Flight Volume 1 - by Jake Parker & Vera Brosgol & Hope Larson (Paperback)

About the Book

Originally published by Image Comics, these first two volumes of Kibuishi's phenomenal FLIGHT graphic novel series contain sumptuous, full-color graphic short stories by some of the hottest artists in the genre, including Bengal, Jake Parker, and Vera Brosgal.

Book Synopsis

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, they're the future of comics."--Publishers Weekly

From the maiden voyage of a home-built plane to the adventures of a young courier and his flying whale, this first volume of Flight brought the titular theme and its many incarnations to life and collected the voices of brilliant illustrators and animators before they launched to fame.

This comics anthology, featuring an afterword by Scott McCloud, is full of memorable and gorgeous tales from multiple New York Times bestselling authors, Eisner Award-winning creators, and Academy Award-nominated artists, including

- Kazu Kibuishi, New York Times bestselling author of the Amulet series
- Jen Wang, New York Times bestselling author of The Prince and the Dressmaker
- Hope Larson, Eisner Award winner for her A Wrinkle in Time adaptation
- Derek Kirk Kim, Eisner Award-winning creator of "Urgent Request"
- Enrico Casarosa, Academy Award-nominated director of Luca
- Clio Chiang, Academy Award-nominated artist on Raya and the Last Dragon
- Chris Appelhans, director of Wish Dragon and K-Pop Demon Hunters
- And more!

Review Quotes

Praise for Flight series:

"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

About the Author

Kazu Kibuishi is the writer and artist of the bestselling graphic novel series Amulet, with nearly ten million copies in print. He is also the creator of the webcomic Copper and the graphic novel Daisy Kutter: The Last Train. Kazu also illustrated the fifteenth-anniversary paperback editions of the Harry Potter series for Scholastic.