reads "I should make more time to smell the flowers along the way." Panel Two: The scientist continues to think and starts to formulate a plan. The thought bubble now contains a diagram including images and text such as "number of flowers", "smelling", "time" and "scent data gathered". Panel Three: The scientist now rides at speed through a field of flowers inside a large, strange machine, shaped like his head. It has a large mechanical nose on the front that smells the flowers. The machine is labelled "Auto-Sniffer-3000". ALT

A cartoon for New Scientist.

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myjetpack:

Title: "Department of Machine Poetry Research". Image: a room full of robots sit at writing desks. Two people peek in the door, one of them is saying "The poetry is absolutely dreadful, but anything that distracts them from rising up and enslaving us has to be a good thing".ALT

‘Department of Machine Poetry Research’. A cartoon for New Scientist from a while back. Drawing now at tomgauld.com/art-for-sale

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myjetpack:

My latest cartoon for Guardian Books.

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myjetpack:

A two panel comic stip. Panel one is labelled "School Parents' night" and is a picture of a small red-haired girl sitting with her parents as a teacher holds up apiece of paper with an F on it. Panel two is labelled "astronomy conference" and shows a red-haired young woman being awarded a medal proudly watched by her parents. The teacher and the medal bestower both share a speech bubble which reads "This is for spending all your time staring into space.ALT

This is one of the new, limited edition prints I’ve made. Get them now at www.tomgauld.com/shop

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myjetpack:

A couple are talking in a book-filled room. She has a speech bubble reading “I have an idea: let’s make a pact that neither of us will buy another book until we’ve read a few more of the ones that we already own. The books are taking over!”. He replies “I hear what you’re saying.” But we can see his thought bubble which overlaps her speech bubble in such a way that it highlights the words “Let’s buy more books”. ALT

My cartoon for this week’s Guardian Books. #books

p.s I have made five new prints of my cartoons, visit www.tomgauld.com for details.

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myjetpack:

Panel one Two scientists walk across the campus. A man in a scarf and a woman who is walking her dog.j “So, everyone’s talking about this new project in your department…” Says the man. “Are they?” Replies the woman. Panel two “Something about non-human communication enhancement, I heard…” Continues the man. “We’re not supposed to talk about it.” Says the woman. Panel three. “Can’t you tell me anything?” Asks the man “You’ll find out when we publish, but it’s pretty big news.” Replies the dog.ALT

My latest cartoon for New Scientist.

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myjetpack:

Two small figures walk through a huge, overgrown forest. One of them says “The rewilding project has exceeded all of our expectations!" They walk further and the figure continues "Keep your eyes open for the species that have come back: red deer, wild boar, pine marten, or perhaps our proudest return: The great old one YOG DRATH'LL, eternal unsleeping evil of the primordial forest.” Sure enough, hidden amongst the trees are various animals and, in the deepest forest, a monstrous thing: its nebulous body bestrewn with cruel, lifeless eyes, it's formless maw gaping horribly, and its writhing tentacles reaching hungrily forth, feeling for living things to drag back to its awful cthonic lair.ALT

My latest cartoon for New Scientis. Lots more here.

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myjetpack:

Title: The shocking truth of what is going on in our public libraries! Image 1: A librarian hands a book to a girl saying "I think you'll enjoy this". The caption reads: Teens prescribed mind-altering experiences! Panel 2: A librarian reads to toddlers under a 'Reading is Fun!' poster. The caption reads: Children indoctrinated from an early age! Panel 3: A librarian checks out a pile of books for a user, saying "come again soon!". The caption reads: Free samples distributed to promote addiction! Panel 4: A figure approaches the library by night passing a sign for a Ulysses Study Group. The caption reads: Groups gather by night to study arcane texts!ALT

The shocking truth of what is going on in our public libraries! (My latest Guardian Books cartoon)

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myjetpack:

Panel one. A bathroom. We can see the tap end of a bath. A speech bubble reads: “While the humdrum plot, stock characters and simplistic dialogue may irk some readers, perseverance is rewarded in the latter stages of the book…” Panel two. The viewpoint has panned along, we now we the middle of the bath. A rubber duck sits on the side. The speech continues: “ wherein the author makes delightfully playful use of a rubber speaker then literally brings the reader into the story by placing a real mirror on the page!” Panel three. We can now see the last part of the bath. A small baby holding a book is revealed to be the speaker. The baby finishes the review: “… unquestionably one of the great waterproof bathtime books of our time! Five Stars!” ALT

My cartoon for this weekend’s Guardian Books.

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myjetpack:

Two figures are crossing a university campus. One is saying "Once I realised that I get my best ideas in the bath, on my commute, or when I'm walking the dog, it seemed only logical to combine the three." He is indeed sitting in a bubbly bath that has been fitted with wheels, an outboard motor and a laptop stand. In one hand he holds his dog's lead and with the other he steers the contraption.ALT

My latest for New Scientist.

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myjetpack:

A Venn diagram. In one circle is a figure being chased by an alien spacecraft. In the other circle is a figure running after their hat which has been blown off by the wind. In the area where the two circles overlap is the shape that can be read as either the hat or the ufo. It is labeled “flying object”.ALT

One of the five new limited edition prints in the shop at www.tomgauld.com/shop

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myjetpack:

A portly man in a suit sits at a desk to give evidence. He leans forward to the microphone and states "I have completed a full evaluation of the evidence and am happy to reassure the committee that secret visits from aliens are nothing to worry their puny little human minds about". A cutaway allows us to see inside the man's torso which, under the suit, is mechanical and controlled by a small alien who is also leaning into a microphone and speaking.ALT

My latest cartoon for New Scientist magazime.

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myjetpack:

WITCHES ALT: Panel 1: A blasted moor. Night. Two witches stand by a cauldron. One stirs. one adds ingredients and chants: "Eye of newt, toe of frog, wing of bat..." Panel 2 She continues: "Head of garlic, pinch of sumac, glug of walnut oil, leaf of kale, tablespoon of pomegranate molasses, cup of polenta, shake of smoked paprika..." Panel 3 The witches' pet raven says to their cat: "Things were a lot simpler around here before they got that Ottolenghi cookbook." p.s. I know that in Shakespeare it is ‘wool of bat’ but I thought ‘wing’ was better visuallyALT

A Halloween cartoon for the Guardian.

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myjetpack:

Title: Stay safe this halloween with our helpful diagram. Image: Three circles are labelled "Haematologist", "Conservationist" and "Dentist". They each overlap with a fourth circle labelled "Vampire". The overlapping area between Haematologist and Vampire is labelled "Interested in your blood" The overlapping area between Conservationist and Vampire is labelled "Fond of wolves and bats" The overlapping area between dentist and Vampire is labelled "Can be repelled by garlic."ALT

A Halloween cartoon for New Scientist

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myjetpack:

Title: Halloween Horror An upper tier of images labelled "Horrifying" and a lower tier labelled "Utterly Horrifying" The first column has a floating skull above, and a floating skull who borrows books and never returns them below. The second column has an evil fog above, and an evil fog with some really awful opinions below. (the fog is saying "we've got the internet so we don't need libraries") The final column has a slime fiend above, and a slime fiend who browses bookshops then buys online below.ALT

Halloween Horror!!

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myjetpack:

First panel: a man lies on the couch in a therapist’s office. He says “I feel like I’ve finally learned to silence my inner critic when I’m writing.” The therapist replies “And yet you’re still having difficulties?” Second panel: The man answers”I think that’s down to my outer critic”. We can now see that a man with a loudhailer is sitting on filing cabinet. He shouts “No, it,s cosyou’re a rubbish author.” ALT

My latest for Guardian Books.

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myjetpack:

A boxy robot trundles on its small wheels along a stony beach, it is met by a hooded figure. The caption reads: "Finding itself with no more computer or human opponents to conquer, AI-CHESSBOT-5000 travels to a remote scandinavian beach to test its skills in a chess match against Death" Death leads the robot to a chessboard and leans his scythe on a rock. The two sit down and begin to play....ALT

A recent cartoon for New Scientist.

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myjetpack:

A signed and numbered print of the following: A cartoon / diagram. (left to right) 1. Three bowls of porridge labelled: Too Hot, Too Cold and Just Right 2. Three Beds labelled: Too Hard, Too Soft and Just Right 3. Goldilocks is sitting on the third bed, she is surrounded by piles of books and is trying to choose between them. The books are labelled: Too Long, Too Short, Too Grown-up, Too Childish, Too Scary, Too Gentle, Too Simple, Too Complex, Too Depressing, Too Jolly, Too Many characters, Too Similar to the Last Book I Read... etc.ALT

My web shop will close in a few weeks, so if you’d like to order anything for the holidays please do so sooner rather than later (especially if you are outside the UK). This print is there: www.tomgauld.com/shop

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myjetpack:

Caption; The physicists’ attempt to unify their theories faltered almost immediately due to a fundamental disagreement on the nature of gravity. Image: A scientist stands before a blackboard upon which is written, upside down, the equation for Newton's law of universal gravitation. “You’ve written it upside down!” he shouts to another scientist who is standing on the ceiling (so that the equation reads correctly to him) and who replies “I have not!”ALT

A recent cartoon for New Scientist.

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myjetpack:

Two people in lab coats stand before a painting of a scientist wearing an unusual headset. Scientist one says: and this is a portrait of the founder of our ocular drone project. Notice how the eyes follow you around the room. Scientist two looks over her shoulder where a pair of robo-eyeballs hoverALT

A recent cartoon for New Scientist

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myjetpack:

Cover of the book Den lilla träroboten och prinsessan vedträ by Tom Gauld ALT

Swedish friends - ‘Den Lilla Träroboten och Prinsessan Vedträ’ is nominated for the Adlibris Priset. If you enjoyed it, you can vote for it here.

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myjetpack:

Title: Exclusive - Peek behind the doors of the Saumuel Beckett Advent Calendar Image: Nine open doors on an advent calendar which show - 1. A tree. 2. Three funeral urns. 3. Nothing. 4. A carrot and some turnips. 5. An empty room. 6. An abandoned bicycle. 7. Darkness. 8. A rock. 9. Nothing. Again.ALT

Don’t forget to open the first door on your Samuel Beckett Advent Calendar today!

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myjetpack:

Title: Some Useful New Tech Terms A chart with columns labelled: Acronym: Term: Explanation... RUD: Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly: Prototype Blew Up NFR: Non-upwartd Fiscal Readjustment: Funding Cut RDO: Repeat Dispersal Occurrence: New Version Blew Up ICE: Infrastructuire Combustion Event: Lab Burned Down CPM: Comprehensive Personnel Migration: Research Team Quit OSP: Ongoing Suboptimnal Performance: Third Version Blew Up ERO: Executive Renewal Opportunity: Director Fired FOR: Fundamental Objective Reappraisal: Project AbandonedALT

‘Some New Tech Terms’ a helpful guide I created for New Scientist

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myjetpack:

Two figure walk beside a calm lake that reflects them and their surroundings. "Do you ever worry that we are living in the reflection rather than the reality?" asks the first figure. "Sometimes" replies the second figure's reflection.ALT

Last chance to order this print or anything else from me: my shop closes for the holidays tomorrow. http://tomgauld.com/shop

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myjetpack:

A book is visiting a fortune teller. The teller looks into a crystal ball and says “I see you on a special table in the bookshop. There is some writing above you.” The book excitedly asks “what does it say?” The crystal ball displays the words “Books of the year”. But then, as the view widens we can see that these words are actually spread across four signs: “books” comes from “discount books”. “Of” is part of “75% off”. “The” is on “the discount table”. And “year” is in “year-end sale”. The book sits below the signs with other unloved novels in a dark corner of the bookshop.ALT

Books of the Year! For the Guardian.

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myjetpack:

A very complicated flow chart that always results in the suggestion that you buy a book unless you steadfastly refuse in which case it gets in a huff.ALT

My GIFT-XPERT™ algorithm will help you with those tricky Christmas shopping decisions!

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myjetpack:

Title: Wenceslas Variations 1. Good King Wenceslas: King bestows gifts on peasant. 2. Bad things Wenceslas: King steals gifts from peasant. 3. Indifferent King Wenceslas: No gifts 4. Two Kings Wenceslas: Kings exchange gifts. 5. No King Wenceslas: Gifts divided between peasants. 6. Philosopher King Wenceslas: King and Peasant discuss gift-giving. 7. Quantum King Wenceslas: Gifts given and simultaneously not given. 8. Apex Predator King Wenceslas: King devours gifts and peasant.ALT

A King Wenceslas cartoon for New Scientist a few years ago.

Or, if you’d like a more literary Wenceslas:

Image: A moonlit night, snow lays round a castle, deep and crisp and even. A poor man is out gathering winter fuel. Caption: Unfortunately for the peasant, King Wenceslas spent the whole feast of Stephen utterly gripped by the Jack Reacher book that the Queen had given him as a christmas peresent.ALT

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myjetpack:

A figure points at a bookshelf in the shape of a Christmas tree which is decorated with lights and has a star on top and says: "It combines the festive jollity of a regular Christmas tree with the clear message that I'd like every one of my gifts to be a book."ALT

A Christmas cartoon for the Guardian. Happy Holidays, everyone!

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myjetpack:

Title: New year’s Resolution Panel 1: A figure sits at a desk composing a note which reads “This year I will devote myself to reading serious literature, forsaking easy pleasures and tirelessly seeking out truth and profundity in the work of the greatest writers” Panels 2-5: The writer looks at the note then scratches out various portions. Panel 6: Most of the note has been scribbled out leaving only the following words: “This year I will… read… for… fun” ALT

Happy New Year!

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myjetpack:

A bookseller stands behind a desk labeled ‘Assistance’ at which a queue has formed. The people in the queue are labelled (front to back) 1. Knows the title of the book but not the author 2. Knows the author but not the title 3. Has some vague memories of the plot 4. Recalls the picture on the cover 5. Can name some of the actors from the movie adaptation 6. Thinks this is the coffee queue 7. Mind has gone completely blank but hoping something will come back before getting to the deskALT

My first Guardian Books cartoon for 2024

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myjetpack:

Two lab-coated figures walk through a doorway. One says “as you can see, our project is still very much at the conceptual stage.” Everything in the room is represented with dotted lines on a white background.ALT

My latest cartoon for New Scientist.

Many more here: www.newscientist.com/author/tom-gauld/

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googiekitsch-deactivated2024071:

I mean it when I say you will never expect the sound this video makes holy shit

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randomitemdrop:

Item: retro academic glasses; no actual bonus to Intelligence or Wisdom but +d4 on Bluff checks where you’re trying to make people think you’re smart

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am-i-the-asshole-official:

am-i-the-asshole-official:

I’m about to make a new rule that if you think something is bait, you have to explain why, with support and reasoning, you think that it is bait, and if you go “well it just is” or “it feels fake” I’m going to come to your house and soak all your socks

Some of y'all never got past that toddler stage of not being able to understand that other people have different bases of knowledge and experience than you do and it shows

Honestly? On this blog and everywhere else online, if you genuinely think something is bait, the best thing to do is ignore it! Do not react to it, because if you’re correct, the thing that the poster wants is a reaction. The only way to win is by starving them of the attention and engagement they crave.

I’ve seen SO many people reblog posts to go “#umm this is obviously bait” and I’m like! What are you doing! If this is bait, you are taking it! In your quest to seem un-gullible you have been thoroughly gulled! The art of not feeding the trolls got lost somewhere and we need to find it again

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sorceress-foxgirl-ariel:

secondmoredangerouseyes:

ch3rrywinee:

bananahomo:

memewhore:

I reblogged this last month, tagged it, and said “might as well see if it works.” I used this video as a reference to find all the forms that i needed (which is A LOT, especially if you’re a dependent) and sent them through the mail, not really allowing myself to hope.

dude.

$2,714 of medical debt from my top surgery - gone. im shaking this was such a weight on me for 2 years and it fucking worked. what the fuck.

re-reblogging and thinking about when i have another collection agency calling that i can just do this

Yo this is such good info to have

Cheers Americans, have fun with this one

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fallout-lou-begas:

shingojira:

shingojira:

shingojira:

chaos reigns 

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i made the mod too

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fallout heritage post

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thefiresontheheight:

This post is for trans fems only:

Werewolves

AIs, spaceships, industrial machines

Starry eldritch abominations

Flesh monstrosities

Unknown girlthings

Robot girls (different than the machines)

Goddesses, deities

Fungal growth, infection

I don’t know! Too hard to decide!

I’m not tramsfem :/

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johnwickfucker:

robert evans continuing to be my hero

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ozcarr:

Obsessed with tiktoks of high school girls doing Steve Harvey cosplay. My favorite genre of video tbh