20 years ago, this comic predicted...Amanda Warren Somewhere in my possession, is a cut out of a New Yorker comic from 1999 by Dan Perkins. He is better known as Tom Tomorrow, an independent cartoonist who pens This Modern World. That comic of a futuristic news report is here, by the way. But even before that and before NSA-surveillance and Edward Snowden were household conversations, before if youve got nothing to hide became a common retort, Toms comic below was published in Spin magazine in 1994! Will Oremus at Slate.com writes that the context for this comic was the mid-nineties NSA introduction of the Clipper chip, said to have been abandoned. It was to allow greater use of phone tapping but only when legal to do so, of course. Oremus also notes that this comic might not be as full of impact today because its so obvious and that the cop in the last panel looks a lot like a certain president. Tom Tomorrow is also known for his comics sardonically introducing kids to Droney the friendly drone. I highly recommend you do a search for them or check out his archives below. Like him, love him, leave him; Tom Tomorrows poignant observations were spot-on more than 20 years ago. He was among the first, if not the very first, independent artists to offer his work freely on the Internet as early as 1992. Tom Tomorrows extensive work: His merchandise, including a Droney shirt Recent articles by Amanda Warren 