This volume of Flight is as gorgeous as all the others, but it's the first volume after Flight Explorer was created, so some of the regulars like Egyptian Cat and Space Dog have been moved to that collection and don't appear here . . . which makes me kinda sad. I really liked some of the more child-friendly stories (except Cat and Fish, I didn't like Cat and Fish at all), though I also enjoy the more mature material still contained here. 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 Six continues the showcasing of young graphic talent. The tales told in these works span the entire spectrum of contemporary comic stylings from manga-influenced works to rough sketches to symbolic surreality to more traditional graphic novel flair. The tales vary in art style, length, and unfortunately, quality. Volume One is the best of these three collections, with Volumes Two through Five being far less even. Volume Six was a return to more complete story-telling, rather than the impressionistic work found in Volumes Four and Five. For my money, I found Volume Six as good as Volumes Two and Three. For graphic novel/comic book fans only. [Note: For such fans, my favorite stories in Volume Six were “The Excitingly Mundane Life of Kenneth Shuri”, “Dead at Noon”, and “Dead Bunny”. My favorites from a visual perspective were “The Excitingly Mundane Life of Kenneth Shuri”, “Phantoms”, and “Dead at Noon”. ]
What do You think about Flight, Vol. 6 (2009)?
The only reason this does not get all five stars is because I miss Bucket and Igloo Head.
—Jamiey
I love comics, and I love short stories, so this is a perfect pairing to me.
—Maria
