Download Tomorrow Stories by Alan Moore and Alex Ross (.CBR)

Tomorrow Stories + Special by Alan Moore, Jim Baikie, Melinda Gebbie, Rick Veitch, Kevin Nowlan and Alex Ross.
Requirements: CBR Reader, 185 MB.
Overview: A new anthology series from AMERICA’S BEST COMICS teams writer Alan Moore with some of comics’ best artists, with painted cover on the first-issue by Alex Ross! Rick Veitch’s gentleman sleuth Greyshirt! Melinda Gebbie’s diaphanous dame detective the Cobweb! Jim Baikie’s satirical star-spangled-savior the Future American! And Kevin Nowlan’s frankly indescribable Jack B. Quick! Four great new series debuting in one incredible comic, the newest and most multifaceted addition to the fabulous AMERICA’S BEST COMICS line!

Tomorrow Stories is an entertaining amalgam of pop culture satire and parody told against the backdrop of a world of super-heroes and vigilantes. Featuring a diverse cast of characters, this book combines crime stories with farce and scientific adventure to create an assortment of enthralling individual tales. A quick-paced escapade of literature, this volume includes stories of Greyshirt, the "gentleman sleuth," First American, the patriotic super-hero, Cobweb, the vigilante heiress, Splash Brannigan, the ink-stain adventurer, and Jack B. Quick, the mischievous boy genius.

won Eisner Award in 2000: "Best Anthology"

(2000 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards – Winner – Best Anthology: (by Alan Moore, Rick Veitch, Kevin Nowlan, Melinda Gebbie, and Jim Baikie [DC/ABC])

Tomorrow Stories

Alan Moore

Alex Ross

Hilary Barta, Jim Baikie, Joyce Chin, Melinda Gebbie, Rick Veitch

Kevin Nowlan

Todd Klein

Badass, Nick Bell, Wildstorm FX

Eric DeSantis, Jeff Mariotte, Kristy Quinn, Scott Dunbier

America’s Best Comics, 1999-2002.

Tomorrow Stories Special

Todd Klein

Alan Moore, Steve Moore

Kevin Nowlan, Hilary Barta, Rick Veitch, Melinda Gebbie, Cameron Stewart

Michelle Madsen, Randy Mayor, Tony Aviña, Wildstorm FX

Scott Dunbier, Kristy Quinn

America’s Best Comics, 2006.

A bold, experimental story illustrated by cover artist Rick Veitch highlights the second issue of the incredible anthology series, in which every story is written by Alan Moore! The gentleman sleuth called Greyshirt investigates a multi-decade tale in "How Things Work Out;" Cobweb (illustrated by Melinda Gebbie) finds herself lost in the stars in the poetic science-fiction feature "Waltztime"; Future American and U.S. Angel (illustrated by Jim Baikie) tackle retro-renegade Dozier D. Daze and his Nostalgitator Ray. And Jack B. Quick (illustrated by Kevin Nowlan) gets tough with photons in "The Unbearableness of Being Light."

Tomorrow Stories started in August 1999 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:

Tomorrow Stories Special

Alan Moore returns to some of his most memorable characters in a thrilling 64- page Special illustrated by some of comics’ greatest artists! Jack B. Quick returns in a spellbinding 16-page story; the secret origin of the Cobweb is finally revealed; Splash Brannigan dives into the murky end of the pool; and the first part of a brilliant new Jonni Future story is told! Plus, don’t miss a lovely Greyshirt tale dedicated to the man who inspired his creation: Will Eisner.

Tomorrow Stories looks back to go to forward. Reviewed by N. Chodoba on October 9, 2003.

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 inventive as Jack B. Quick!

GREYSHIRT is drawn by Rick Veitch in a style resembling early crime comics, but chameleon-like as ever, Veitch changes the style from issue to issue. These stories definitely hark back to the golden age of comics, especially the work of Will Eisner on The Spirit.

THE FIRST AMERICAN reminds me of Bill Gaines and Harvey Kurtzman’s MAD magazine in that it is playful, satirical, and hilarious. This serial looks at the superhero genre. Alan Moore’s writing is extremely funny in these stories especially. It is illustrated very well by Jim Baikie.

COBWEB is illustrated by Melinda Gebbie. It is about a female crimefighter who definitely resembles early female heroines. Interesting, compelling reading, with excellent art.

Finally, SPLASH BRANNIGAN is an inky superhero looking to blot out crime. There are many in-jokes about comic art in all of the serials, but Splash is himself an in joke. Illustrated by Hilary Barta.

I say it looks back to go forward, because Alan Moore evidently loves all comics, and is constantly looking for ways to reinvent the genre. By looking to the golden age of comics, he and his collaborators bridge the gap between past and present, and then move forward into tomorrow. This series did not win the Eisner and Harvey awards for nothing. You will not be disappointed.

Tomorrow Stories: A refreshing new anthology by Alan Moore. Reviewed by Sean Santay on February 14, 2003.

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 would a comic that contains just a single ongoing story with characters and plot that flow in the traditional way that most comics do.
Reading "Tomorrow Stories", I get a nice blend of Alan Moore’s different writing styles every month: "Greyshirt" and "The Cobweb" fall under the category of basic superhero/crimefighter, "Jack B. Quick" is a science fiction tale about a boy inventor experimenting with the most bizarre laws of science. "Splash Brannigan" is a funny little strip to do with making comic books, and my personal favorite and possibly the funniest, "First American", a hilarious superhuman satire mixed with just a little good old American patriotism.
I’ve read almost everything that Moore has written for comics in the past two decades, and I’ve found him to be very, very versatile as a writer. The genres he explores in his work are vast. For mystery, there was "Watchmen", obviously, historical fiction: "From Hell", for horror, you have his incredible run on "Swamp Thing", "V For Vendetta" is a frightening political thriller, in Sci-Fi there’s "The Ballad of Halo Jones", if you prefer superheroes, you can’t forget his revision of "Marvelman" and later "Supreme", philosophy and fantasy with "Promethea", insane humor with "D.R. & Quinch" and "The Bojeffries Saga", his lyrics and poetry in "Songbook" and "Magic Words", the autobiographical "The Birth Caul", and even "Lost Girls", which falls in the category of erotic fiction. He writes everything! And with very few exceptions, he does it all amazingly well. I have yet to find something of his that I would consider just out-and-out terrible.
That’s why I believe that "Tomorrow Stories" is majorly overlooked, especially among members of his fanbase. To my knowledge, its the only ABC title besides "Promethea" to win an Eisner. It showcases his many unique writing talents, but particularly his humor. If you’d seen a picture of the guy, you probably wouldn’t think he have much of a sense of it. But,as the cliche goes: "You can’t judge a book by its cover."

Note: See also by Alex Ross:

Marvels: Eye of the Camera.

Project Superpowers

Mythology: The DC Comics Art of Alex Ross

The World’s Greatest Super-Heroes