This Modern World
| This Modern World | |
|---|---|
Several of the main characters in This Modern World. From left to right: Sparky, Biff, and Blinky. | |
| Author(s) | Tom Tomorrow |
| Current status/schedule | Running |
| Launch date | April 1986 (in Processed World #16) |
| Syndicate(s) | self-syndicated |
| Genre(s) | Humor, Political comics, Satirical comics |
This Modern World is a weekly satirical comic strip by cartoonist and political commentator Tom Tomorrow (real name Dan Perkins) that covers current events from a left-wing point of view. Published continuously for more than 30 years, This Modern World appears regularly in more than 80 newspapers across the United States and Canada as of 2015, as well as in The Nation, The Nib, Truthout, and the Daily Kos.
This Modern World has won a number of awards, including the Society of Professional Journalists James Madison Freedom of Information Award and the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award (twice); the strip was a finalist for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning.