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

ALSO: The Surreal McCoy greetings cards now 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