Tom Motley

Tom Motley is a cartoonist, illustrator, and educator. His publications include Tragic Strip (a monthly strip in the Brooklyn Rail), The Golden Ass, The One Marvelous Thing, and contributions to the indie anthology Cartozia Tales. He teaches cartooning at the School of Visual Arts and illustration at Pratt.

T. Motley will continue his fake jam comic, The Road to Golgonooza, at Penumbric.com
The Road to Golgonooza
T. Motley is alive and well and wishes you security and good health.
God Bless You
T. Motley is the author of The Road to Golgonooza, a fake jam comic.
The Road to Golgonooza
T. Motley is the creator of The Road to Golgonooza, a fake jam comic.
The Road to Golgonooza
T. Motley is the author of The Road to Golgonooza, a fake jam comic.
The Road to Golgonooza
T. Motley is the author of The Road to Golgonooza, a fake jam comic.
The Road to Golgonooza
Tom Motley is a cartoonist, illustrator, and educator. His publications include Tragic Strip (a monthly strip in the Brooklyn Rail), The Golden Ass, The One Marvelous Thing, and contributions to the indie anthology Cartozia Tales. He teaches cartooning at the School of Visual Arts and illustration at Pratt.
As the World Burns
T. Motley is the author of The Road to Golgonooza, a fake jam comic.
The Road to Golgonooza
T. Motley is the author of The Road to Golgonooza, a fake jam comic.
The Road to Golgonooza
T. Motley is the author of The Road to Golgonooza, a fake jam comic.
The Road to Golgonooza
Tom Motley is a cartoonist, illustrator, and educator. His publications include Tragic Strip (a monthly strip in the Brooklyn Rail), The Golden Ass, The One Marvelous Thing, and contributions to the indie anthology Cartozia Tales. He teaches cartooning at the School of Visual Arts and illustration at Pratt.
Tragic Strip
Tom Motley is a cartoonist, illustrator, and educator. His publications include Tragic Strip (a monthly strip in the Brooklyn Rail), The Golden Ass, The One Marvelous Thing, and contributions to the indie anthology Cartozia Tales. He teaches cartooning at the School of Visual Arts and illustration at Pratt.
The Sleuthing Proctologist
T. Motley is serializing Highlights from the Life of Raymond Roussel in the Brooklyn Rail, helped by a grant from the Spillway Fund, spillwayfund.org. Text translated from the French by Harry Mathews, Trevor Winkfield, Mark Ford, John Harmon, John Ashbery, Mark Polizzotti, Rupert Copeland Cuningham, and Fedra Rodriguez Hinojosa.
Highlights from the Life of Raymond Roussel #11: The Punchline
T. Motley is serializing Highlights from the Life of Raymond Roussel in the Brooklyn Rail, helped by a grant from the Spillway Fund, spillwayfund.org. Text translated from the French by Harry Mathews, Trevor Winkfield, Mark Ford, John Harmon, John Ashbery, Mark Polizzotti, Rupert Copeland Cuningham, and Fedra Rodriguez Hinojosa.
Highlights from the Life of Raymond Roussel #10: Le Procédé
T. Motley is serializing “Highlights from the Life of Raymond Roussel” in the Brooklyn Rail, helped by a grant from the Spillway Fund, spillwayfund.org. Text translated from the French by Harry Mathews, Trevor Winkfield, Mark Ford, John Harmon, John Ashbery, Mark Polizzotti, and Rupert Copeland Cuningham.
Highlights from the Life of Raymond Roussel #9: Bliss
T. Motley is serializing “Highlights from the Life of Raymond Roussel” in the Brooklyn Rail, helped by a grant from the Spillway Fund, spillwayfund.org. Text translated from the French by Harry Mathews, Trevor Winkfield, Mark Ford, John Harmon, John Ashbery, Mark Polizzotti, and Rupert Copeland Cuningham.
Highlights from the Life of Raymond Roussel #8: Travels
T. Motley is serializing “Highlights from the Life of Raymond Roussel” in the Brooklyn Rail, helped by a grant from the Spillway Fund, spillwayfund.org.


Text translated from the French by Harry Mathews, Trevor Winkfield, Mark Ford, John Harmon, John Ashbery, Mark Polizzotti, and Rupert Copeland Cuningham.
Highlights from the Life of Raymond Roussel #7: Vaudeville
T. Motley is serializing "Highlights from the Life of Raymond Roussel" in the Brooklyn Rail, helped by a grant from the Spillway Fund, spillwayfund.org Text translated from the French by Mark Ford, John Harmon, John Ashbery, Mark Polizzotti, and Rupert Copeland Cuningham.
Highlights from the Life of Raymond Roussel #6: Solus
T. Motley is serializing "Highlights from the Life of Raymond Roussel" in the Brooklyn Rail, helped by a grant from the Spillway Fund, spillwayfund.org
Text translated from the French by Mark Ford, John Harmon, John Ashbery, and Mark Polizzotti.
Highlights from the Life of Raymond Roussel #5: Locus
T. Motley is serializing "Highlights from the Life of Raymond Roussel" in the Brooklyn Rail, helped by a grant from the Spillway Fund, spillwayfund.org
Text translated from the French by Mark Ford, John Harmon, John Ashbery, and Mark Polizzotti.
Highlights from the Life of Raymond Roussel #4: Afrique
T. Motley is serializing "Highlights from the Life of Raymond Roussel" in the Brooklyn Rail, helped by a grant from the Spillway Fund, spillwayfund.org Text translated from the French by Mark Ford and John Harmon.
Highlights from the Life of Raymond Roussel #3: Prospecting
T. Motley is serializing "Highlights from the Life of Raymond Roussel" in the Brooklyn Rail, helped by a grant from the Spillway Fund, spillwayfund.org Text translated from the French by Mark Ford and John Harmon.
Highlights from the Life of Raymond Roussel #2: Doublure
T. Motley is serializing “Highlights from the Life of Raymond Roussel” in the Brooklyn Rail, helped by a grant from the Spillway Fund, spillwayfund.org
Highlights from the Life of Raymond Roussel #1: a thousand flaming pen-nibs
Special Insert: Minxes meet the Maid Dulac
Tragic Strip
T. MOTLEY is the 2016 silver medalist in the Society of Illustrators' Short Form Comics competition, winning for a story he contributed to Cartozia Tales, cartozia.com. He blogs at cartooniologist.blogspot.com and yourdailydoodle.tumblr.com
We Are Fox!
T. Motley is the 2016 silver medalist in the Society of Illustrators' Short Form Comics competition, winning for a story he contributed to Cartozia Tales.
Tragic Strip
T. Motley is the 2016 silver medalist in the Society of Illustrators' Short Form Comics competition, winning for a story he contributed to Cartozia Tales.
Tragic Strip
T. Motley is the 2016 silver medalist in the Society of Illustrators' Short Form Comics competition, winning for a story he contributed to Cartozia Tales.
Tragic Strip
Shit just got real.
Tragic Strip
T. Motley is the 2016 silver medalist in the Society of Illustrators' Short Form Comics competition, winning for a story he contributed to Cartozia Tales.
Tragic Strip
T. Motley is the 2016 silver medalist in the Society of Illustrators' Short Form Comics competition, winning for a story he contributed to Cartozia Tales.
Tragic Strip
T. Motley is the 2016 silver medalist in the Society of Illustrators' Short Form Comics competition, winning for a story he contributed to Cartozia Tales.
Tragic Strip
T. Motley is the 2016 silver medalist in the Society of Illustrators' Short Form Comics competition, winning for a story he contributed to Cartozia Tales.
Tragic Strip
T. MOTLEY is the 2016 silver medalist in the Society of Illustrators' Short Form Comics competition, winning for a story he contributed to Cartozia Tales.
Tragic Strip
T. Motley is the 2016 silver medalist in the Society of Illustrators' Short Form Comics competition, winning for a story he contributed to Cartozia Tales.
Tragic Strip
T. Motley is the 2016 silver medalist in the Society of Illustrators' Short Form Comics competition, winning for a story he contributed to Cartozia Tales.
Tragic Strip
T. Motley is the 2016 silver medalist in the Society of Illustrators' Short Form Comics competition, winning for a story he contributed to Cartozia Tales.
Guy
T. Motley is a core contributor to Cartozia Tales, a fantasy mapjam comic for all ages.
Tragic Strip
T. Motley is a core contributor to Cartozia Tales, a fantasy mapjam comic for all ages.
Tragic Strip
T. Motley is a core contributor to Cartozia Tales, a fantasy mapjam comic for all ages.
Tragic Strip
T. Motley is a core contributor to Cartozia Tales, a fantasy mapjam comic for all ages.
Tragic Strip
Imagine a country village nestled in a lush river valley, flanked by steeply sloping mountains.
Tragic Strip
T. Motley is a core contributor to Cartozia Tales, a fantasy mapjam comic for all ages.
Tragic Strip
T. Motley is a core contributor to Cartozia Tales, a fantasy mapjam comic for all ages.
Tragic Strip
T. Motley is a core contributor to Cartozia Tales, a fantasy mapjam comic for all ages
Tragic Strip
During the summer of the mouse infestation, my roommate's cat got very good at catching mice.
The "Game" of Cat and Mouse
T. Motley is a core contributor to Cartozia Tales, a fantasy mapjam comic for all ages.
Tragic Strip
T. Motley is a core contributor to Cartozia Tales, a fantasy mapjam comic for all ages.
Tragic Strip
Our story: Aline the alien and her sidekick, Kik, are paying a visit to their creator.
Aline the Alien
T. Motley is a core contributor to Cartozia Tales,, a fantasy mapjam comic for all ages. Buzz Buzzizyk, a k a Maximum Traffic, has been a key figure in minicomic publishing since the 1980s. He publishes the White Buffalo Gazette out of Butler, PA.
Optical Allusions
T. Motley invites you to solve Froggy's Problem and submit your answer via tmotley.com. This is a simple logic problem with a clear answer. Let's see how clever you are.
Tragic Strip
T. Motley is a core contributor to Cartozia Tales, a fantasy mapjam comic for all ages.
Tragic Strip
T. Motley is a core contributor to Cartozia Tales, a fantasy mapjam comic for all ages: cartozia.com. He blogs at cartooniologist.blogspot.com and yourdailydoodle.tumblr.com
Tom's Big Night
T. Motley is a core contributor to Cartozia Tales, a fantasy mapjam comic for all ages.
Tragic Strip
T. Motley is a core contributor to Cartozia Tales, a fantasy mapjam comic for all ages: cartozia.com. He blogs at cartooniologist.blogspot.com and yourdailydoodle.tumblr.com
Tragic Strip
T. Motley is a core contributor to Cartozia Tales, a fantasy mapjam comic for all ages, which was just funded on Kickstarter, guaranteeing 10 issues.
Tragic Strip
Tom Motley's Continuing Ed cartooning courses are enrolling right now at the School of Visual Arts.
Tragic Strip
T. Motley blogs at yourdailydoodle.tumblr.com, yourdailysketch.tumblr.com, & cartooniologist.blogspot.com.
Tragic Strip
Come meet T. Motley at the Grand Comics Festival in Williamsburg June 8 & 9, Bird River Studio, 343 Grand Street (Marcy + Havemeyer) Brooklyn, NY.
Tragic Strip
T. Motley blogs at cartooniologist.blogspot.com, yourdailydoodle.tumblr.com, & yourdailysketch.tumblr.com.
Tragic Strip
T. Motley blogs at cartooniologist.blogspot.com, yourdailydoodle.tumblr.com, & yourdailysketch.tumblr.com.
Tragic Strip
T. Motley is a comic strip illustrator and "cartooniologist."
Tragic Strip
T. Motley is a comic strip illustrator and "cartooniologist."
Tragic Strip
T. Motley has these blogs: yourdailydoodle.tumblr.com, yourdailysketch.tumblr.com, cartooniologist.blogspot.com.
Tragic Strip
T. Motley has these blogs: yourdailydoodle.tumblr.com, yourdailysketch.tumblr.com, cartooniologist.blogspot.com.
Tragic Strip
T. Motley is a comic strip illustrator and "cartooniologist."
Tragic Strip
T. Motley is a comic strip illustrator and "cartooniologist."
Graphica Verité
T. Motley is a comic strip illustrator and "cartooniologist."
Tragic Strip
Sit at your table with a plate of grapes. Look at them closely. How deformed they are.
Tragic Strip
T. Motley is a comic strip illustrator and "cartooniologist."
Tragic Strip
T. Motley is a comic strip illustrator and "cartooniologist."
Tragic Strip
Crowded urinal. / Too shy to pee in public, / I feign a nose blow.
Tragic Strip
T. Motley is a comic strip illustrator and "cartooniologist."
Tragic Strip
T. Motley is a comic strip illustrator and "cartooniologist."
Tragic Strip
T. Motley is a comic strip illustrator and "cartooniologist."
Tragic Strip
T. Motley is a comic strip illustrator and "cartooniologist."
Tragic Strip
Once upon a time, a lazy grasshopper watches an industrious one gathering food for the winter.
Tragic Strip
Fiction Krishna, episode 5, in which Fiction Krishna address YOU, the reader.
Tragic Strip
Fiction Krishna, episode four, in which Fiction Krishna meets his maker.
Tragic Strip
Fiction Krishna, Episode Three: In which Fiction Krisna tries in vain to explain the nature of the imagined universe to Arjoona, his favorite disciple.
Tragic Strip
As news of fiction Krishna's miracles spreads through the comics section, a gathering of disciples abandon their strips to attend his lectures.
Tragic Strip
Once upon a page...
Tragic Strip
Without ever guessing why, Victor developed a fetish for girl giraffes.
Tragic Strip
T. Motley is a comic strip illustrator and "cartooniologist."
Tragic Strip
The continuation that made a Tijuana bible out of the insult man that made a man out of "Mac."
Tragic Strip
The Insult that Made a Man out of "Macbeth"
Tragic Strip
The eminent behaviorist, Dr. Lubitsch Gordbergner.
Tragic Strip
Plus Seven: The Integer That Made a Manchu Out of "McCoy"
Tragic Strip
Two Joke Comic #2
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Two Joke Comic
Tragic Strip
Secrets of Unprofessional Cartooning
Tragic Strip
Did You Fart, Mommy?
Tragic Strip
we are waiting, waiting to go, waiting for the white man
Tragic Strip
coming soon to this space: rip-roaring, white-knuckle, post modern adventures with the META-RAIDERS: Disproportionate Man, Cubist Girl, Doc Dynamism and Composite Lass. And introducing...Frame Boy.
Tragic Strip
Try Our Big Ass Burrito
Tragic Strip
On the Passage from Insult to Injury that At Last Made a Mockery, a Stooge, of Man and Brought Out the Dregs of Society--the "Mac" Syndrome.
Tragic Strip
The Inspiration That Made a Sculpture Garden Out of "The Insult That Made a Man Out of 'Mac'."
Tragic Strip
That Mac Insulted A "Made Man." Far Out.
Tragic Strip
The Maid That, Insulted, Outed "MAC"
Tragic Strip
Tragic Strip
Hope
PREMISE for a SCIENCE FICTION EPIC
Tragic Strip
"Sing Song from the Portugese"
Tragic Strip
I'm always struck by the contrast between the idealized images and the people who're so heavily invested in them.
Tragic Strip: Comic Con Diary
The insult that made a paranoid psychotic out of "Mac".
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T. Motley's Tragic Strip
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