Tomorrow Stories Book 1

yep, he wrote 'em all. and mostly, they're sendups of the whole American superhero schtick. a lot of it is silly, snide, and very funny. don't knock it, that's Alan juggling time and quantum space, just for the fun of it: what a shame the setup didn't last. expect some notably original page and story design along the way. but seriously, the gorgeous series The Cobweb with Melinda Gebbie comes from a different realm entirely, with virtually no story but some sublime art drawing on totally different graphic traditions, and reinvents itself with every story. why don't they print these things on better paper, though? the original comics look a lot more spectacular.

There are some really interesting comics here, comics that are very intelligently created. Unfortunately, there's not much story here. There's also some strips that do not work at all for me, which is a common problem with anthologies.

Finally finished this collection of collected stories. Each issue of Tomorrow Stories had multiple stories (1 for each hero).

Jack B. Quick the boy genius was pretty funny and always involved silly scientific topics like arresting light for breaking the speed limit and cats with butter on their backs that could never land on the ground.

Greyshirt the Holmes-esque vigilante was probably my least favorite. Usually very dark and no that cool.

First American was hilarious as a kind of superhero version of Homer Simpson.

Cobweb was okay but most of the stories really didn't do anything for me.

And in the end there was 1 Splash Brannigan story that was pretty funny but not great.

So overall this was pretty good but not really up to Moore's normal show more writing. Maybe it was the short format that hampered the stories and the fact that most of it was comedic. show less

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