Revenge of the Librarians

by Tom Gauld

Overview

Tom Gauld returns with his wittiest and most trenchant collection of literary cartoons to date. Perfectly composed drawings are punctuated with the artist’s signature brand of humour, hitting high and low. After all, Gauld is just as comfortable taking jabs at Jane Eyre and Game of Thrones. Some particularly favoured targets include the pretentious procrastinating novelist, the commercial mercenary of the dispassionate editor, the willful obscurantism of the vainglorious poet. Quake in the presence of the stack of bedside books as it grows taller! Gnash your teeth at the ever-moving deadline that the writer never meets! Quail before the critic’s incisive dissection of the manuscript! And most importantly, seethe with envy at the paragon of creative productivity! Revenge of the Librarians contains even more murders, drubbings, and castigations than The Department of Mind-Blowing Theories, Baking For Kafka, or any other collections of mordant scribblings by the inimitably excellent Gauld.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781770466562
Publisher:	Drawn & Quarterly
Publication date:	10/18/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	180
Sales rank:	982,197
File size:	27 MB
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Age Range:	15 - 18 Years

About the Author

Tom Gauld is a cartoonist and illustrator. He has weekly comic strips in The Guardian and New Scientist and his comics have been published in The New York Times, The Believer, and on the cover of the The New Yorker. In addition to his graphic novels Baking with Kafka, Goliath, Mooncop, and You’re All Just Jealous of My Jetpack, he has designed a number of book covers. Gauld lives and works in London.

Editorial Reviews

This will be a hit with anyone who has a deep love of the written word.” —Library Journal

“A true treat for readers.” —Cat Auer, AV Club

“Absolute brilliance.” —Mike Donachie, Toronto Star

“Dryly witty and slyly brilliant.” —Patrick Rapa, The Philadelphia Inquirer

“A book that is so perfectly suited to be given as a gift to a librarian, writer, or book lover in your life.” —Matt Baume, The Stranger

“Gauld finds a rich vein of comedy related to the written word.” —Erik Pedersen, The Southern California Newsgroup

“His world of teetering book towers and solitary beings hunched over writing desks is comforting and reassuring.” —Dmitry Samarov, Vol. 1 Brooklyn

“Tom Gauld’s hilariously funny Revenge of the Librarians deserves the accolade[s] and more hurrahs for comic acuity.” —Steven Heller, Print Magazine

From the Publisher

07/08/2022

Welcome to a world where literary puns abound, and a degree in literature will get a nice workout. Dark robed publishers gather at midnight to unleash the annual Christmas bestsellers. A writer stares through a window at two birds, but the birds are not alarmed as they explain that procrastination is part of the writing experience. A couple's argument outside of a coffee shop becomes immortalized in multiple works of fiction as they entertain the aspiring authors within. In these cartoons, monochromatic art that is deceptively simple lures the viewer into unexpected depth of thought. Reading these comics slowly will be rewarding as one has to stop and digest each panel. The punchlines often feel like insider jokes aimed at publishers, librarians, and authors, so this will be a hit with anyone who has a deep love of the written word. VERDICT Gauld's (Department of Mind-Blowing Theories) literary comic strips, originally published in The Guardian, are sharp and range in their humor.—Mary E. Butler

Library Journal