Tomorrow Stories
Encyclopedia
Tomorrow Stories was an American comic book series created by Alan Moore
for his America's Best Comics (ABC) line, published by Wildstorm
(now a subsidiary of DC Comics
).
as a collection of short stories featuring the same characters (one or two) every issue. Many of these characters were often inspired by pulp magazine
and comic book
archetypes, such as the boy genius and the masked detective
. They include:
:
Alan Moore
Alan Oswald Moore is an English writer primarily known for his work in comic books, a medium where he has produced a number of critically acclaimed and popular series, including Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and From Hell...
for his America's Best Comics (ABC) line, published by Wildstorm
Wildstorm
WildStorm Productions, or simply WildStorm, published American comic books. Originally an independent company established by Jim Lee and further expanded upon in subsequent years by other creators, WildStorm became a publishing imprint of DC Comics in 1999...
(now a subsidiary of DC Comics
DC Comics
DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...
).
Overview
Tomorrow Stories started in August 19991999 in comics
-February:* February 3: Pioneering editor Vin Sullivan dies at age 87.* February 26: John L. Goldwater, co-founder of Archie Comics, dies at age 82.-March:* Incredible Hulk is canceled by Marvel with issue #474.-May:...
as a collection of short stories featuring the same characters (one or two) every issue. Many of these characters were often inspired by pulp magazine
Pulp magazine
Pulp magazines , also collectively known as pulp fiction, refers to inexpensive fiction magazines published from 1896 through the 1950s. The typical pulp magazine was seven inches wide by ten inches high, half an inch thick, and 128 pages long...
and comic book
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
archetypes, such as the boy genius and the masked detective
Detective
A detective is an investigator, either a member of a police agency or a private person. The latter may be known as private investigators or "private eyes"...
. They include:
- Cobweb - Created by Alan Moore and Melinda GebbieMelinda GebbieMelinda Gebbie is an American comics artist and writer, probably best known for Lost Girls, the three-volume graphic novel she produced in collaboration with writer Alan Moore, published by Top Shelf.-Biography:...
. - First AmericanFirst American (comics)First American is a fictional character, a satirical superhero created by Alan Moore with Jim Baikie for his Wildstorm imprint America's Best Comics, appearing in the anthology series Tomorrow Stories...
- Created by Alan Moore and Jim BaikieJim BaikieJim Baikie is a British comics artist, who is best known for his work with Alan Moore on Skizz.-Biography:Baikie began his career illustrating Valentine for Fleetway. Over the next twenty years, he built a solid reputation working for TV comics such as Look-in, including adaptations of The Monkees...
. - GreyshirtGreyshirtGreyshirt is a comic book character in Alan Moore's Tomorrow Stories, published by Wildstorm , under the America's Best Comics imprint. The character was co-created by Moore and Rick Veitch. The character is a pastiche of Will Eisner's The Spirit...
- Created by Alan Moore and Rick VeitchRick VeitchRichard "Rick" Veitch is an American comic book artist and writer who has worked in mainstream, underground, and alternative comics.-Early career:...
. - Jack B. QuickJack B. QuickJack B. Quick is a fictional character, a superhero from Alan Moore's America's Best Comics imprint. He appeared primarily in humorous stories in the anthology series Tomorrow Stories.-Character history:...
- Created by Alan Moore and Kevin NowlanKevin NowlanKevin Nowlan is an American comic-book artist who works as penciler, inker, colorist and letterer.He has been called "one of the few artists who can be called 'artists's artist'", a master of the various disciplines of comic production, from "design to draftsmanship to dramatics".-Biography:Kevin...
. - Splash BranniganSplash BranniganSplash Brannigan is a fictional humorous superhero. He was created by Alan Moore and Hilary Barta. His first appearance was Issue #6 of the anthology series Tomorrow Stories from America's Best Comics, a title he would continue to appear in on a semi-regular basis.He also appeared in the...
- Created by Alan Moore and Hilary BartaHilary BartaHilary Barta is an American comic book writer and artist.-Biography:Barta was born on June 17, 1957. His first comics work came in June 1982, when he helped legendary Marvel inkers Al Milgrom, Joe Sinnott and Sal Trapani provide inks for the pencils of Don Perlin on The Defenders #108...
.
Individual comics
- Issue #1 (4 August 1999) Feat. Cobweb, First American, Greyshirt, Jack B. Quick
- Issue #2 (9 September 1999) Feat. Cobweb, First American, Greyshirt, Jack B. Quick
- Issue #3 (20 October 1999) Feat. Cobweb, First American, Jack B. Quick, Greyshirt,
- Issue #4 (24 November 1999) Feat. Cobweb, First American, Greyshirt, Jack B. Quick
- Issue #5 (29 December 1999) Feat. Cobweb, First American, Greyshirt, Jack B. Quick
- Issue #6 (9 February 2000) Feat. Cobweb, First American, Greyshirt, Splash Brannigan
- Issue #7 (12 April 2000) Feat. Cobweb, First American, Greyshirt, Splash Brannigan
- Issue #8 (15 November 2000) Feat. Cobweb, First American, Greyshirt, Splash Brannigan
- Issue #9 (28 December 2000) Feat. Cobweb, First American, Greyshirt, Splash Brannigan
- Issue #10 (18 April 2001) Feat. Cobweb, First American, Greyshirt, Jack B. Quick
- Issue #11 (29 August 2001) Feat. Cobweb, First American, Greyshirt, Splash Brannigan
- Issue #12 (27 February 2002) Feat. The Cobweb, First American, Greyshirt, Jack B. Quick
64-Page specials
- Special #1 (26 October 2005) Feat. The Cobweb, Jack B. Quick, Greyshirt, Splash Brannigan and Jonni FutureJonni FutureJonni Future is a fictional comic book heroine, who appeared in the pages of Tom Strong's Terrific Tales, a series published under writer Alan Moore's America's Best Comics line of comic books for Wildstorm Comics...
- Special #2 (8 March 2006) Feat. America's Best (PrometheaPrometheaPromethea is a comic book series created by Alan Moore, J. H. Williams III and Mick Gray, published by America's Best Comics/WildStorm....
, Tom StrongTom StrongTom Strong is a comic book created by writer Alan Moore and artist Chris Sprouse initially published bi-monthly by America's Best Comics, an imprint of DC Comics' Wildstorm division.-Background:Tom Strong, the title character, is a "science hero"...
, Splash Brannigan, Fancy O'Keefe and Johnny Future), First American, Jonni Future and Little Margie.
Collected editions
The series has been collected into two volumesTrade paperback (comics)
In comics, a trade paperback is a collection of stories originally published in comic books, reprinted in book format, usually capturing one story arc from a single title or a series of stories with a connected story arc or common theme from one or more titles...
:
- Book 1 (collects issues 1-6, hardback: ISBN 1-56389-660-5, paperback: ISBN 1-56389-985-X)
- Book 2 (collects issues 7-12, hardback: ISBN 1-4012-0165-2, paperback: ISBN 1-4012-0166-0)