Flight (comics)

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Cover of Flight Volume 1.
Cover of Flight Volume 1.

Flight is a comics anthology series edited by Kazu Kibuishi, showcasing young and innovative artists and writers. According to Volume One's Afterword by "Scott McCloud's Brain", the average age of its contributors was 24 years, although Volume Two features one or two older contributors. Image Comics published the first two volumes. In June 2005 Kibuishi announced that the series would move from Image to Ballantine Books from Volume Three on in an attempt to increase sales through mainstream bookstores. Kibuishi also stated that subsequent volumes would be released twice-yearly.

Volume One was published in July 2004 and contains 23 stories, totalling approximately 160 (unnumbered) pages. Volume Two, published in March 2005, is over 400 pages long and contains 33 stories with a greater average length. The increase in size is almost certainly due to the interest generated in prospective contributors by the first volume. Volume Three was released in June 2006 and contains 26 stories over 352 pages. Volume Four was released in July 2007, with 344 pages.

Kibuishi has denied that Flight is a theme anthology, or that the title has any significance besides being short and memorable. Nevertheless, many of the strips do feature flight in one or more sense of the word. Other than that there is no unifying style or theme; the strips exhibit a wide variety of art techniques from the conventional to the experimental, and storylines include comedy, tragedy, macabre, adventure and romance. The art of the volumes also have a very surreal quality to them.

Contents

[edit] Contributors

[edit] Volume One

[edit] Volume Two

[edit] Volume Three

  • Michel Gagné
  • Tony Cliff
  • Ben Hatke
  • Rad Sechrist
  • Johane Matte
  • Kean Soo
  • Phil Craven
  • Joey Weiser
  • Israel Sanchez
  • Bill Plympton
  • Yoko Tanaka
  • Azad Injejikian
  • Neil Babra
  • Kazu Kibuishi
  • Rodolphe Guenoden
  • Bannister
  • Chuck BB
  • Matthew Forsythe
  • Becky Cloonan
  • Reagan Lodge
  • Alex Fuentes
  • Paul Harmon
  • Steve Hamaker
  • Dave Roman
  • Matthew Armstrong
  • Khang Le

[edit] Volume Four

  • Michel Gagné
  • Amy Kim Ganter
  • Tom Herpich
  • Israel Sanchez
  • Vera Brosgol
  • Kazu Kibuishi
  • JP Ahonen
  • Sarah Mensinga
  • Neil Babra
  • Scott Campbell
  • Jon Klassen
  • Joey Weiser
  • Phil Craven
  • Bannister
  • Joel Carroll
  • Azad Injejikian
  • Pascal Campion
  • Ovi Nedelcu
  • Clio Chiang
  • Raina Telgemeier
  • Dave Roman
  • Ryan Estrada
  • Lark Pien
  • Fábio Moon
  • Andrea Offermann
  • Graham Annable

[edit] Stories

[edit] Volume One

  • Air and Water (Enrico Casarosa)
  • Copper- Maiden Voyage (Kazu Kibuishi)
  • Hugo Earheart (Jake Parker)
  • I wish... (Vera Brosgol)
  • Paper and String (Jen Wang)
  • Taj Mahal (Neil Babra)
  • Formidable (Bengal)
  • Outside My Window (Khang Le)
  • Untitled (Chris Appelhans)
  • Tumbleweed (Catia Chien)
  • Fall (Catia Chien)
  • Dummy Brother (Jacob Magraw-Mickelson)
  • All Time Low (Dylan Meconis and Bill Mudron)
  • The Maiden and the River Spirit (Derek Kirk Kim)
  • Beneath the Leaves - Jump (Rad Sechrist)
  • Tug McTaggart, Circus Detective (Phil Craven)
  • Deep Blue (Phil Craven)
  • Wing (Joel Carroll)
  • Migrations (Kean Soo)
  • Faith (Erika Moen, colors by Hope Larson)
  • The Bowl (Clio Chiang)
  • Copper - Picnic (Kazu Kibuishi)
  • Create (Erika Moen, colors by Kazu)

[edit] Volume Two

  • Inner Sanctum (Michel Gagné)
  • Solomon Fix (Doug TenNapel)
  • Jelly Fruit (Catia Chien)
  • The Robot and the Sparrow (Jake Parker)
  • Dead Soul's Day Out (Sonny Liew)
  • Monster Slayers (Khang Le)
  • The Golden Temple (Neil Babra)
  • Dance of the Sugar Plums (Don Hertzfeldt)
  • Destiny Xpress (Jen Wang)
  • The Orange Grove (Kazu Kibuishi)
  • Weather Vain (Hope Larson)
  • Heads Up (Becky Cloonan)
  • Tendergrass (Matthew Woodson)
  • Last Things Last (Kean Soo)
  • Cellmates (Phil Craven)
  • The Ride (Rodolphe Guenoden)
  • Laika (Doug Holgate)
  • Ghost Trolley (Rad Sechrist)
  • Wilford's Stroll (Justin Ridge)
  • Impossible (Herval)
  • Dust on the Shelves (Bannister)
  • This Time! (Clio Chiang)
  • Blip Pop (Ryan Sias)
  • Mouse Trap (Johane Matte)
  • Sirius and Betelgeuse (Jeff Smith)
  • The Flying Bride (Giuseppe Ferrario)
  • The Plank (Ben Hatke)
  • Icarus (Johane Matte)
  • A Test For Cenri (Amy Kim Ganter)
  • La Sonadora (Joana Carneiro)
  • Sky Blue (Kness)
  • Beisbol (Richard Pose)
  • Salmoning (Vera Brosgol)

[edit] Volume Three

  • Underworld (Michel Gagné)
  • Old Oak Trees (Tony Cliff)
  • The Edge (Ben Hatke)
  • Hunter (Johane Matte)
  • Jellaby: The Tea Party (Kean Soo)
  • The Rescue (Phil Craven)
  • The Lumbering Beast (Joey Weiser)
  • Saturday (Israel Sanchez)
  • The Cloud (Bill Plympton)
  • Earl D. (Yoko Tanaka)
  • Polaris (Azad Injejikian)
  • In Due Time (Neil Babra)
  • The Iron Gate (Kazu Kibuishi)
  • Message in a Bottle (Rodolphe Guenoden)
  • So Far, So Close (Bannister)
  • Voodoo (Matthew Forsythe)
  • Ad Astra (Chuk BB)
  • Conquest (Becky Cloonan)
  • Tea (Reagan Lodge)
  • One Little Miracle for a Hungry Swarm (Alex Fuentes)
  • Wurmler of the West (Paul Harmon)
  • The Brave Sea (Steve Hamaker)
  • The Great Bunny Migration (Dave Roman)
  • Snow Cap (Matthew S. Armstrong)
  • Lala and the Bean (Khang Le)

[edit] Volume Four

  • The Sage of Rex: Castaway (Michel Gagné)
  • Food from the Sea (Amy Kim Ganter)
  • Farewell, Little Karla (Thomas Herpich)
  • Cyclops! (Israel Sanchez)
  • Little Trouble in the Big Top (Vera Brosgol)
  • The Window Makers (Kazu Kibuishi)
  • ...and Hope for the Best (JP Ahonen)
  • The Forever Box (Sarah Mensinga)
  • The Blue Guitar (Neil Babra)
  • Igloo Head and Tree Head (Scott Campbell)
  • The Rabbit Mayor: A Mayan Folk Tale (Jon Klassen)
  • Roomie-Pal! (Graham Annable)
  • From Here to There... (Joey Weiser)
  • Tripod (Bannister and Joel Carroll)
  • The Vampyres of Salem (Azad Injejikian)
  • The Storm (Pascal Campion)
  • Big Wheels (Ovi Nedelcu)
  • To Grandma's (Clio Chiang)
  • Dinosaur Egg (Raina Telgemeier)
  • It's Dangerous to Sleep (Dave Roman)
  • Mystical Monkey (Ryan Estrada)
  • The Story of Binny (Lark Pien)
  • Cortina (Fábio Moon)
  • Twenty-four Hours (Andrea Offermann)
  • The Perfect Spot (Phil Craven)

[edit] External links