Originally published by Image Comics in 2004, "Flight, Volume One" launched this graphic novel series with a resounding bang. Since then the "Fligh...
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Sep 24, 2007
Speedtribes
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Out of all the volumes, I have to say that the first volume was the most interesting to me simply because this was an anthology where the majority of the artists are females drawing in styles that aren't typically noticed in the Superhero, male, and floppy format dominated American comics industry. These are fellow artists in my age group who I've seen online and at conventions -- I wanted this volume in support of them and their work. I applaud them just for the very existence of this book-- a
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Feb 24, 2009
Jared
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One day, when I was ten or so, alone in the dinnertime quiet of our suburban cul-de-sac, I reclined in the seat of an upturned Big Wheel and let my gaze wander upwards. My head lay on the warm pavement, which hummed with the day's dissipating heat and, far below, the slow engine of the turning earth. Staring past the handlebars, I watched as the pane of blue ahead, just a dusty ceiling an hour ago, began to slowly sink away, giving way to a distance I'd considered but never quite conceived. I fe
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Jun 04, 2011
Michelle.
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This was a collection of stories from different authors and I have a story that involves this book that I would like to share...
So I got this from an elementry school library and I checked it out. I read it while on the bus and when I was almost done, there was a comic showing a lady giving birth. I had no problem with this; I'm mature enough to see this without being giggly or out of line. But lets go back to the fact that this was in an elementry school library. This book, had full More...
So I got this from an elementry school library and I checked it out. I read it while on the bus and when I was almost done, there was a comic showing a lady giving birth. I had no problem with this; I'm mature enough to see this without being giggly or out of line. But lets go back to the fact that this was in an elementry school library. This book, had full More...
Oct 21, 2009
Abraham
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"A collection of short comics by an array of people who look awfully hip; I was drawn in by the pretty colors." I wrote that before I started this book and I assure you it still holds true, but I can add a few things:
I read my first graphic novel in early 2009 and I have been hooked ever since, but I am still not sold on the idea of super short graphic stories. Sure, these mysterious little things called "comic books" have done well for themselves, but still, any More...
I read my first graphic novel in early 2009 and I have been hooked ever since, but I am still not sold on the idea of super short graphic stories. Sure, these mysterious little things called "comic books" have done well for themselves, but still, any More...
Aug 20, 2011
Jaryd
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I swear, I am addicted to anything Kazu Kibuishi related; however, this particular book wasn't entirely comprised of his work. Flight is an anthology of stories written and drawn by various authors of different styles and perspectives. Common amongst these works, and easily understood, was this overarching theme of "flight" and "taking to the skies" - a theme which has led to a sundry of untold stories brimming with imagination whereby merely thinking about reading them wil
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Mar 12, 2011
Mpho3
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I love storytelling through graphic art and was fairly excited to dive into this compilation of up-and-coming artists. Like other readers, I found the volume to be a mixed bag. I loved the theme "flight" and enjoyed the creative manner in which some of the artists worked with it. However, I found one nagging problem with most of the stories - lack of narrative development. Of the 24 stories, I felt that two (Jake Parker's "Hugo Earheart" and "The Bowl" by Clio Chiang
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Mar 28, 2009
Heidi
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My one-word review of this book would have to be "charming." I picked it up because I kept seeing it on the shelf at the library, and the cover looked so beautiful I finally had to give in. And the cover sold the book accurately, because the book is beautiful, enchanting, and deceptively easy to slide into. Essentially these are short stories told in graphic form: a few have no words at all or very, very few. The styles of art vary between pieces, sometimes radically. The types of
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Sep 03, 2011
Craig
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read as 3.5 stars.
What do you know? sometimes you CAN judge a book by its cover. I was drawn to this series by the amazing cover art (and now that I've finished volume 1, I'm glad that I picked up volume 2 at the same time.).
Basically a graphic novel anthology of short stories that are all somehow related to flight of one sort or another. Some authors took the idea very literal while others were more playful. I have to say there isn't a stinker in the bunch. I enjoye More...
What do you know? sometimes you CAN judge a book by its cover. I was drawn to this series by the amazing cover art (and now that I've finished volume 1, I'm glad that I picked up volume 2 at the same time.).
Basically a graphic novel anthology of short stories that are all somehow related to flight of one sort or another. Some authors took the idea very literal while others were more playful. I have to say there isn't a stinker in the bunch. I enjoye More...
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Aug 02, 2010
George
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A collection of graphic short stories from a variety of up-and-coming (or at least they were at the time) artists/authors. All of the stories are loosely tied to the theme of flight, in its various meanings. I think the ambition and the idea rate higher than the execution, but still enjoyed it. As with any anthology, there are going to be some stories that grab each reader more than others. For this particular collection, I found that my overall impression of a story was colored more by the arti
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Jan 21, 2012
Kimberly
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A strong anthology, with a wide variety of artistic styles and approaches to graphic novels. This would be an excellent book to hand to someone who's not familiar with graphic novels, to showcase the range of expression. It's focus is on the visual, with storytelling sometimes lagging behind. But visually, it's stunning. There's sure to be something here for everyone.
Flight includes some amazing pieces. Some expanded my conception of what's possible in the format. Some images stuck i More...
Flight includes some amazing pieces. Some expanded my conception of what's possible in the format. Some images stuck i More...
Mar 21, 2011
Diana
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This book is a collection of short story graphic novels by several renowned artists. The stories are as varied as the artists - some are complete fantasy, others are realism. Some artists use beautiful watercolor washes, others use traditional pen and ink, others use bright, vibrant colors. I have a feeling that this volume would probably appeal more to adults than kids. Some of the more artsy stories can be a bit difficult to follow. But there's nothing in it that is inappropriate, and my
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Jan 06, 2011
Ross
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This was a really enjoyable collection. The only thing that kept it from five stars was the lack of common thread. I really enjoy longer novels or longer short stories or something that I can cut my teeth on, you know? This had some great stories, great art, no question. There were just several times while I was reading the stories that I started craving more of one story, and less of another. I would love to see some of these talented writers and artists pop up with vertigo or image or DC o
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May 25, 2009
Alex
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I read somewhere that Flight is uneven, and I think I agree. But its fluctuations between great and just okay. Some are short amusing larks, others quite cool stories, some weren't my taste but still interesting. Also the cover is awesome so... My only complaint is that most of them seemed to end with clever endings, and that it is just a bit too clever especially when many of the stories end this way. I think that is a flaw that is common in many short story/comics. Also many of them ende
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Aug 04, 2011
James
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Having not read the description before reading this book, I wasn't aware that it was an anthology. This is no one's fault but my own, but, since I thought I was getting an original work of Kibuishi's, I found myself disappointed.
That said, I didn't give up on reading it. Each entry is a short story that has something to do with flight (save for a few). Most took on an artistic expression, as if to show off the author's style. As such, some of the stories are a bit out there. I liked a More...
That said, I didn't give up on reading it. Each entry is a short story that has something to do with flight (save for a few). Most took on an artistic expression, as if to show off the author's style. As such, some of the stories are a bit out there. I liked a More...
May 22, 2010
Kimberly
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The art is beautiful (particularly the cover) and the variety of artistic styles on display is impressive, but I would have appreciated more actual story in each offering. Many of the contributions were very slim on plot. By that I don't mean they didn't have enough text - just that the combination of art and text didn't always tell a story with the requisite beginning, middle, and end. A lot of them seemed all beginning.
Kazu Kibuishi's two "Copper" stories were absolute More...
Kazu Kibuishi's two "Copper" stories were absolute More...
Mar 06, 2010
Todd
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Interesting little anthology in a graphic novel. I picked it up on a whim as I had free credit at the local comic book story in Norfolk. I would say this is geared more toward the manga crowd.
The artwork is beautiful and all of the artists did a great job. One criticism is that there is a rip-off story of Porco Rosso as the first tale and instead of Piccolo the Crimson Pig this seems to be Diabetus Cat as an anthromorphic. But the poetry tied to the story of Air and Water is inte More...
The artwork is beautiful and all of the artists did a great job. One criticism is that there is a rip-off story of Porco Rosso as the first tale and instead of Piccolo the Crimson Pig this seems to be Diabetus Cat as an anthromorphic. But the poetry tied to the story of Air and Water is inte More...
Jun 07, 2011
Colleen
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This anthology and those which follow it are fantastic. I prefer certain volumes, but each has at least one short story which causes me to get absurdly excited. I usually dislike the disjointed quality of anthologies, but I gave "Flight" a try because I'd already been following a handful of these artists online. If you like short stories, and especially if you only picture the DC/Marvel and manga styles when you hear the words "comics" or "graphic novels"...then
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Nov 04, 2007
Crystal
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My husband is the graphic novel buyer for the wholesale division of the publishing company that I work for. He recommended this book to me when I told him that I wanted to learn more about graphic novels.
Flight is a collection of different "short stories" told in graphic form all around the theme of flight.
This was a really hard one for me to rate because some of the stories I absolutely adored and wished that there was an entire book of them while others I admit I More...
Flight is a collection of different "short stories" told in graphic form all around the theme of flight.
This was a really hard one for me to rate because some of the stories I absolutely adored and wished that there was an entire book of them while others I admit I More...
Jan 23, 2012
Rachel
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I picked up this volume after picking up Kibuishi's "Amulet, Book 4: The Last Council," and finally decided that I wanted to read more of the author's work. The book is a collection of up-and-coming comic/graphic novel creators, and they are all-based on the idea of flight. My favorites were Derek Kirk Kim (author of "Good as Lily"), Kazu Kibuishi, Jake Parker, Vera Brosgol (author of "Anya's Ghost"), Jen Wang, Neil Babra, Rad Sechrist, and Phil Craven's work. Recom
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Jul 22, 2010
Michael
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"Flight " is my second graphic. The first was "Interview With A Vampire" by Anne Rice, not counting comix as a child. The layouts remind me of great animated movies, such as "The Triplets of D'Oberville" (sp) and "Up." The majority of the stories delivered a moralistic theme, a plot line, and strong imagery. I know my students would enjoy "Flight," and I wonder where to put graphics and how to use them in the class room, an idea for the next disc
Jul 13, 2011
Garrett
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Flying is something we've all probably thought about once in our lives. The freedom, the adventure. This book collects a number of short graphic stories playing on the common theme of flight. Some stories were good, others bad; some art was very good, some not so go, some avant-garde. Nothing groundbreaking, but an interesting collection examining a few different angles of a theme. Overall, an enjoyable, if quick, read. I'll probably pick up others in this collection.
Dec 13, 2011
Sesana
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Anthologies are difficult to review. Do I rate by the best of the collection or the worst? Luckily, Flight solves my problem by having almost uniformly good and, more to the point of the collection, beautifully illustrated stories. There's a wide variety here. The thread that binds them together is the concept of flight, very very loosely defined. So in the same collection, we have adventures aboard an airship and reflections on faith. There's also a huge range of art styles, including collage-i
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Sep 11, 2011
Jennifer
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Though it is hard to rate a collection of stories all together, I found this first book to be something wonderful. There were a few stories that I didn't enjoy as much, but the exploration of the theme with the different art styles made a great and wonderful complete work. I agree with what other people have said, that the cover art is the most catching thing about this book, at least at first glance. Yet, the stories inside are wonderful as well and done in their own unique way. It has spurred
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Aug 06, 2009
Benjamin
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A collection of short stories in comic form, all dealing with the idea of flight. I read this one after reading some of the later volumes and I am glad that I didn't start here. A lot of the stories feel incomplete, seeming to pick up in the middle of a thread, with no real satisfying conclusion before moving on to the next story. The later volumes have more self-contained stories with a beginning, middle, and end.
Nov 16, 2009
Jennifer
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I wanted to love this collection, but, as with any collection, there are some stories that you love, and some that you just find "eh." I think that I would've been completely blown away by this collection had I read it closer to when it was first published, before the renaissance in graphic novels and comics books in America, but this time around, only a few stories met my expectations, which, admittedly were probably too high. In picking up the collection, I was probably subconsciou
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Jul 18, 2009
Enrique
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After seeing that there was a sale on trade paperbacks at New England Comics, I knew I had to pick this up. I've perused this book many times before in bookstores, but never felt the urge to pick them up at the time. It's only after being introduced to the work of several of the amazing illustrators that comprise the work that I felt the urge to pick this up.
I'm a fan. Volume 2 is also exceptional.
I'm a fan. Volume 2 is also exceptional.
Jan 06, 2010
Tung
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Image Comics is one of the largest comic book publishers in the world. They made moves into online comics far ahead of the establishment publishers DC and Marvel. Image supports a legion of young professional and non-professional cartoonists. In 2004, they published their first anthology of these cartoonists’ creative efforts (Flight, Volume One). The tales told in these works span the entire spectrum of contemporary comic stylings from manga-influenced works to rough sketches to symbolic sur
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Oct 26, 2011
John
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Fine kickoff to the series, with particularly fine illustrations and minitales from Kibuishi, Parker, Bengal, Khang Le, Sechrist, and, natch, Scott McCloud's renowned closing essay.
The star for me was Kerek Kirk Kim's "Maiden and the River Spirit" (except that "What a gyp" is a tad offensive)
Parker's ends too soon, though, and I couldn't tell HOW Brosgol's ended at all.
The star for me was Kerek Kirk Kim's "Maiden and the River Spirit" (except that "What a gyp" is a tad offensive)
Parker's ends too soon, though, and I couldn't tell HOW Brosgol's ended at all.
Jan 09, 2010
Christine
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The artwork in this collection is incredible. Each artist includes his/her own spin on the theme "flight" and lets his/her personal style capture the narrative. As with any collection of short stories, there were some I liked more than others, but I appreciate the collection as a whole for the ambition that is obvious behind it. I'm eager to read the other three volumes.
Jul 24, 2010
Susan
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Definitely a good read. My third graphic book and a fine one. Personal stories, myth, legend, characters from all walks of life, detailed graphics - made me yearn for good comix yet again. The book is lavishly done. Much to see, ponder, breathing in and out. Flights literal, figurative and metaphorical. Sad and glad; querulous and clear.
