Comic strips look to the future at the Cartoon Museum in London
The Cartoon Museum in London has opened a new exhibition titled 'The Future Was Then,' running until March 21, 2026, which presents visions of the future as imagined by comic book artists. The show features iconic characters such as Dan Dare, Judge Dredd, Buck Rogers, and Tank Girl, tracing how comic strips have reflected shifting societal hopes and anxieties about what lies ahead, from mid-20th-century optimism to the darker, more cynical outlook of the late 1970s.