TNL Comic / Manga Club: Flight v. 3

[ChaoofNee]

Copy-pasted reviews from Amazon:

From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. With truly stellar art from masters of the field, this fantasy anthology is a must for comics connoisseurs and a delight to readers who like pretty stories. Fanciful tales of children, monsters, fairy-filled forests and imagined worlds create an enchanted escape. Some of the stories are entirely wordless, while others are told from a child's point of view. Tony Cliff's "Old Oak Trees," recounts how the author's grandmother found a sort of "Wind in the Willows" gang of talking animals who live and love and play cricket in the local woods. Ben Hatke's "The Edge" follows two brothers who find out who really lives at the edge of the world. Kean Soo's almost heartbreakingly winning "Jellaby" is an account of a girl and a monster at a tea party. Multiple Academy Award–nominee Bill Plympton tells the story of "The Cloud," a little puff of vapor who just wants to float into representational shapes, but is squelched by its elders. Editor Kibuishi's contribution is also charmingly drawn but far from lighthearted; it details what happens when boys playing soldiers turn into men. Flight mixes the influences of comics, animation and classic children's illustration into a timeless fantasy. (June)
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From Booklist
The third sumptuously produced Flight anthology showcases some two-dozen talented cartoonists, most of whom usually work in Web comics and animation. Most are young, although as in Flight volumes 1 (2004) and 2 (2005), a few veterans, notably animator Bill Plympton, appear--and prove even younger at heart. Several have illustrated children's books, others design video games, and the preponderance of their stories have young protagonists (often saving their elders through personal bravery) or feature elements that kids like, such as monsters and anthropomorphized "funny animals." The high quality of the contributions is impressively consistent, yet four deserve special mention: animator Michael Gagne's tale of a heroic young fox who defies a fearsome, subterranean beast; Johane Matte's hilariously kinetic depiction of a cat getting his comeuppance after terrorizing various birds; Israel Sanchez's account of a mischievous baby dragon's "Saturday"; and Phil Craven's saga of a youngster who saves a monster from hunters. That those standouts are all wordless or nearly so underlines the emphasis on the visual that is Flight's most notable strength. Gordon Flagg
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I've been a fan since I got the preview of the first from Free Comic Book Day. We've had threads here before. Now, you gotta buy it. It's awesome.
End of detailed critique.

[Brand]

Ordered, this time from Amazon so hopefully it will come in soon. Sounds pretty intresting.

[ChaoofNee]

If you like it, order the first two. They house some amazing art and stories.

[Bacon McShig]

I was flipping through this the other day at Borders, looked pretty good.

I'll pick it up next payday, probably along with that Will Eisner's Life in New York collection.

Now, you gotta buy it. It's awesome.

Buy some Vagabond too, you bums.

[ChaoofNee]

That's a lot of volumes. Maybe I'll pick it up in another format...

Flight v.2 is the best of the three, in my opinion. The robot and sparrow story just done went and did me in. Beautiful.
...I need to get that book back from the ex.

[Brand]

I got my copy today, I'll try to read it as soon as I can. I've just been so busy.

[Geo]

http://www.the-nextlevel.com/board/s...ad.php?t=42425

[g0zen]

Irrelevant, the CB/MC does not recognize any thread made by Andrew.

[ChaoofNee]

Agreed.

Geohound is expelled.

[Sqoon]

Picked this one up. There isn't a great story in here (with some just awful), but I'm going to follow Reagan Lodge and Matthew Armstrong to see what they put out in the future.