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TNtnoisette.bsky.socialOct 15, 2024 11:49am

Le tsundoku (ou syndrome de la pile à lire) post-mortem - cette idée du paradis: l'éternité tranquille pour lire (image Tom Gauld x.com/tomgauld/sta... )

Ggerritb.bsky.socialOct 2, 2024 2:58pm

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LFwriteleighso.bsky.socialOct 2, 2024 10:15am

#Books #Reading #TomGauld #Cartoon https://www.theguardian.com/books/picture/2023/nov/11/tom-gauld-devises-the-perfect-readers-chair-cartoon

Tom Gauld cartoon in one frame (with a pink background). A beige-coloured blockish armchair sits in the middle of the frame with various gadgets attached to it. There are labels explaining each gadget: lamp, cloaking device (looks a bit like a mini USS Enterprise on a mechanical arm), massage system (on the back rest), support for heavy books (a mechanical arm sprouting from the left-hand armrest), one more book (a mini cupboard on the outside of the left-armrest, with a book in it), 'cancel plans' button and a 'request emergency delivery from local bookshop' button (both on the side of the left armrest), extra books (in another mini cupboard on the side), blankets (in another mini cupboard under the squab), book storage (another, closed, mini cupboard in the front of the right-hand armrest), soundproof phone safe (a closed door with combination keypad on the inner side of the right-hand armrest, snacks and drinks (a tiny table on a mechanical arm that extends from the right-hand

JMelmocrumley.bsky.socialSep 30, 2024 11:55pm

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

JLjacklint.bsky.socialSep 29, 2024 4:06pm

Need a German term for when you explain something to someone who is an expert in that field. (This would be divorced from gender, so "mansplaining" wouldn't be appropriate though you do see men trying to explain things to women who are experts on the subject.) tomgauld@bsky.social set this in Hell

ILirishlittimes.bsky.socialSep 27, 2024 11:33am

Ah yes, @tomgauld nailing Irish summer reading... Sorry, I mean Irish autumn reading.

LFwriteleighso.bsky.socialSep 27, 2024 10:51am

#Books #Reading #TomGauld #Cartoon https://www.theguardian.com/books/picture/2024/aug/17/tom-gauld-on-how-to-manage-your-unread-books-pile-cartoon

ILirishlittimes.bsky.socialSep 21, 2024 12:03pm

Tom Gauld @tomgauld strikes again

Ggdchill.sueden.social.ap.brid.gySep 21, 2024 10:37am

Book Machine https://www.tumblr.com/myjetpack/762219926988668928/my-cartoon-for-this-weeks-guardian-books?source=share #BooksofMastodon #books #TomGauld #machine #reader #cartoon

LFwriteleighso.bsky.socialSep 17, 2024 4:00pm

#Books #Reading #TomGauld #Cartoon https://www.theguardian.com/books/picture/2023/nov/04/tom-gauld-on-the-novel-cover-models-week-cartoon

Panel1 white text on a mid-blue background The Crime Novel Cover Model's Busy Wee Panel2 A figure in silhouette, wearing a trilby and long coat, hurries between buildings. There's an old-fashioned street lamp in the distance. "Monday: rushing down a rain-soaked alley." Panel3 Same figure hurrying between leaf-less trees. "Tuesday: passing through a misty forest, Panel4 Same figure, by a children's slide and swing, with a spikey fence in the foreground. "Wednesday: approaching an empty playground." Panel 5: same figure, hurrying towards a shadowy house, with light streaming from its open front door. "Thursday: visiting a spooky old house.Panel6 same figure, hurrying towards the edge of a quay, tall buildings in the left-hand distance, and a crescent moon reflecting on the water to the right. "Friday: moodily pacing the waterfront."Panel7 same figure hurrying between tower blocks, . "Saturday: stalking through sinister towers." Panel8. "Sunday: lunch with mother, bath, early night."