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Overview
As the country heads into the non-stop madness of a presidential election, there is nothing that it needs more than a dose of Tom Tomorrow's social and political satire. Read by more than twenty million readers, Tomorrow has his finger on the pulse of the times, to enthrall or enrage - and occasionally both - with his work. When Penguins Attack!!! brings back Sparky (the most dyspeptic cartoon animal in the business) and the rest of the cast as Tomorrow casts his perenially jaundiced eye on politics, the media, social trends, and everything else. So sit back and settle in, for Tomorrow is the cartoonist for today.
Editorials
Michael Phillips
It's rare that a writer is talented enough to mix politics and humor successfully. It's even more unusual to find a writer who can take such dry topics as health care and campaign financing and make them informative, memorable and hilarious. Tomorrow is skilled enough to make readers start questioning as soon as they've stopped laughing.—Time Out New York
Kirkus Reviews
Tomorrow (real name: Dan Perkins) here collects two years' worth of his syndicated strip, "This Modern World," which he began back in 1987. And it's definitely more of the same: Tomorrow preaches to the left-liberal choir, with a visual style that at best resembles clever clip-art. His mostly four-frame, one-page cartoons are word-heavy, which isn't surprising given his unsubtle politics and monotonous visual style. Many of these pieces cover the impeachment years of Bill Clinton, who's barely distinguishable in Tomorrow's deliberately generic graphics. No fan of the President, whom he faults for the bombings of Iraq, Tomorrow reserves most of his scorn for the vast right-wing conspiracy that tried to oust him: Trent Lott, Ken Starr, and Newt Gingrich all endure predictable attacks in Tomorrow's bland manner. He also mocks the current mediacracy, and the breakdown between news and entertainment. Sam Donaldson, Maureen Dowd, "Politically Incorrect," and Brill's Content come in for some warranted criticism. The best pieces here focus on some less-noted events, such as a Coke-sponsored day at a Georgia high school. But Tomorrow simply mounts the soapbox for cartoons supporting gun control, universal health care, and the WTO protesters. His humorlessness reveals itself in attacks on the Farrelly brothers (of There's Something About Mary fame) and South Park; meanwhile, the only visual joke of note of his own has George W. Bush morphing into Alfred E. Neumann. Smug and stylistically inert. A little of Tomorrow (who at least admits he likes getting paid for being a "chronic complainer") goes a long way.Ware, Chris JIMMY CORRIGAN: The Smartest Kid on Earth Pantheon (388 pp.)Sep. 5, 2000Book Details
Published
September 1, 2000
Publisher
New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2000.
Pages
128
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780312209742