Flight, Volume 5

by Kazu Kibuishi (Editor)

Overview

Let your imagination take flight with the fifth 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!

“The beautiful art throughout is a pleasure.”—Publishers Weekly

From a couple’s perilous voyage across a floating monster bridge to the earthbound adventures of a girl who claims to be from Pluto, this fifth volume of Flight collects the voices of brilliant illustrators and animators before they launched to fame.

This reissued comics anthology is full of memorable and gorgeous tales from multiple New York Times bestselling authors and Eisner Award–winning artists, including:

• Kazu Kibuishi, New Yorak Times bestselling author of the Amulet series
• Svetlana Chmakova, New York Times bestselling author of Awkward and the Dramacon series
• Sonny Liew, Eisner Award–winning author of The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye
• Steve Hamaker, Eisner Award–winning colorist of Bone by Jeff Smith
• Chris Appelhans, director of Wish Dragon and K-Pop Demon Hunters
• Graham Annable, Academy Award–nominated co-director of The Boxtrolls
• And more!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780345505897
Publisher:	Random House Worlds
Publication date:	07/22/2008
Series:	Kazu Kibuishi's Flight Series , #5
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	6.64(w) x 10.08(h) x 0.77(d)

About the Author

Kazu Kibuishi was 24 years old and working full-time in the animation industry when he began developing the idea of doing Flight. He began contacting his friends in the animation, comics, and graphic novel world to see if they would want to join the project. He now works from his home studio in Pasadena, California, creating and promoting Flight and his popular young adult comic Daisy Kutter, which was nominated as an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults—the only graphic novel on the list in 2005.

Editorial Reviews

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

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