Editing Tom Tomorrow (section)

==Career==
Perkins was first published in the [[San Francisco]]-based [[anarchist]] magazine ''[[Processed World]]''. He adopted the subject matter of the consumer culture and the drudgery of work, a theme shared by the magazine, and entitled his comic strip ''This Modern World'' when it was launched in 1988. (Like many of the magazine's contributors he adopted a [[pseudonym]] to avoid retribution from potential employers.)<ref name="TNK_interview" />

In 1990, the strip began to be run in the ''[[SF Weekly]]'', before being picked up in the fall of 1991 by the ''[[San Francisco Examiner]]''. During this time of expanding audiences for Perkins, he shifted the focus of his work to politics. Perkins added papers throughout the 1990s, distributing his comic via self-syndication, a practice he has continued throughout his career.<ref name="TNK_interview">{{cite web|last1=Rhodes|first1=Steve|title=Tomorrow Never Knows|url=http://www.thismodernworld.com/pages/int1/int_bMFprofile.htm|publisher=Mediafile|date=December 1992 – January 1993|access-date=4 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2016/10/film-roman-working-on-animated-series-based-on-this-modern-world-1201833138/ |title=Animated Series Based On Acclaimed Underground Comic Strip 'This Modern World' In Works |last=Lincoln |first=Ross A. |date=2016-10-08 |website=Deadline|access-date=2017-12-30}}</ref>

In 1998, Perkins was asked by editor [[James Fallows]] to contribute a bi-weekly cartoon to ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'', but was fired less than six months later, reportedly at the direction of owner [[Mort Zuckerman]].<ref name="pressclips">{{cite news|url=http://www.thismodernworld.com/pages/int1/int_bpressclips.htm|title= No Mort Tomorrows|work=The Village Voice|access-date=2009-05-02}}</ref>

In 1999, Perkins had an animation deal with ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' and produced three animated spots that were never aired.<ref name="Progressive"/> In 2000 and 2001, his online animated series was the top-billed attraction in [[Mondo Media's]] lineup of mini-shows, in which the voice of Sparky the Penguin was provided by ''[[Jeopardy!]]'' champion and author [[Bob Harris (writer)|Bob Harris]].<ref name="OJR">{{cite web|url=http://www.ojr.org/ojr/lasica/1021401053.php|title=Let's Get Animated|publisher=Online Journalism Review|access-date=2009-05-02}} See http://thismodernworld.com/animation-and-film</ref> Perkins has also collaborated with [[Michael Moore]], according to a 2005 interview with the ''Santa Cruz Metro''.<ref name="metroactive">{{cite web| url=http://www.metroactive.com/papers/cruz/11.02.05/tomorrow-0544.html|title=Here Today, Tom Tomorrow|publisher=Santa Cruz Metro|access-date=2009-05-02}}</ref>

In December 2007, [[Keith Olbermann]] devoted the closing segment of an episode of [[Countdown with Keith Olberman|his show]] to a reading of "[[Bill O'Reilly (political commentator) |Bill O'Reilly]]'s Very Useful Advice for Young People", a two-page cartoon-cover story by Perkins for ''[[The Village Voice]]''.<ref name="runninscared">{{cite web|url=http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2007/12/olbermann_chann.php|title=Runnin' Scared|website=The Village Voice|access-date=2009-05-04|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011192612/http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2007/12/olbermann_chann.php|archive-date=2008-10-11}}</ref>

In 2009, [[Village Voice Media]], publishers of 16 alternative weeklies, suspended all syndicated cartoons across their entire chain. Perkins thereby lost twelve client papers in cities including [[Los Angeles]], [[Minneapolis]], New York, and [[Seattle]],<ref name="TMW-VVM">{{cite web|url=http://thismodernworld.com/4657 |title=Oy |publisher=thismodernworld blog |access-date=2009-05-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090413041100/http://www.thismodernworld.com/4657 |archive-date=April 13, 2009 }}</ref> prompting his friend [[Eddie Vedder]] to post an open letter on the [[Pearl Jam]] website in support of the cartoonist.<ref name="Pearl Jam">{{cite web|url=https://pearljam.com/news/modern-world-needs-your-help|title=This Modern World Needs Your Help|publisher=Pearl Jam website|access-date=2017-06-05|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090715113202/https://pearljam.com/news/modern-world-needs-your-help|archive-date=2009-07-15}}</ref> Vedder and Perkins had become friends after meeting at a campaign rally for [[Ralph Nader]] in 2000.<ref name="NYT_PJ">{{cite news|last1=Sisario|first1=Ben|title=Bad Luck Turns Good: That's Rock 'n' Roll|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/08/arts/music/08pearl.html|website=The New York Times|date=7 September 2009 |access-date=4 June 2017}}</ref> The collaboration between Pearl Jam and Perkins continued with an invitation to submit cover art for the ''[[Backspacer]]'' album in 2009.<ref name="backspacer">{{cite web|url=http://thismodernworld.com/4774 |title=Now it can be (partly) told |author=Tom Tomorrow |publisher=Tom Tomorrow |date=2009-06-02 |access-date=2009-06-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090605092728/http://thismodernworld.com/4774 |archive-date=June 5, 2009 }}</ref> After being selected to provide the cover art for ''Backspacer'', Perkins went on to create a series of Halloween-themed posters for the concerts supporting the album.<ref name="TBS_posters">{{cite web|title=Pearl Jam Concert Posters by Tom Tomorrow|url=http://www.theblotsays.com/2009/11/pearl-jam-concert-posters-by-tom.html|website=TheBlotSays.Com|access-date=4 June 2017}}</ref>

In 2015, Perkins was a finalist for the [[Pulitzer Prize]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Cavna|first1=Michael|title=Pulitzer|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/04/25/tom-tomorrow-what-does-it-mean-when-a-true-outlier-is-a-pulitzer-prize-finalist/|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=4 June 2017}}</ref> and later in the year, ran a [[Kickstarter]] campaign that raised more than $300,000 to publish a career retrospective, ''25 Years of Tomorrow''.<ref name="kickstarter" />