Graphic Novel Review: Once Upon a Time Machine, reviewed by Karen D

This graphic novel anthology was a play on fairy tales set in an alternate reality or the far future. 

John Henry is a space mechanic that is being replaced by machines. Pinocchio is a computer that wants to be real. The Three Billy Goats Gruff is a girl trying to get medicine in an abandon city with robots guarding the buildings. The Tortoise and the Hare is a dangerous race with traps and betrayal. 

These stories are creative and vary from author to author. The artwork is suburb in each story and I found myself wondering what other works some of the artist have done. There were also panels between stories with a look at Red Riding Hood and the Three Little Pigs that I would have loved to see in actual stories. I guess there is the expression- Always leave them wanting more! 

Teens will love the updated stories and I know there is an artwork style in this book that will for them.