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Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow?
Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow?
Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow?
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Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow?

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Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow?, the long-awaited follow-up to Mom's Cancer, is a unique graphic novel that tells the story of a young boy and his relationship with his father.   Spanning the period from the 1939 New York World's Fair to the last Apollo space mission in 1975, it is told through the eyes of a boy as he grows up in an era that was optimistic and ambitious, fueled by industry, engines, electricity, rockets, and the atom bomb. An insightful look at relationships and the promise of the future, award-winning author Brian Fies presents his story in a way that only comics and graphic novels can.     Interspersed with the comic book adventures of Commander Cap Crater (created by Fies to mirror the styles of the comics and the time periods he is depicting), and mixing art and historical photographs, this groundbreaking graphic novel is a lively trip through a half century of technological evolution. It is also a perceptive look at the changing moods of our nation-and the enduring promise of the future.

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  A graphic novel that looks like TV’s Futurama” bred with The Golden Age of Comic Books, Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow? is at times charming, at times sad and foreboding, and always thought provoking.” Air & Space Smithsonian
  "A hopelessly optimistic moon-age daydream"The Village Voice

An exceptional and highly engaging experience.” The Miami Herald
  "Whatever Happened To The World Of Tomorrow is a very special book that will speak to you on so many levels. And at the end of it, when you sit there and think on what you’ve just read, it may even make you, like it did me, realise that Fies’ vision of our past and his hope for the future is something we can all share in. Quite brilliant."Richard Bruton, forbiddenplanet.co.uk

F&P level: Y

 

LanguageEnglish
PublisherABRAMS
Release dateAug 15, 2012
ISBN9781613122693
Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow?

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    A relative arrived in America at the time of the 1939 World's Fair -- "Heinz Looks to the Future" -- so this book grabbed me from the start. Also, I have been waiting many years for my personal air-cushion vehicle and wondering whatever happened to that promised world of tomorrow. This book provides one answer, though it's a tad too rose-colored.Brian Fies draws a marvelous story that threads its way through the race to space. That reaching for the stars now seems to have ended in a freefall back to a planet no longer absorbed by the fantastical future but only by the mundane grasping of an endless succession of todays.Sorry, I digress. For boomers, this is nostalgia, aching, funny, true. For post-boomers, it's history that captures the fears and dreams of people who saw a world torn apart, lived for years under a mushroom cloud and looked always to a better future.The comic books inserted at several places between the main storyline are terrific. I could almost smell the pulp paper and remembered the pleasure of exchanging a dime at the corner store for the latest superhero adventures.An incredible amount of research and work went into this book, which is one to savor.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
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    Intriguing look at nostalgia for the future we expected & the one we got

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