A very quick, very enjoyable read. I'm putting it on the comics shelf because, well, I can, and it is heavily illustrated--which is a big part of its buzz. The story, by nearly all accounts, is told in a combination of words and pictures, but having read it--most of the pictures seemed like illustration of something that either was expressed, or could have been in just a few words. 
 I liked the book, especially for its being one of the first of its kind (I'd look for other books like this in the near future). Rather than making the book seem like a comic, it does have a certain cinematic feel. The picture-sections have a good rhythm; the prose is (mostly) well written. Where it starts to clunk a little is when it's a page or two of text, a picture illustrating the text, a page of text, an illustration, page of text. The prose and the pictures have distinct, but different, rhythms, coordinating but not complementing, exactly. 
 Overall: a good read, one I'd recommend. Film lovers, comics fans, those interested in 19th-century automatons: what are you waiting for? Go to the library and get this! (Because the $23 cover price is maybe a little steep for a 2-hour read.)