Tessellation, Tessellation, Tessellation

Inspired by an article from master mathematician and author Alex Bellos'in today's Guardian, here's one from the cartoon vaults of the Fortean Times.

Sleep Tight

One from this month's Readers' Digest.

Security is always a good idea, after all you never know who's listening in.

Shrewsbury International Cartoon Festival- #5 Surreptitious Squeezebox

Final contribution to the cartoon exhibition. Be careful what you let into your house.

Shrewsbury International Cartoon Festival- #4 Silence Really Is Golden

Gearing up for the Shrewsbury Cartoon Festival. There will be 20-odd cartoonists drawing live in the town square this Saturday. Warning for the faint-hearted, there will be live music.

Shrewsbury International Cartoon Festival- #3 Noise Annoys

Another music-related cartoon from the exhibition. This one was published in the Spectator.

Shrewsbury International Cartoon Festival- #2 Of Sound Mind

Another cartoon submitted for the festival exhibition, originally published in the Fortean Times.

Shrewsbury International Cartoon Festival - #1 Misery Album

Its that time of year again- the Shrewsbury International Cartoon Festival is about to take place on 26th April. This year's theme is Music and here is one of the cartoons submitted for the festival exhibition 'With A Song In My Heart'. Originally published in the Spectator.

Alex Through The Looking Glass

One of the illustrations from Alex Through The Looking Glass by Alex Bellos, published today by Bloomsbury and drawn by The Surreal McCoy.

Think of the best storyteller you know and the coolest teacher you ever had, and now you've got some idea of what Alex Bellos is like. The book taught me something new on every page. Better yet, it made me laugh and want to tell someone what I'd just read. Math has never been so much fun.
Steven Strogatz, professor of applied mathematics, Cornell University, and author, The Joy of x

The Higher Moral Ground

This week's Spectator cartoon.

Facing The Facts

A cartoon from this week's Spectator magazine.