Whatever Happened World Tomorrow?

This vibrant new graphic novel by Brian Fies (award-winning author of Moms Cancer) tells the story of progress in the 20th century with the engaging and deeply personal style that is unique to comic art. Through the multiple lenses of politics, popular culture, and the developing relationship between the young narrator and his father, Fies traces the rise of technology from the Worlds Fair in 1939 through the space age of the 1950s and finally to an imaginative prediction of life in the mid-21st century. As thoroughly informative as it is entertaining, the novel presents detailed information on the advancement of electricity, nuclear power, the interstate highway system, satellites, Disneyland, transistor radios, the space race, and more. Interspersed with regular installments of the adventures of the futuristic comic book hero Cap Crater, and real historical photographs, this is a lively trip through the last 70 years of technological evolution. It is also a perceptive look at the changing moods of our nation, growing up, and the enduring promise of the future.