Product Description

STORIES BY [set in 2 columns]

JP Ahonen
Graham Annable
Bannister
Phil Craven
Mike Dutton
Michel Gagné
Cory Godbey
Rodolphe Guenoden
Steve Hamaker
Kazu Kibuishi
Andrea Offermann
Richard Pose
Justin Ridge
Rad Sechrist
Kean Soo

“Regardless of where it’s shelved, this book belongs in every library.”—Library Journal, on Flight: Volume One

“The sheer force of creative energy on display is impressive.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review, on Flight: Volume Two

“Sumptuously produced . . . The emphasis on the visual is Flight’s most notable strength.”—Booklist, on Flight: Volume Three

“Visually sophisticated . . . The artists featured in Flight are terrifically accomplished.”—Pennsylvania Patriot-News, on Flight: Volume 4

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #83419 in Books
• Published on: 2009-07-21
• Released on: 2009-07-21
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780345505903
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

From Publishers Weekly
The latest installment of this comics anthology collects the work of 17 up-and-coming comic creators in one glossy volume, cramming in a dizzying variety of works. The book opens with Michael Gagne's beautiful and deeply alien The Saga of Rex—Soulmates, in which two small, foxlike creatures, deeply in love, follow each other through a series of increasingly strange and symbolic transformations; next is J.P. Ahonen's The Excitingly Mundane Life of Kenneth Shuri, the charmingly cartoony tale of a suburban ninja's search for a new job. Flight tends toward the wordless and the surreal: small animals pilot mechanical birds (Andrea Offerman's Mate) or an undead rabbit looks for love (Dead Bunny by Nikki Damon and Justin Ridge). Particular standouts in this volume are Rodolphe Guenoden's Dead at Noon, for the expressiveness and incredibly strong visual storytelling ability of his wordless art, and Graham Annable's Magnus the Misfit, for its loony sweetness and sheer vitality. (July)
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Customer Reviews

Not the best Flight, but still good

Flight is always a pleasure to read. Storyboard and advertising artists rarely have the opporutnity to display their sequential storytelling talents in print.

Volume Six is not the best collection of tales, and as any anthology goes, good will outweigh the bad. The 'bad' this time around is a couple of tales that really seem too long and from my pov, it is Walter and The Saga of Rex. Walter travels aimlessly on, and Rex is probably four or five pages toolong.

However, there are some jewels here. Cooking Duel is spectacular. Who knew that QUiche could be exciting? The Exceedingly Mundane Life of Kenneth Shui is a riot. Ninja school? Career opporutnity? Gotta love the slash fest to determine the janitor. Dead At Noon is a non conventional look at High Noon with a broken clock. Remind me not to look for dead bunnies too. I am surprised at the parablistic nature of the story. It truly resembles the scripture that describes the body of Christ.

Look for all six volumes of this great series. Where do we sign up?

Tim Lasiuta

Another Successful Volume
Yet another great volume in the Flight series, but it lacked some of the "wow" that other volumes have.
The sroties are all good, but I felt like it did not have the flavor that Flight is known for.
Kazu brought Daisy Kutter (Daisy Kutter: The Last Train) back for it (thanks Kazu), and there are other familiar faces as well. The new comers put up some interesting stories, and I hope that we see more of them in future books.
If you like the other books, you will still like this one.