I really enjoyed this fun, adventurous tale. It seemed like it was aged at older children and teenagers, but I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys all age graphic novels. I really enjoyed how particularly British it felt too. It took me a little while to figure out who all the characters were and how they knew each other, but by the end I was on board and ready for the rest of the series!

I’d never read John Allison before this, I must say I thoroughly enjoyed his work and I look forward to more! The characters were very charming, yet awkward. The story was humorous and well developed. I also thought the art work was sort of a cutesy/edgy. I will be researching him more and definitely adding him to our collection!

I hadn’t read John Allison in well over a decade but reading this volume immediately brought back all the charm, humor, and quirky energy of his world. I hope these stay in print a long time.

If you have been following this series online, this is the first collection from when it first started. If you haven't stumbled across Bad Machinery, and you like Giant Days, I would suggest giving this a try, as it has a similar, though much younger, group of quirky friends having adventures.

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These are some pictures. As you can see, if is done in the same style as Giant Days, just with
a younger cast.

<img src="https://g2comm.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-05-at-9.08.30-AM.png" alt="Bad Machinery" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-4690" />

<img src="https://g2comm.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Screen-Shot-2018-11-05-at-9.09.43-AM.png" alt="Bad Machinery" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-4689" />

As with Giant Days, things seem like a conventional normal story, until they don't and there are space aliens instead of little old ladies that emigrated from Russia.

If you like that kind of weirdness, I would recommend checking this out.

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Best way to know if you will like this, is to check out <a href="http://www.scarygoround.com/?date=20090921" target="_blank">Bad Machinery.</a> The first story on the site, after the preamble, is the story that is in this volume. And since this has been going on for a while, the children have grown up a bit in the latest stories.

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.