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Summary: Have you noticed a lot of reviews....
Review: ...bashing Liberal/Democratic/anti-Shrubya books (such as this great collection, or Molly Ivin's "Bushwhacked!" or similar titles of interest) are all posted as a Single Star by "A Reader"??? I see this again and again, people using the reviews as a chance to spout Rightist vitriol, and none of them have the guts to post their screen names.
I just began reading "This Modern World" when I moved to Georgia and found it featured in our local alternative weekly...and it's brilliant. ALL sacred cows get skewered by Sparky and Tom, and I find it's the first page I turn to--Sparky and Opus are my heroes!
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Summary: Buy this book
Review: Answer a couple questions for me, if you will.
1. Do you watch the evening news and wonder how we got to this point?
2. Do you turn to The Daily Show, Salon and/or lefty blogs to convince yourself that not everyone out there is a rightwing gun-toting fundamentalist?If you answered yes to either of these questions, I've got a book for you. Tom Tomorrow's cartoons are hilarious spot-on deconstructions of American culture, politics, and social mores. You'll be nodding your head in agreement and laughing your [tooshy] off at the same time. Plus, some of the book's in color! What more could you ask for.
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Summary: A must for Sparky loyalists!
Review: 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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Summary: Fun, twisted and intelligent satire, complete with a penguin
Review: As someone who has been dying for a while to get addicted to a new comic, This Modern World has recently made me very content. Yes, the opinion skews heavily to the left, but the viewpoint is always educated and true of heart. Even if you tend to be more "right-minded" in your beliefs, there is still an interesting perspective to be heard here. And the humor is dead-on. Plus, maybe it's Sparky the Penguin, but reading this book brought back memories of reading large "Bloom County" collections in my youth. And I laughed out loud just about as often. If you like comics, politics or social studies, this is a must have. And if you haven't ventured into This Modern World, it is the perfect portal to get there. You'll be glad you dared the trip.
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Summary: Confusing for people who can't read.
Review: For the rest of us, though (the ones who aren't put off by extensive, thought-provoking text), "This Modern World" is one of the true gems of the past 10 or so years. At times a lone voice against the sheer lunacy, utter idiocy, and rampant hypocracy of the right, "Tom Tomorrow's" work should be mandatory reading for everyone who thinks they understand what's going on in the world. Brilliant doesn't even begin to describe "This Modern World." Yes, right-wingers, it requires you to think. But, really, shouldn't you start sometime?
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Summary: The Great Big Bag of Nothing
Review: 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 funny. The political commentary lacks bite, and the humor is puerile at best. His work invites comparisons to Mark Alan Stamaty's Washingtoon, of which Tomorrow is a third-rate imitator.
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Summary: Brilliant Satire
Review: Hilarious, insightful, and often educational cartoons by one of the most perceptive and talented political commentators on the scene today. Essential reading for all Americans during these troubled and troubling times, and for our friends abroad as well. Tom Tomorrow is a national treasure.
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Summary: HAHAHAHAHA!!
Review: Hysterical and right on target! Thank whichever God you want that intellectualism doesn't have to be humorless, and can even be a little silly. There's much to read...and as the strip goes through recent history, you get the feel of what any thinking person was feeling at the time. Tom, for instance, doesn't give Clinton a break, and is even fooled, as we all were, by all the hype about incidents we now know were spun WAY out of proportion. It makes you want to smack your forehead while you laugh. Besides politics there are some fantastic commentaries on our consumer, "just buy it" society. A fun book....with relevance and intelligence....and a penguin in sun glasses and sneakers. ...
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Summary: Not enough new material here to warrant a book
Review: I am a great fan of Tom Tomorrow's and read the new weekly cartoons religiously. But much of the material here (I'd say about 70 percent) is simply reprinted from his previous compilations. Yes, there are some new pieces, and yes, there is a neat colour section in the middle, but when I shell out good money for a book I don't want to leaf through page after page after page of cartoons that I already have.
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Summary: An absorbing and fun collection
Review: I enjoyed the early works included in this collection, as well as the explanations and autobiographical details provided -- they give a bit of insight into the cartoonist's development. There are also lots of recent works, including magazine covers, special cartoons, and other things I'd never seen. It's a well-done book, and very reasonably priced, too. I don't regularly buy cartoon collections
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