My cartoon for this week’s Guardian Books

Happy Tom Gauld Holidays!

if I had billions of dollars I would do cool things like revive Wishbone and fund a Muppet film adaptation of Murder on the Orient Express with Daniel Craig doing a silly Belgian accent

everyone on #strictly talking about how “anyone with a disability can do more than they think” really needs to be ending those sentences with “when empowered and supported to”

it's Jane Austen's 249th birthday and I hope you'll celebrate by taking a turn about the room, developing a passion for dead leaves, inadvertently falling in love with the last person you could ever be prevailed upon to marry.

My cartoon for this week’s Guardian Books

A recent New Scientist cartoon 🍄 #fungi

Kudos and respect to Paul Keating , the only living PM who refused to accept an AC because he believed that honours should be reserved for those whose work in the community went unrecognised and that being PM was significant public recognition. Definitely not a cosplay PM.

Hey Yarra Trams could you please pass on a gold star ⭐️ from me to the driver of tram 5010? They very kindly re-opened the doors at Queen Vic Market (while facing a red light), and reassured some anxious passengers that their tram would go to Melbourne Central. So kind!

My latest cartoon for New Scientist 👽 p.s. You can preorder my new book of science here: tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2

My cartoon for the Guardian Books autumn reads special.

Hi Yarra Trams! Would you please pass on my thanks to the driver of tram 2065? I was crossing the road in front of them (at the lights, it was all safe), and they re-opened the doors in case I wanted their tram. So kind!!! I wanted the other route, but I really appreciated that.

Hey Yarra Trams, many, many thanks to the thoughtful driver of tram 2124, who could obviously see me walking slowly with a sore back, and who waited till I was seated to leave the stop. I can’t tell you how much I appreciated that! So kind of them!

Hey Yarra Trams I think the speaker at stop 19 Royal Children’s Hospital (outbound) is broken, it’s just reciting tram routes and arrival times, and hasn’t stopped for the last 10 minutes. It’s a bit creepy!

More from me to Yarra Trams, a big gold star to the driver of tram 2010 on route 19 this morning (about 10:45). At Haymarket, he checked with an elderly couple whether they wanted his tram. ‘No, thank you, the 59!’ How great of the driver to check, prepared to wait! So kind!