Failure to Launch

A Tour of Ill-Fated Futures

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 speedbumps 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 into a world of possibilities that’s still—for now—just beyond the horizon.

Featuring the following:

• Bagels in Space by Helen Greetham
• Birth by Blonsky by Dani Colman and Einar V. Másson
• CGIdol by Victor Santiago and Bolu Oriowo
• Dead Calls by Nakata "Knack" Whittle and Sam "SunnyShea" Roberts
• Dead Eyed by Erin Keepers and Fend Hamilton
• Death of a PC Repair Shop by E. Altman
• Hemispheres by Violet Kitchen
• Indestructible Bicycle by Rowan Oats
• Lead Balloon by Katie Tiedrich
• Little Islands by Blue Delliquanti
• Lost Dogs by Iris Jay
• Magic City, All of Fire by Evan Dahm
• Milking It by Colin O'Mahoney and Mari Rolin
• Ninit'i or The End by Kelci D Crawford
• One Man's Beast, Another Man's Bacon by Triple Dream Comics
• The Panopticon by Shannon Saar
• Pneumatic Tube to Nowhere by Cat Parra
• Poma by Ashley Hasfal
• Rats by Ryan Estrada & Aarón Cruz
• When Do We Get Our Star Trek Future by J. Dalton
• The Digesting Duck by C.S. Garcia Martinez
• The First Union by Harry "Hbomberguy" Brewis and Skutch
• The First Wind-Power Revolution by Matthew R Francis and Maki Naro
• The Paradise Within Reach of All Men by Ryan North and Kel McDonald
• The Pasilalinic Sympathetic Compass by Maddi Gonzalez and Alice Woods
• The Rain-Making Machine by Lore Vicente
• The Second Extinction of the Pyrenean Ibex by Erin Roseberry
• The World Turns by Barbara Mazzi
• To Be Believed to Be Seen by Tuisku H.
• What Happens at Midnight? by Colton Fox
• Zigurats by André Valente