Failure to Launch: A Tour of Ill-Fated Futures

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.