Revenge of the Librarians
Revenge of the Librarians is the most recent collection of Tom Gauld's standalone comics. Gauld usually draws his comics as single panels the same size as an old newspaper daily strip. Physically, the book is like a much nicer version of the old Garfield collections I used to read as a kid.
Gauld's comics return again and again to a few themes - in this volume, particularly, writers who procrastinate instead of writing, readers who buy more books they can read, and the effects of the pandemic. As usual, he is witty and self-deprecating, which I appreciate, since book culture has a tendency to be overly self-serious.
Gauld also experiments with comics in the form of a diagram, a flowchart, a random generator, and a choose-your-own-adventure. (Pretty impressive, given the space constraints!) And he has several comics with variations on famous books, such as prequels like 'Brideshead Visited' and 'The Young Man and the Sea.'
This is the first Gauld collection I've read since You're All Just Jealous of My Jetpack. I should try to find out what else he's published in between!
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