4CP Friday

By: Scott Edelman
June 17, 2011

To celebrate the one-year anniversary of 4CP, HiLobrow invited guest curators to assemble themed comic-book-detail galleries from 4CP’s collection. Click here to see all galleries.

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THEME: THE FUTURE DIMINISHED
CURATOR: SCOTT EDELMAN

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I remember tomorrow. Tomorrow was going to be huge. Tomorrow was going to dwarf we who brought it into being. Tomorrow was going to be a monument casting a shadow large enough to shelter us all.

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But now, our monoliths are miniaturized. Now, what was to fill a room instead fits in a pocket. Now, our dreams have grown strangely small. Now is no longer tomorrow.

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For tomorrow…

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Tomorrow is a broken promise.

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SIMILAR HILOBROW SERIES: CHESS MATCH — a gallery | FILE X — a gallery | KIRB YOUR ENTHUSIASM — 25 Jack Kirby panels | SECRET PANEL —Silver Age comics’ double entendres | SKRULLICISM | CURATED: 4CP FTW by John Hilgart | ANNOTATED GIF by Kerry Callen | FANCHILD by Adam McGovern

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