Flight Volume 1

by Vera Brosgol, Jen Wang, Catia Chien, et al.

Book Overview

Let your imagination take flight with the first volume of this groundbreaking graphic novel fantasy anthology series, featuring short stories from some of today's most legendary artists, including the series editor, Amulet creator Kazu Kibuishi

"Most of the stories in this gorgeous color anthology are about flying, but the title also refers to its contributors starting to take wing. . . . As Scott McCloud notes in his afterword,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345496361
• ISBN13: 9780345496362
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Inklore
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.6" x 10.2"

Customer Reviews

A great showcase of talent

I don't normally go for collections, but the Flight volume was special. It takes draws a massive pool of visual and storytelling talents and created something wonderful and introspective. It's no wonder this series is so deeply respected.

beautiful graphic novels

the flight series is one of the best graphic novel series ive ever read. beautiful art and fantastic stories. easy and evjoyable read.

An invitation to the sky

Charming, funny, delicate, deep, whimsical, rhapsodic, and altogether uplifting. I feel priveliged to be able to read these tales and take in the amazing range of art.

Brilliant

I've been waiting for this book since I found out about it back in the Spring. It was worth the wait. This is one of the best books I own. The art is brilliant, the stories enchanting, and the book beautiful overall. Everyone should buy a copy of this book.

Oh wow...

Remember 1990 and what a desolate time it was for comics? The major companies weren't doing anything remotely interesting and had started the whole mess of needing to buy 5 titles to get a single story; Image hadn't come along to with creator-owned stuff yet; and Jademan had pulled out of the US market. Sure, there were a few bright spots - The Vertigo line was just starting, but overall, it was pretty bleak. All of a sudden, Heavy Metal got a second wind and started publishing *good* stories again - full of life and vibrance and with plots and art that weren't afraid of nay-saying normalists. Nothing lasts forever, but for a few years, Heavy Metal was the place to go for interesting stories every month. Reading *Flight* took me back to those days, back to when, as a jaded teen, I opened up Heavy Metal and was blown away by the vitality of the art and writing on the page. Kazu Kibuishi's genius was to ask a bunch of his webcomics and artist friends to contribute to an anthology, which was intended for a small press release. Little did they know that Image Comics would see their work and be blown away enough to publish it, thus ensuring that a larger audience would read it. *Flight* is a collection of stories, many of them having to do with flying, but not all. There's an action story involving a zeppelin; a wonderful mixed-media story about discovering people you've know for years; a nearly wordless piece about triumphing over fear (my personal fave, done by Dylan Meconis and Bill Mudron); a post-script by Scott McCloud; and a couple "Copper" pieces by Kazu himself (featured on his website www.boltcity.com). These are comics, pure and simple. Graphic storytelling at its best by people who don't care about "rules" in art and who didn't wait for "permission" to make their own book. There's nothing trendy or throw-away in this book - no manga, no steroid-superheroes, no grim lines to be muttered in a badas$mofo manner. Little tales - some cute, some dark, some deeply personal, some poetic. All of 'em wonderful. Pick it up. Pick it up and read it. And then give it to a friend. And then tell someone else about it. Because work like this deserves to be seen.