There’s not a more fitting title for this stunningly illustrated anthology, with its breathtaking flights of imagination.Editor Kazu Kibuishi compiles the work of more than 20 top-notch creative minds for the fourth volume of “Flight.” The stories range from whimsical to soul-searching, some without words. There’s a story that reads like a fable about two women so caught up in a business rivalry that their greed to outdo each other ends up consuming them, or the one about the bunny who outwits t...

Spectacular, as are the rest of the volumes in this series. Of particular note, methinks, are Michael Gagne's opener, Vera Brosgal's sexist but funny circus tale about strongmen squabbling over the same woman, Kibuishi's wonderful "Windowmakers," Mensinga's beautifully drawn "Forever Box," Scott Campbell's ever hilarious episode in the lives of dudes Treehead and Igloohead, Raina Telgemeier's child friendly "Dinosaur Egg," and Fabio's also beautifully drawn "Cortina."What also makes this and eve...

Its difficult to review each of these Flight books individually, since generally both the stories and the art quality in all of them are continuously amazing and full of creative talent. Flight is really the "Metamorphoses" of our time. While Ovid wrote more about the creation and history of the world, Kibuishi and his team of creative writers and artists write on a smaller scale. Not about world changes but about individual changes. And while some of the short stories can be on a more depressin...

Many talents, but few decent stories.This flight was lower than the others alright...

I found that most of the short stories in this collection are rather insubstantial. There is great art and great imagination, but the story lines seem to be a fragment of a fragment of a thought (if that makes any sense at all). It is a collection of stories by illustrators, rather that a collection of stories by graphic novel writers, like Popgun, Vol. 1.Still, it's a decent enough collection. Some stories can be enjoyed for their great art work (Igloo head and Tree head (whose story is funny,

These "Flight" collections are indeed close to paradise for me. The art is just breathtaking. The stories run the gamut (personal tales to folklore to sci-fi fantasy to steampunk), and my favorites often don't involve words at all. These are the kind of books that can remind you what you love about books--why, handy as the Internet may be, you would still rather read printed words, enjoy printed art. To curl up with a bound book in your hands, loving the turn of each page for the wonder it bring...

This book is really wonderful, I think that the graphic storytelling of the artists in the Flight anthologies is consistantly higher than most anything else I've seen. Their backgrounds primarily in film are evident in the way the art flows. i also really liked that it wasn't people from mainstream comic books at all, mostly artists working in film, animation or illustration. This is highly reccomended... Oh, also the reproduction is top notch...

Another Flight anthology, featuring overall very good art with writing that varies from very good to not very good at all. But oh, so very pretty.

I always love the Flight graphic novels. They are such a unique and beautiful collection of short stories. This volume was very well done and I enjoyed the variety of stories throughout.These are difficult to review because there is such a wide variety of stories, illustration styles, and themes. Suffice to say there really weren’t any stories in here I disliked. Of course the continuing story of Rex (by Michel Gagne) and the story by Kazu Kibuishi are some of my favorites and have remained my f...

The art in these is always a fun experience and perhaps that's what keeps drawing me back to them. When it comes to story though its still a very mixed bag. This one seemed to have less that I enjoyed over the other volumes so far. The one nice thing is that the addition of "Flight explorer" to the flight line up has drawn some of the junior targeted stuff away. Don't get me wrong I enjoy junior graphic novels as well, but it gives the collection a bit more cohesion for me. But over all it still...

Image Comics is one of the largest comic book publishers in the world. They made moves into online comics far ahead of the establishment publishers DC and Marvel. Image supports a legion of young professional and non-professional cartoonists. In 2004, they published their first anthology of these cartoonists’ creative efforts (Flight, Volume One). Volume Four continue the showcasing of young graphic talent. The tales told in these works span the entire spectrum of contemporary comic stylings fro...

I would say that #4 of the Flight series is one of the strongest (along with #3). There are a lot of strong stories and very few that fall flat. Highly highly enjoyable!

I'm already 2 stories into the book and I'm rendered speechless with the excess creativity I was just bombarded with. My mind is LITERALLY boggled! -as usual.I shall not rest until I've collected all of these series and I shall someday make my own in shaa Allah!!! Update after finishing the book:The quality of the stories is not the same as it used to be in the first volumes.. Maybe the idea of "Flight-themed" stories that was applied in the very first volume will always be the most appealing to...

The Flight series is a great showcase for some of the weirdest and most beautiful comic art out there. The book itself is very high-quality with glossy pages, and the colors practically leap off the pages. Overall, the tendency is for the stories to be slanted more toward art than story, but there are glimpses of things rich and strange. I would recommend this for all public libraries, and definitely high school libraries as well. It is my sense that it would fit well with a middle school collec...

A lot darker, it seems, the Flight anthology is becoming. Sorry to go all Yoda. It just seemed much darker in its story telling than the previous ones. Still amazing and beautiful. I think the best ones that stood out to me were The Window Makers and ...Hope for the Best. But truly there are dark ones that still tell gorgeous stories like The Forever Box and Food from the Sea. But the funniest? Mystical Monkey!

Heart's been missing from Vol4. It was there- beating and pulsating in Vol2, but not here. Stories were mediocre at best, though art work was top-notch.

Meh, worse than the sixth volume I read last week.The Sage of Rex: Castaway by Michel Gagné : ★★I adore the art but I'm not sure to I've understood the meaning of the story. I'm going to buy Gagné's book, though.Food from the Sea by Amy Kim Ganter : ★★★Well, the story was very interesting and so was the lettering. The art and the colors... Meh!Farewell, Little Carla by Thomas Herpich : ★★★Interesting concept.Cyclops! by Israel Sanchez : ★★Meh... The story is nice but... It's missing something.Li...

I was very happy, but not a bit surprised to see Flight Volume 4 on the list of Cybils graphic novel nominees.Sometime last year, I discovered Flight 3.The cover art by Kazu Kibuishi floored me, and I decided that, whatever the book might contain, I had to own it so I could stare at the cover more conveniently. I was delighted to discover that it was just as good the whole way through--chock full of offerings from gifted illustrators and writers.Likewise, Flight 4 has something for everyone. Fli...

Any fan of the graphic novel/comic artform should by now be familiar with the Flight series. Comprised of many short stories by up and coming artists, the Flight books have spearheaded the movement to demonstrate the versatility of this medium.This volume is good, but not quite as great as previous installments. There are a couple standout pieces ("Treehead and Igloohead" was a personal favorite) but overall this edition didn't quite live up to my expectations. A good buy for fans of the Flight

The Flight anthology again returns with its 4th incarnation, offering a little something for everyone within its pages. As per usual, Michel Gagne opens with his Saga of Rex tale and its youthful mystery and magic. A massive cyclops just wants to make friends in Israel Sanchez's imaginative saga, while JP Ahonen has fun with a young couple at the beach who consider the "joys" of parenting. A boy and an invader enjoy a game of catch in Bannister's darkly fun contribution, while the inhabitant of