This collection of This Modern World features the early works of Tom Tomorrow as they originally evolved from single-panel indictments of "consumer culture" to the multi-panel politically charged satire for which the comic and author are now famous. The author includes in the book's forward that much of this evolution was due to his involvement in Gulf War (the first one) protests, and so you can expect a lot of Poppy Bush popping up in the later entries into this collection. A reliable time-capsule of the political frustrations and corporate media shortcomings of a still-fresh part of history. ( )