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Flight, Vol. 1 by Kazu Kibuishi

stormblessed4's review against another edition

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adventurous hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0

macnchz's review against another edition

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adventurous

3.0

greghxc's review against another edition

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4.0

Diverse variety of artists / writers doing comics pieces loosely based around flight. Some fun, some beautiful, and some less easy to explain. If this sounds like something you'd like, you probably will.

cain29's review

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adventurous funny lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

robdabear's review

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4.0

I am considerably new to the idea of graphic novels, although I have always loved the concept ever since I read the "Bone" series way back when (I want to read it again, just for grins). Seeing 'Flight' on StumbleUpon, I was absolutely intrigued at the idea of an anthology of different artists, and as such, asked for Volume One for Christmas, and received.

Once again, because I am relatively new but already know that I like them, this was something fantastic to me. I loved the diversity of the different styles, the stories, and how some artists could tell a story solely through pictures, no words (and those were stories I tended to enjoy the most).

That said, there was something of everything. Every story was different. Some were funny. Some were thought provoking. Some were kind of moving. Some were beautifully crafted. Some were flat out weird. But all were good. The beauty of the anthology aspect is that you could adapt to each different writer and artist separately, and gather a sense of taste of what I myself enjoyed, and what I might enjoy in the future. Some of my favorites were by the main guy I guess, Kazu Kibiushi, Vera Brosgol, Bengal, Chris Appelhans, Catia Chien, Phil Craven, Kean Soo, and Clio Chiang. And right there I've already named about 3/4 of all the authors/artists/whatever. All were great, but those were my favorites.

In short, I was not disappointed, and I will definitely be going for Volume 2...and 3, and 4...

ajaggers324's review against another edition

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5.0

Beautiful. Some moving stories.

whimpulse's review against another edition

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2.0

Read this sometime in November, 2016. I found out about "Flight" while reading through the work of J. P. Ahonen, a Finnish comic artist who also contributed to "Flight, Vol 4".

Maybe the beautiful cover art gave me ridiculously high expectations, but I was a bit disappointed. It was a nice bit of reading nonetheless, and I do love the idea of these collections of short stories by different artists.

pagesofpins's review

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3.0

Great (and diverse) illustrations, but the storylines interested me less than the last volume I read.

jknight's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

spellmannn's review against another edition

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2.0

Gorgeous art by many artists but more than halfway through, I still didn't connect with any of the stories. A lot of them didn't feel fully planned out/needed to be longer.

DNF