Tom Tomorrow is the creator of the weekly political cartoon, This Modern World, which can be found on sites including Daily Kos, The Nib and The Nation, as well as many alternative weeklies across the nation (support your local altweekly!). His work has appeared in publications including The New York Times, The New Yorker, Spin, Mother Jones, Esquire, The Economist, The Nation, U.S. News and World Report, and The American Prospect.
From 1999-2001, he worked on a series of animated web cartoons which can be viewed here.
In 2009, he created the cover art for the Pearl Jam album Backspacer.
In 2015 he held a record breaking Kickstarter, raising $310,357 to publish a massive, two volume compilation celebrating the 25th anniversary of the strip.
He has published thirteen other anthologies of his work:
—Greetings From This Modern World (1992) (introduction by Bill Griffith)
—Tune in Tomorrow (1994)
—The Wrath of Sparky (1996)
—Penguin Soup for the Soul (1998) (introduction by Christopher Hitchens)
—When Penguins Attack (2000) (introduction by Dave Eggers)
—The Great Big Book of Tomorrow (2003)
—Hell in a Handbasket (2006)
—The Future’s So Bright I Can’t Bear to Look (2008)
—Too Much Crazy (2010) (introduction by Michael Moore)
—The World of Tomorrow (2012) (introduction by Eddie Vedder)
—Crazy is the New Normal (2016)
— Il Pazzo Mondo a Atelle e Strisce (Italian, 2016)
—Life in the Stupidverse (2020)
He is also the author of a book for children, The Very Silly Mayor (2009).
He received the Robert F. Kennedy Award for Excellence in Journalism in 1998 and in 2003, the Herblock Award in 2013, and was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2015. Other honors include:
1993: Media Alliance Meritorious Achievement Award
1995: Society of Professional Journalists James Madison Freedom of Information Award
2000: Association for Education in Journalism and Education, Professional Freedom and Responsibility Award
2001: James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism
2004: Association of Alternative Newsweeklies award for cartooning, 2nd Place
2006: Association of Alternative Newsweeklies award for cartooning, 3rd Place
2015: Association of Alternative Newsweeklies award for cartooning, 1st Place
2015: Society of Illustrators Silver Medal for Cartooning
Tom Tomorrow has given many campus talks and presentations, and will available for speaking engagements when such things are possible again.
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