Dreamy. And managed to find me some new artists to follow! What more could I ask? ( )

This book is made up of a whole lot of different authors! The comics are a great fantasy to take "flight" on and there are VERY nice pictures in it! I recommend you to read it if your looking for a book that will only take you an hour to read! ( )

The first in a series of graphic anthologies edited by Kazu Kibuishi, Flight provides a showcase for dozens of new illustrators. From airplane and kites to balloons, all of the stories involve some aspect of flight. Although my favorite illustrator in the book is still Kazu Kibuishi, there are others that I'll be looking for in future book.

This book would be a wonderful jumpstart to creative writing in a high school setting. Young people could choose their own theme for the stories and use a variety of comic tools to create their graphic stories. ( )

A collection of short stories by a set of primary web authors who got together and pitched a print anthology, the first of a series. The quality on these in general is very high and ranges from stories of friendly animals to more manga-like real life stories to a few fantasy pieces, all loosely based around the idea of flight. There are even a few experimental works, though I think those don't translate as well to the comic book panel as they may have on a computer screen. My favorite is The Maiden and the River Spirit by Derek Kirk Kim, a delightful short fable. The only failing this collection has is that some of the stories are incomplete (not as in, a short piece from a longer work, they simply end too abruptly) and that mars the readability somewhat. However, it's a minor sin, and easily overlooked when there are good authors to read here. Learn more about them at Flight Comics. (12/06?)

Trebby's Take: Definitely worth picking up, especially if you're looking for new faces to read. ( )

I was originally attracted to the Flight comics partly because they're edited by Kazu Kibuishi, renowned for his amazing Copper webcomics, and partly because they have this most incredible covers. I would do hideous, depraved things in exchange for a hypothetical (but thick) graphic novel chronicling the beautifully drawn adventures of whoever that lucky prick is riding the bird on all the Flight covers.

What you get instead is an anthology of very short comics, some of which are good and some of which aren't. There are two Copper stories included in this anthology, Maiden Voyage and Picnic (which you can read for free at www.boltcity.com), and Khang Le (who has some excellent paintings on his website, www.khangle.net) has a nice story in there as well.

The rest are mostly okay but nothing special, ranging from wacky detective mysteries to typical plotless, epiphany-driven narratives. They all share a common theme of flight, whether literal or metaphorical, and in some of the stories there's a brilliant capture of the nostalgic childhood spirit of adventure. On the whole, though, Flight is mostly about style over substance, with a lot of very pretty but ultimately pointless stories.

Those covers sure do kick ass, though. ( )