THE WORLD OF TOMORROW debuts this week

Uncharted Wilderness Studios has a brand new collection launching in shops right this moment April 19, and it’s a great match for you Small Press Spotlight followers who favor a retro vibe. The World of Tomorrow is a sci-fi comedy set in Nineteen Fifties Hollywood and is a departure from the writer’s premiere e-book, the horror/western Rougarou.

 

Set in Nineteen Fifties Hollywood, The World of Tomorrow follows the journey of Craig Barstow, the burned-out lead actor of the (previously) #1 sci-fi TV present, aptly named: The World of Tomorrow. When the present is canceled, and the mob comes calling for his unpaid playing money owed, a failed hit job leaves him delusional and believing he really is the present’s valiant protagonist: Captain Cal Armstrong. Now, with the mob on his tail, and the tyrannical studio boss at his throat, he should discover a strategy to maintain his present on the air, regain his sanity, and get the mob off his tail, all earlier than the present’s closing 5 pm broadcast. 

 

The genre-bending premiere collection from Uncharted Wilderness Studios launches in shops on April nineteenth.  

 

The new comedian “pays homage to (and pokes fun of) the tropes of both science fiction and Hollywood as a whole.” Writer and filmmaker Giles Clarke is on the helm.

“I’ve always been intrigued with the early days of television and life in the Atomic Age”, mentioned Clarke. “The hopefulness and naivete about how the future would look was in stark contrast to the darkness of WWII that they had just gone through. That juxtaposition provided a great backdrop for the character of Craig Barstow, a man whose own mentality is totally at odds with itself.”

Art for the collection is by Kenan Halilović, who has drawn for such titles as Legacy and Witch Creek Road.

“Kenan really captured an accurate look and feel of the time period”, defined Clarke. “Going into production, we had a reference deck of historical photos of every location, character, costume, prop, and vehicle. Anything that was going on the page was in that deck. In addition to his technical accuracy, Kenan’s ability to portray nuanced emotion in the characters really landed the comedy and the drama in every panel.”

Costa Rican colorist Felipe Obando (Rough Justice, The American Beast, and Sleepwalkers) and AndWorld Design (based by Eisner and Harvey Award-nominated letterer Deron Bennett) spherical out the inventive crew.

The World of Tomorrow is a six-issue restricted collection, with subject #1 out there right this moment. Check out just a few panels beneath!