Tom Gauld on a Fifa prize for literature, cartoon

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Cartoonist Tom Gauld offers a satirical take on the idea of FIFA awarding prizes for literature. The cartoon imagines the soccer federation's clumsy attempt to legitimize itself through literary recognition, a visual joke about institutional mission creep and the absurdity of organizations straying far beyond their expertise. It's the kind of mordant commentary Gauld specializes in: a single-panel premise that works as both high-concept satire and accessible humor about the gap between how institutions see themselves and what they actually do.