A 2013 YALSA Great Graphic Novel for Teens Nominated for the Eisner Award and the British Comic Award "Gauld [uses] simple, clever visuals to explore the larger, more complicated issues of war and heroism."-- New York Times "Gauld's Goliath is a master class in reduction.a celebration of the Christian underdog becomes a subtle meditation on the power of spin and the absurdity of war."-- The Times "Gauld's sparse style captures the encroaching ennui of Goliath beautifully.Gauld infuses a parable with new meaning for a modern world, with a helping of melancholy but sweet humour to boot."-- National Post "Quick to read but easy to consider and reconsider, the humor and pathos in Goliath's worldview requires longer thought. An eminently discussable graphic novel."-- School Library Journal "Tom Gauld's tragic, darkly funny retelling of David and Goliath from Goliath's perspective.

Gauld's work is always quietly powerful and emotionally grabbing."-- Boing Boing "Working with cartoony figures, silhouettes, and finely cross-hatched close-ups, Gauld captures the bleakness of the landscape, and how what looks like an insignificant pebble from far away can become hugely important when it's landing right between the hero's eyes."-- AV Club "Gauld's stripped-down drawings, all boulders and blank faces, are perfect for his bittersweet tale, and the book itself is a lovely addition to any shelf."-- Flavorwire "Tom Gauld's new comic-book, starring Goliath as an unassuming army admin clerk pushed into a situation he neither wants nor understands is a work of depth, pathos and beauty, with the sublime craftsmanship anyone who knows Gauld's work would expect."-- It's Nice That EditCopy to TI Email me.