Failure to Launch: A Tour of Ill-Fated Futures
by Kel McDonald
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Pub Date Jul 09 2024 | Archive Date Jul 31 2024
Letter Better Publishing Services | Iron Circus Comics
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Description
"Incredibly fascinating." — BOOKLIST Starred Review
Not all dreams come true! While history is written by the winners, the full story of humanity is built on the moments when things went completely sideways; the spectacular screw-ups, monumental mistakes, and explosive errors that paved the way for the bright and shiny achievements we normally celebrate. Today, the losers get their due as we honor the speed bumps we had to hit on the road to progress!
In this entertaining tour of ill-fated futures, some of comics’ brightest talents relate the historical failure they’re most passionate about, bringing each moment to life in a hopeful and inspiring short story anthology. Some of these dreams were too big for their time, some were unfairly stopped by forces beyond their control, and some were best left on the cutting room floor, but all are windows to a world of possibility that’s still — for now — just beyond the horizon.
Features work by RYAN NORTH, HARRY “HBOMBERGUY” BREWIS, EVAN DAHM, BLUE DELLIQUANTI, RYAN ESTRADA, and many more!
Available Editions
EDITION | Other Format |
ISBN | 9781638991236 |
PRICE | $30.00 (USD) |
PAGES | 340 |
Available on NetGalley
Featured Reviews
What an interesting concept! If you’re interested in learning about the unsuccessful side of history, look no further than the graphic novel ‘Failure to Launch.’ From the cover image you would think that this was a fiction-based story maybe centered around robots or a teen of superheroes defeating robots, but you would be wrong (to an extent). I truly had no idea that these historical moments or failed inventions ever existed until now. School focuses on successful inventions because who doesn’t want to talk about the brilliance of the human mind when creating completely new things. To say that is was informative would be an understatement.’Failure to Launch’ is written and illustrated by a collection of different artists/writers, giving you quite a wide range of artistic styles.
This graphic tour of humanity's past attempts to improve society through technology is as fun as it is informative. From the early blood transfusions to the dawn of the Luddites, each chapter comes from a different creative team and tells a different story most readers will probably not be aware of. The diversity of styles and topics makes this a unique and worthwhile read for fans of books on technology, history, or just good graphic novels that use the form as well as can be done.
What a cool concept! This collection of short snippets of history in comic form was so interesting! I enjoyed these stories and thought the collection as a whole was really well done. Each artist brought their own style to the story they were telling and for the most part they were very interesting and engaging!
I'd recommend this to history lovers who are looking for unique books about history that they might not have thought to look for or to anyone who enjoys reading comics and graphic novels.
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