The Surreal McCoy

ABOUT

Cartoonist. Sometimes animator, now film maker. Award-winning. As seen in the New Yorker, Private Eye, Sunday Times, Independent, London Evening Standard, London Jewish News; Readers’ Digest, Spectator, Prospect, Private Eye, Oldie, Fortean Times magazines, and other unlikely places.

Other clients include; Random House and Bloomsbury Publishing, Ogilvy Advertising, Tablet magazine and Sandi Toksvig’s daily radio show for LBC (as Cartoonist-In-Residence).

BOOKS

The Wolf of Baghdad – a memoir of a lost homeland. Graphic novel published by Myriad Editions, January 2020

Other books include;

Everyone’s a Critic, The Ultimate Cartoon Book, published by Princeton Architectural Press, 2019; Girls Are Best by Sandi Toksvig; Alex Through The Looking Glass by Alex Bellos; The Inking Woman, 250 Years of Women Cartoon & Comic Artists in Britain; Strumpet – Origin Stories, a comics anthology

FILM

Growing Up Mizrahi Through cartoons and music this short documentary explores what it’s like to be the UK-born daughter of Iraqi Jews growing up in an Ashkenormative world. Funded by UK Jewish Film 2023

Torn Following a shocking discovery after October 7th, Torn (London) is a very personal reflection on the ripped posters of the kidnapped and on reclaiming them as a symbol of hope and healing. Funded by UK Jewish Film 2024

The Wolf of Baghdad motion comic (animated version with music). Available to rent, or buy in the shop

GREETINGS CARDS

The Surreal McCoy greetings cards are available from Cath Tate Cards and all good card shops

NEWS

The Cloak From Baghdad, (an adaptation of The Wolf of Baghdad for 9-12 year olds) is published 1st September 2026 by Lerner Books

The Cloak From Baghdad