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Originally published by Image Comics in 2004, Flight, Volume One launched this graphic novel series with a resounding bang. Since then the Flight series has steadily increased in popularity–and now all of the Flight backlist will be coming to Villard!
Flight, Volume One received a great boost when graphic novel hero Scott McCloud praised the quality and artistry of the book in an afterward entitled THE YEAR COMICS TOOK FLIGHT. Little could readers know at the time how prophetic McCloud’s words would prove to be.
“Regardless of where it’s shelved, this book belongs in every library.” — Library Journal on Flight, Volume One
Authors included in Flight, Volume One are: Bengal, Bill Mudron, Catia Chien, Chris Appelhans, Clio Chiang, Derek Kirk Kim, Dylan Meconis, Enrico Casarosa, Erika Moen, Hope Larson, Jacob Magraw-Mickelson, Jake Parker, Jen Wang, Joel Carroll, Kazu Kibuishi, Khang Le, Neil Babra, Philip Craven, Rad Sechrist, and Vera Brosgol.
Flight, Volume One received a great boost when graphic novel hero Scott McCloud praised the quality and artistry of the book in an afterward entitled THE YEAR COMICS TOOK FLIGHT. Little could readers know at the time how prophetic McCloud’s words would prove to be.
“Regardless of where it’s shelved, this book belongs in every library.” — Library Journal on Flight, Volume One
Authors included in Flight, Volume One are: Bengal, Bill Mudron, Catia Chien, Chris Appelhans, Clio Chiang, Derek Kirk Kim, Dylan Meconis, Enrico Casarosa, Erika Moen, Hope Larson, Jacob Magraw-Mickelson, Jake Parker, Jen Wang, Joel Carroll, Kazu Kibuishi, Khang Le, Neil Babra, Philip Craven, Rad Sechrist, and Vera Brosgol.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Comic
I have purchased all of the flight series, the cover mislead me into thinking this was one passage on the meaning of flight. It is not, it is a collection of weirdly imaginative stories - each of varying styles and quality. (very varying) I particularly love the wordless ones with the fox!
Not all the work is of the quality of the cover art, but the ideas and concepts behind them are both interesting and imaginative, well worth looking at.
You would like this book if you are/were a day dreamer or an artist or comic book fan. It doesn't disappoint. I like them and I'm 27, so does my daughter who is 6!
Not all the work is of the quality of the cover art, but the ideas and concepts behind them are both interesting and imaginative, well worth looking at.
You would like this book if you are/were a day dreamer or an artist or comic book fan. It doesn't disappoint. I like them and I'm 27, so does my daughter who is 6!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Comic
Flight is not one book but a collection of short stories in the comic book medium.
Now while these writers are (or in the case of its creator and editor Kazu kibushi were) unknowns there is nothing remotely amateur about these, Flight is a treasure chest of imagination almost overflowing with ideas. in the words of Scott McCloud (world renowned comic book expert) these are writes who have learned from their idles and moved one.
And they certainly have learned! on display are some of the cleverest uses of the comic medium ever, some things so subtle that you wouldn't ever know that they were there others using the medium in ways un imagined.
the range of the stories is greater that you would think, they range high adventure to poignant recollection to modern gothic tragedy to visual poetry, but still they all flow together not just seamlessly, but in such a way that they enhance each other.
it is worth reading these stories slowly or re-reading them as you won't take in everything fist time round, Kean Soo's Migrations in particular is well worth analysing it is a great slice of modern art with feeling.
Many of the stories on display have great art but the real point is that comics should be stories told though art, if you are tired of in some graphic novels you seem to have the story parts and the visual art parts Flight will be a welcome relief.
while many of the stories contain flight in some way shape or form that is not what the book is about, the book is so named because it is about the idea of creative flight, and this is I would say the most artistically free book written of a long time, as for breaking barriers down? well this book doesn't need to. It fly's straight over them!
A true heartfelt work of art
Now while these writers are (or in the case of its creator and editor Kazu kibushi were) unknowns there is nothing remotely amateur about these, Flight is a treasure chest of imagination almost overflowing with ideas. in the words of Scott McCloud (world renowned comic book expert) these are writes who have learned from their idles and moved one.
And they certainly have learned! on display are some of the cleverest uses of the comic medium ever, some things so subtle that you wouldn't ever know that they were there others using the medium in ways un imagined.
the range of the stories is greater that you would think, they range high adventure to poignant recollection to modern gothic tragedy to visual poetry, but still they all flow together not just seamlessly, but in such a way that they enhance each other.
it is worth reading these stories slowly or re-reading them as you won't take in everything fist time round, Kean Soo's Migrations in particular is well worth analysing it is a great slice of modern art with feeling.
Many of the stories on display have great art but the real point is that comics should be stories told though art, if you are tired of in some graphic novels you seem to have the story parts and the visual art parts Flight will be a welcome relief.
while many of the stories contain flight in some way shape or form that is not what the book is about, the book is so named because it is about the idea of creative flight, and this is I would say the most artistically free book written of a long time, as for breaking barriers down? well this book doesn't need to. It fly's straight over them!
A true heartfelt work of art
3 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Comic
If you're thinking of buying this to enjoy more of Kazu's work then you will be disappointed.I feel that I was tricked into buying because it was marketed using Kazu's name.There are one and a half stories by Kazu.A more accurate description would be 'a collection of comic art from various artists including Kazu 'By all means add it to your wish list and get someone else to buy it for you!Put YOUR money towards the Amulet series.Much more worth it in my opinion.
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