Future: Closer Than We Think?

If you think the Trib publishes some crazy shit now, you should see the kinds of things they used to run. These illustrations are part of a series called Closer Than We Think, by Arthur Radebaugh (whose work you might recognize), which ran in the Tribune and other newspapers from 1958-62.

Some are actually weirdly prescient, like the "lunar mailbag," which predicts that "Christmas cards of the future may be transmitted electronically."

Others...well, we're still waiting for the fishbowl swimming pool. And the "all seeing TV eyes."

Plenty more where those came from at the deeply rad Paleo-Future.