Tom Gauld

About

Cartoonist, artist, social media personality, writer, Instagram star, and illustrator, as well as author and content creator, sharing his work, comics, books and other projects for his more than 170,000 followers on Instagram.

Before fame

He studied illustration at the Edinburgh College of Art, where he first started to draw comics more seriously.

Trivia

He's best known for his wide assortment of popular books called Goliath and Mooncop, and his weekly cartoon run in Time Out London. His style is known for being simple, cartoony, and colorful with very dead pan humor.

Family life

He's posted photos of his pet cat Luna on his Instagram over the years.

Associated with

He's cited popular cartoonist Gary Larson as one of his biggest inspirations.