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The Great Big Book of Tomorrow: A Treasury of Cartoons (Paperback)

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Tomorrow's "This Modern World" has been a reliable source of vitriolic political satire in alternative weeklies for 15 years, and, more recently, on Salon.com. Tomorrow's distinctive style involves photocopying images in sources ranging from 1950s advertising art to recent photos and setting them in text-heavy, multipanel strips. As distinctive as the strip looks, it is the content that separates Tomorrow from the pack. An unabashed Leftie, Tomorrow offers searing indictments of rapacious corporations, overbearing conservatives, and weak-kneed liberals (just to cite his most frequent targets) that stand in sharp relief to the anemic commentary that passes for most editorial cartooning. Besides a generous assortment of cartoons lambasting three presidential administrations, this career retrospective includes early zine pieces in which Tomorrow developed his style as well as his skepticism about the corporate world and consumerism, and a section of color work for the New Yorker and other national publications. Tomorrow's retro look draws readers in, his acerbic humor keeps them coming back, and his wry intelligence just might make them think. Gordon Flagg
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For more than fifteen years, Tom Tomorrow has been providing his uniquely acerbic, witty, and altogether clearheaded view of media, politics, and society in his syndicated cartoon.This massive showcasing of Tomorrow's greatest hits, unseen gems and obscurities, new material, and a color section is the most definitive collection to date of one of the most popular cartoonists ever-a delight for longtime fans and new readers alike.

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Paperback: 208 pages
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin; 1st edition (August 18, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0312301774
ISBN-13: 978-0312301774
Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 8.4 x 0.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds

Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (41 customer reviews)

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #495,139 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This book cites 7 books:

What If? by Shari Low on page 157
Knowing British History: The First World War v. 9 by S.L. Case on page 228
Penguin Soup for the Soul: A Novel by Tom Tomorrow in Front Matter
White House by Jane McConnell on page 133
When Penguins Attack! by Tom Tomorrow in Front Matter

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic for both long-time and brand-new readers, July 31, 2003

By	August J. Pollak (Teaneck, NJ United States) - See all my reviews

If you've never read a collection of Tom Tomorrow's work, this book covers everything in the This Modern World history. If you own any/all of Tom's previous books, you're getting more than your money's worth with stuff that's never been printed before: aside from a 12-year selection of TMW's best, the book's got a color section with (finally!) reprints of all the great stuff he's done for the Prospect and the Village Voice (unless you lived in NYC like I did, odds are you never saw the "Sensation" and Impeachment full-pagers in glorious full-color before- now you can!) and even early pre-Sparky cartoons.

"The Great Big Book of Tomorrow" is perfect for long-time readers eager to be rewarded for their long-time devotion, while offering an ample opportunity for newbies to enter the wonderful world of subversive cartoons that exceed any single-panel simplicity ever published in the mainstream press. If you're going to start reading intelligent cartoons, you might as well start with the best and the brightest.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Sparky the Wonder Penguin Triumphant!, August 2, 2003

By	"blm607" (Milwaukee, WI United States) - See all my reviews

Tom Tomorrow gathers his past cartoons, and plenty of rarely-seen or never-seen artwork also, into the first This Modern World compendium. A winner for those unfamiliar with his biting satire, or people who want to sample an overview of his career, or die hard fans. His social and political commentary is right on, and even the older stuff is still timely and relevant. Trace the development of Tom's signature style! See edited and banned cartoons! Choke with laughter at the pointed barbs at ...well, just about everybody!

Covers the Reagan years, bush, Clinton, and the begining of Bush 2 with straightforward criticism, honest humor, and biting satire (Act now and we'll throw in the Irony and Sarcasm COMPLETELY FREE) Tom (aka Dan Perkins) adds commentary and background for many of the strips, especially trhe older ones.

Worth every penny, and indispensible fo lovers of political and satirical humor, or just people who miss Bloom County. Haven't laughed this hard since the Dysfunctional Family Circus was operating. Buy two.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A must for Sparky loyalists!, September 3, 2003

By	David A. Bede (Singapore) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

As a Tom Tomorrow fan for about a decade now (his wonderfully undiplomatic cartoons about Newt Gingrich and Rush Limbaugh were a breath of fresh air in the depressing 104th Congress era, and he's only gotten better), I can't say enough good things about this collection. These cartoons are as biting and persuasive as they are funny, and are often informative to boot - although, as the artist himself often concludes, it's sad to think telling the whole truth behind the news is so often left up to a talking penguin in a weekly comic strip!

Some of the cartoons collected here were previously published in earlier collections. But there's plenty of material reprinted here for the first time, including specials for the Village Voice and other alternative newspapers, and pre-"This Modern World" cartoons dating back to the mid-1980s. Most interesting of all (to me at least, and I expect to other longtime fans as well) is one of the very first strips published under the TMW name, circa 1987. Back then it was a science-fiction serial rather than a political strip, although it was topical in its own way then as now, and the trademark `50s kitsch was even more prominent. Add to that fifteen years of biting political wit, and you've got one of the smartest comics collections of, well, of this modern world!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Tendentious but darn funny
A great book again by Tomorrow. This is an extensive history of the cartoon. I couldn't stop laughing. Sparky is the man! (kind of)

Published 18 months ago by J. Davis

4.0 out of 5 stars A great history of Tomorrow-land
This book is a detailed history of TT and even some pre-Tom work by Dan Perkins (TT's alter-ego...). Read more

Published on July 25, 2006 by Michael Fleming

5.0 out of 5 stars Hard-Hitting Political Commentary
I am a HUGE fan of Tom Tomorrow's strips, which are, in my opinion, some of the finest examples of tight political commentary out there. Read more

Published on November 6, 2005 by Ognir

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Published on September 13, 2005 by Jeremy M

5.0 out of 5 stars don't trust dummies
This is a tight satire, in a small box, great points made in the available space.

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Published on April 19, 2005 by William Elliot

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...bashing Liberal/Democratic/anti-Shrubya books (such as this great collection, or Molly Ivin's "Bushwhacked! Read more

Published on November 10, 2004 by L. A Walsh

1.0 out of 5 stars The Great Big Bag of Nothing
Further proof that the radical Left's quest for a sense of humor remains unfulfilled. Tomorrow's work is insulting to anyone's intelligence and, worst of all, not the least bit... Read more

Published on May 8, 2004

3.0 out of 5 stars Good Deal
This book shows the necessary progressions Tom Tomorrow made to become one of one of the best cartoonists out there. Read more

Published on December 23, 2003 by Rabbit Krishna

5.0 out of 5 stars Tomorrow's relevant today!
This guy's the best. He's even better than cartoonist R. Cobb who was popular upwards of 30 years ago. And nothing escapes his pen. Read more

Published on November 3, 2003 by Timothy P. Scanlon

5.0 out of 5 stars An enlightening retrospective
I thought this book was a great collection of comics. It is thoroughly entertaining. I was also amazed at some of the similarities in the mismanagement styles between the two... Read more

Published on October 28, 2003

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