Precise and wryly hilarious...Gauld's both a literature nerd and a
science-fiction nerd whose deadpan mashups belong on the same shelf as
R. Sikoryak, Michael Kupperman, and Kate Beaton.--NPR, Best Books of
2013
A new collection from the Guardian and New York Times Magazine
cartoonist
The New York Times Magazine cartoonist Tom Gauld follows up his widely
praised graphic novel Goliath with You're All Just Jealous of My
Jetpack, a collection of cartoons made for The Guardian. Over the
past eight years, Gauld has produced a weekly cartoon for the Saturday
Review section of Britain's best-regarded newspaper. Only a handful of
comics from this huge and hilarious body of work have ever been printed
in North America--and these have been available exclusively within the
pages of the prestigious Believer magazine.
You're All Just Jealous of My Jetpack distills perfectly Gauld's
dark humor, impeccable timing, and distinctive style. Arrests by the
fiction police and imaginary towns designed by Tom Waits intermingle
hilariously with piercing observations about human behavior and
whimsical imaginings of the future. Again and again, Gauld reaffirms his
position as a first-rank cartoonist, creating work infused with a deep
understanding of both literary and cartoon history.
