Description: "Cartoons originally published New Scientist" -- title page verso.
Brief description: 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.
Review Quotes: "Gauld is my favorite hyper-minimalist brainiac cartoonist, and Department Of Mind-Blowing Theories is my favorite of his collections so far."--William Gibson
"Tom Gauld is always funny, but he's funny in a way that makes you feel smarter. Which is especially useful when he's being funny about science."--Neil Gaiman "Over the past few years, Gauld's style has become instantly recognizable. His figures... stand in for a kind of Everyman or woman, up against institutions and social mores that Gauld is intent on presenting as silly."--The New York Times "Literary pun purveyor Tom Gauld turns his pen to the foibles of science (and science fiction)." --NPR "These comics about science will give you a much-needed laugh." --BuzzFeed "In Department of Mind-Blowing Theories, the acclaimed cartoonist and illustrator trains his trademark wit on the wonderful world of science." --The Paris Review
"Can science be funny? Looking at the pages of Eisner Award-winning humorist and cartoonist Tom Gauld's Department of Mind-Blowing Theories, the answer is a resounding yes." --Shelf Awareness
"Gauld's comics frequently riff on literary history, to hilarious effect. With his latest book... Gauld has applied that same ethos to the world of science. It's one that frequently leads to surreal juxtapositions, ironic reversals, and characters dealing with bizarre dilemmas. It's also very, very funny." --Vol 1. Brooklyn