Tom Tomorrow: 25 Years of Tomorrow (This Modern World)

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25 YEARS OF TOM TOMORROW. MAY 2017. FIRST PRINTING. Collection copyright © 2017 by Tom Tomorrow (Dan Perkins). Contents copyright © 1987–2017 by Tom Tomorrow (Dan Perkins), except in the case of content specifically credited to others, which is copyright its respective creators. All rights reserved. The IDW logo is registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. IDW Publishing, a division of Idea and Design Works, LLC. Editorial offices: 2765 Truxtun Road, San Diego, CA 92106. Any similarities to persons living or dead are purely coincidental. With the exception of artwork used for review purposes, none of the contents of this publication may be reprinted without the permission of Idea and Design Works, LLC. Printed in China. IDW Publishing does not read or accept unsolicited submissions of ideas, stories, or artwork.

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My second book, Tune In Tomorrow (St. Martin’s Press, 1994). The title font was hand-drawn, inspired by the logo for the old tv series, The Invaders. Top left: uncorrected proof for reviewers. Top right: the final cover. Middle: the inside front and back covers, comprised of drawings of Sparky submitted by readers. Bottom: promotional button; hand-colored comp specifying colors.

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1994 The Bobbitts achieved tabloid notoriety when Lorena responded to her husband’s infidelity by cutting off his penis. John Bobbitt later went on to a career in porn. Life is strange.

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2001

A pre-9/11 cartoon for The New Yorker. Hannity still shared billing with Colmes (in the sense that the Harlem Globetrotters used to share billing with the Washington Generals). They were very excited to see themselves in a cartoon, and had me on the program.

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2016 The comedian was getting some bad reviews the week I wrote this one. Unfortunately his act was more popular with audiences than most critics expected.

Putin’s thought balloon in the last panel roughly translates as “loser.”

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