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Flight, Vol. 7 (2010)

by Kazu Kibuishi(Favorite Author)

4.1 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0345517377 (ISBN13: 9780345517371)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Villard Books

series

Flight

review 1: As with all anthologies there will be some stories markedly superior to others, and comic book anthologies are no exception, but while some of the vignettes in Flight are weaker than others in the book they are all far superior to the majority of comic books being published as single issue comic books. This is why I love reading the Flight anthologies. You can expect every single volume to be different than the others in story content but not story quality. We start off the book with another of Michel Gagne's little fox stories, or as we find out the same story that's been going on in the books since volume 2, it concludes the story rather unsatisfactorily for me, but his art is still brilliant and the concept is truly original. Kazu Kibuishi throws in another story... more and I will be the first to admit that I am a great fan of his Amulet books, Copper, and just about anything else he does, so not surprisingly I'm reading Flight which he edits. The story here is new to me, it is not a Copper story and it is not the western girl story he's done before and I liked it very much, the art as well as the tale on par with his usual high level of storytelling. I will call it my favorite story in the anthology. Kenneth Shuri who gave us the working ninja/dad story in the last anthology follows up the story here as well as we continue to follow our intrepid hero through the everyday slogs of modern life as a ninja working a janitor's job. This one is another of my favorite stories in this collection, I highly recommend it, especially if you're not too picky about cartoony art. Premium Cargo by Kostas Kiriakakis is a heartbreaker and a beautiful story, one I liked as well, Onere and Piccola I have this to say of it, while the art did not wow me the story was so much better than the one he contributed in the last volume which in itself was hard to follow (what with having no words). It was a beautiful love story and I'm always a sucker for those. There's another Jellaby story in here, which I found cute, but I can't stand the way Ken Soo draws those little kids, the rest of his art is wonderful, I love Jellaby but those kids noses and eyes are just weird. Still, if you don't mind Ken's art then you will find the story delightful for its whimsy like most of the entries in this anthology. Then there's Bannister's contribution Career Day also one of my favorite stories where a boy goes off with his brother to find out what all it takes to be a heroic knight. Its rather very comical, and full of action and awesome visuals. Easily my second favorite story. Sentinels by Jason Caffoe also bears mentioning for not playing to our preconceptions which is fun in a comic story, it's also a beautiful piece. The stories that follow like Paul Harmon's King of Beasts did not catch my attention as well, what I found weak about King of Beasts was the art not so much the story and the slow pacing of the story. The art in the stories I did not mention is beautiful and/or interesting and the stories are by part comical, tragic, or interesting but they did not catch my attention overmuch. I would still say of them though that they are far superior in story or art to the majority of comic books out there. All in all, a beautiful collection of stories, by very talented artists and writers with different views and explorations of Flight. Truly a book worth looking at and reading.
review 2: This is one of my favorite anthologies by some of the most promising storytellers, artists, and writers in comics today. I have all seven volumes of this excellent series, and while some stories struggle to find just the right pitch, others are true gems in art and writing. Many of the stories are quiet, portraying heroes of a kind one probably meets everyday, but thrown into landscapes just slightly turned another way. It has been a privilege to see these creators flourish under Kibuishi's steady, confident hand and follow on this long dreaming. less

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