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"Dan Perkins" redirects here. For the baseball player, see Dan Perkins (baseball)
Dan Perkins (baseball)

Daniel Lee Perkins is an United States former Major League Baseball player. A pitcher, Perkins played for the Minnesota Twins in .Perkins last played professional baseball in with the Akron Aeros....
.

Tom Tomorrow is the pen name
Pen name

A pen name, nom de plume, or literary double, is a pseudonym adopted by an author. A pen name may be used to make the author's name more distinctive, to disguise his or her gender, to distance an author from some or all of his or her works, to protect the author from retribution for his or her writings, or for any of a number of...
 of editorial cartoonist
Editorial cartoonist

An editorial cartoonist, also known as a political cartoonist, is an artist who draws cartoons that contain some level of political or social commentary....
 Dan Perkins (born April 5, 1961 in Wichita
Wichita, Kansas

Wichita , is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Kansas, and the county seat of Sedgwick County, Kansas. The 2006 estimated population of 361,420 makes it the 51st largest city in the U.S....
, Kansas
Kansas

The State of Kansas is a Midwestern U.S. state in the Central United States of the United States of America, an area often referred to as the United States "Heartland"....
). His weekly comic strip
Comic strip

A comic strip is a sequence of drawings that tells a story.Currently in the Western world, most comic strips are written and drawn by a comics artist or cartoonist, and many such strips are published on a recurring basis in newspapers and on the Internet....
 This Modern World
This Modern World

This Modern World is a weekly satire comic strip by cartoonist and political commentator Tom Tomorrow that covers current events from a liberal point of view....
, which comments on current events from a strong liberal
Liberalism

Liberalism is a broad class of political philosophy that considers individualism liberty and equality to be the most important political goals....
 perspective, appears regularly in over ninety newspapers across the U.S.
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 and Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
, as well as on Salon.com
Salon.com

Salon.com, part of Salon Media Group , often just called Salon, is an online magazine, with content updated each weekday. Modern liberalism in the United States politics of the United States is its major focus, but it covers a range of issues....
 and CREDO Action
Working Assets

Working Assets is an United States company that offers mobile and long distance phone service and a credit card. Founded in 1985, the company is based in San Francisco, California....
. The strip debuted in 1990 in SF Weekly
SF Weekly

The SF Weekly is a free alternative weekly newspaper in San Francisco, California, California, United States. The newspaper, distributed throughout the San Francisco Bay Area every Wednesday, is published by Village Voice Media, a 16-paper alt weekly newspaper chain that also includes the New York City Village Voice and the Los Angel...
.

Perkins, a long time resident of Brooklyn
Brooklyn

Brooklyn is one of the five Borough of New York City, located at the western end of Long Island. An independent city until its consolidation with New York in 1898, Brooklyn is New York City's most populous borough, with 2.5 million residents, and second largest in area....
, New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
, currently lives in New Haven
New Haven, Connecticut

New Haven is the third largest municipality in Connecticut, after Bridgeport, Connecticut and Hartford, with a core population of about 124,000 people....
.






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"Dan Perkins" redirects here. For the baseball player, see Dan Perkins (baseball)
Dan Perkins (baseball)

Daniel Lee Perkins is an United States former Major League Baseball player. A pitcher, Perkins played for the Minnesota Twins in .Perkins last played professional baseball in with the Akron Aeros....
.

Tom Tomorrow is the pen name
Pen name

A pen name, nom de plume, or literary double, is a pseudonym adopted by an author. A pen name may be used to make the author's name more distinctive, to disguise his or her gender, to distance an author from some or all of his or her works, to protect the author from retribution for his or her writings, or for any of a number of...
 of editorial cartoonist
Editorial cartoonist

An editorial cartoonist, also known as a political cartoonist, is an artist who draws cartoons that contain some level of political or social commentary....
 Dan Perkins (born April 5, 1961 in Wichita
Wichita, Kansas

Wichita , is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Kansas, and the county seat of Sedgwick County, Kansas. The 2006 estimated population of 361,420 makes it the 51st largest city in the U.S....
, Kansas
Kansas

The State of Kansas is a Midwestern U.S. state in the Central United States of the United States of America, an area often referred to as the United States "Heartland"....
). His weekly comic strip
Comic strip

A comic strip is a sequence of drawings that tells a story.Currently in the Western world, most comic strips are written and drawn by a comics artist or cartoonist, and many such strips are published on a recurring basis in newspapers and on the Internet....
 This Modern World
This Modern World

This Modern World is a weekly satire comic strip by cartoonist and political commentator Tom Tomorrow that covers current events from a liberal point of view....
, which comments on current events from a strong liberal
Liberalism

Liberalism is a broad class of political philosophy that considers individualism liberty and equality to be the most important political goals....
 perspective, appears regularly in over ninety newspapers across the U.S.
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 and Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
, as well as on Salon.com
Salon.com

Salon.com, part of Salon Media Group , often just called Salon, is an online magazine, with content updated each weekday. Modern liberalism in the United States politics of the United States is its major focus, but it covers a range of issues....
 and CREDO Action
Working Assets

Working Assets is an United States company that offers mobile and long distance phone service and a credit card. Founded in 1985, the company is based in San Francisco, California....
. The strip debuted in 1990 in SF Weekly
SF Weekly

The SF Weekly is a free alternative weekly newspaper in San Francisco, California, California, United States. The newspaper, distributed throughout the San Francisco Bay Area every Wednesday, is published by Village Voice Media, a 16-paper alt weekly newspaper chain that also includes the New York City Village Voice and the Los Angel...
.

Perkins, a long time resident of Brooklyn
Brooklyn

Brooklyn is one of the five Borough of New York City, located at the western end of Long Island. An independent city until its consolidation with New York in 1898, Brooklyn is New York City's most populous borough, with 2.5 million residents, and second largest in area....
, New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
, currently lives in New Haven
New Haven, Connecticut

New Haven is the third largest municipality in Connecticut, after Bridgeport, Connecticut and Hartford, with a core population of about 124,000 people....
. He received the Robert F. Kennedy Award for Excellence in Journalism in 1998 and 2003.

When he is not working on projects related to his comic strip, he writes a regularly-updated political weblog, also entitled This Modern World, which he began in September 2001.

This Modern World


While other editorial cartoons often focus their ridicule at the top, making fun of presidents or other leadership figures, This Modern World
This Modern World

This Modern World is a weekly satire comic strip by cartoonist and political commentator Tom Tomorrow that covers current events from a liberal point of view....
 additionally focuses on the average person and ostensible mentalities of those who support leaders and policies, as well as the popular media.

To add irony, it often uses 1950s-style ad caricatures to imply parallels between the Cold War
Cold War

The Cold War was the continuing state of conflict, tension and competition that existed between a number of world powers, including the United States, the Soviet Union, People's Republic of China, France, United Kingdom and those countries' respective allies from the mid-1940s to the early 1990s....
 1950s and recent political environments.

Books


There are eight cartoon anthologies currently in print:

  • Greetings From This Modern World (1992)
  • Tune in Tomorrow (1994)
  • The Wrath of Sparky (1996)
  • Penguin Soup for the Soul (1998)
  • When Penguins Attack (2000)
  • The Great Big Book of Tomorrow (2003)
  • Hell in a Handbasket (March 2006)
  • The Future's So Bright I Can't Bear to Look (September 2008)


The anthologies were published by St. Martin's Press
St. Martin's Press

St. Martin's Press is a book publisher headquartered in the iconic Flatiron Building in New York City. Currently, St. Martin's Press is one of the United States' largest publishers, bringing to the public some 700 titles a year under eight imprints, which include St....
 until Hell in a Handbasket, when Perkins switched to Tarcher. The Future's So Bright I Can't Bear to Look is published by Nation Books.

Awards

  • 1998: Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award
    Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award

    The Robert F. Kennedy Award for Excellence in Journalism is a journalism award named after Robert F. Kennedy and known as the "Poor People's Pulitzers" in media circles....
    , Cartoon, for This Modern World
  • 2003: Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, Cartoon, for This Modern World
  • 2004: AltWeekly Award
    Association of Alternative Newsweeklies

    The Association of Alternative Newsweeklies is the trade association of alternative weekly newspapers in North America. AAN provides services to a large number of generally liberal or progressive weekly newspapers across the United States and in Canada....
    , Cartoon (More than five papers), 2nd Place, for This Modern World
  • 2006: AltWeekly Award, Cartoon (Four or more papers), 3rd Place, for This Modern World


See also


Thematically sympathetic cartoonists to Perkins include:

  • Ted Rall
    Ted Rall

    Ted Rall , is an American liberal columnist, syndicated editorial cartoonist, and author. His political cartoons often appear in a multi-panel comic strip format and frequently blend comic-strip and editorial-cartoon conventions....
  • Joe Sacco
    Joe Sacco

    Joe Sacco is a Malta-American comics artist and journalist. He achieved international fame through the 1996 American Book Award-winning Palestine , and his graphic novel on the Bosnian War, Safe Area Gora?de....
  • Ruben Bolling
    Ruben Bolling

    Ruben Bolling is a pseudonym for Ken Fisher, a cartoonist, the author of Tom the Dancing Bug....


Further reading


External links

  • , Tom Tomorrow's weblog
  • by Glenn Greenwald
    Glenn Greenwald

    Glenn Greenwald worked as an United States Constitutional law and civil and political rights prior to becoming a contributor to Salon.com, where he focuses on political and legal topics....