A lighthearted collection of half a dozen issues of this comics series. Contained therein are parodies of several heroes, including Captain America, the Shadow, the Spirit, and others, as well as a couple of original inventions. So, nothing overly amazing here, but a reasonable number of amusing moments.
Tomorrow Stories looks back to go to forward.:
Fans of EC comics should warm to this collection right away. It serializes five different characters with the same writer/artist team on each. ALL of the writing is by Alan Moore, who seems to be having so much fun creating new universes and characters in his America's Best Comics line.
JACK B. QUICK (the inventor) is illustrated by Kevin Nowlan and concerns the adventures of a midwestern farmboy genius. The art resembles the EC fantasy/science fiction line of the 50's while the stories are just as... more info
Tomorrow Stories: A refreshing new anthology by Alan Moore:
If you ask most people who read Alan Moore's America's Best Comics line, they'd probably tell you that "Tomorrow Stories" is at the very bottom of their list of favorites. For myself, however, I'd place it pretty near to the top. (Other titles under the ABC banner include "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen", "Promethea", Tom Strong" and "Top Ten".) The thing is that "Tomorrow Stories" is an anthology, and, typically speaking, readers (American readers especially) don't like anthologies as much as they... more info
