Tom Gauld, (born 1976,) is a Scottish cartoonist and illustrator. He studied illustration at Edinburgh College of Art and the Royal College of Art.
Gauld has created a number of books including Guardians of the Kingdom, 3 Very Small Comics (Volumes One to Three), Robots, Monsters etc., Hunter and Painter and The Gigantic Robot. His cartoon Move to the City ran weekly in London's Time Out 2001-2002.
He has worked with Simone Lia, whom he met at the Royal College of Art. Together they self-published the comics First and Second, under their Cabanon Press. The two volumes were subsequently published together by Bloomsbury Publishing in 2003, as Both.
He has produced a number of cartoons for The Guardian newspaper, and now contributes to its Saturday Review section.
Gauld lives in London with his partner, artist Jo Taylor.