Flight Volume Five

Amazing fantasy graphic novel anthology!

This is the 5th volume in the Flight series edited by Kazu Kibuishi. This continues to be a very high quality graphic novel anthology where the stories included all feature themes of flight (in all it’s solid and ambiguous forms). I loved this graphic novel and am always incredibly impressed by the variety and quality of these graphic novel anthologies. Below I have listed all the stories and my brief thoughts on them. There were a number of stories I absolutely loved. My son is 10 years old and has started reading this series as well and is really enjoying it. Overall I continue to be very impressed with the quality of the Flight anthologies….they just keep getting better and better. I would definitely recommend to graphic novel fantasy fans. “The Broken Path” by Michel Gagné (5/5) Continue to love this story which follows the adorable Rex. Artwork is amazing. “Delilah Dirk and the Aqueduct” by Tony Cliff (4/5) Love the Delilah Dark books, they are action-packed and fun with a strong heroine. “The Dragon” by Reagan Lodge (5/5) This was another well done and action-packed story. “Béisbol 2” by Richard Pose (4/5) This was a cute story about baseball and people’s expectations. Not my favorite because it wasn’t fantasy but it was still well done. “The Courier” by Kazu Kibuishi (5/5) Kibuishi does such an amazing job with illustration. This is a small extension to the Amulet world and I loved it! “Malinky Robot” by Sonny Liew (4/5) This was a cute story about a robot, I enjoyed the unique illustration style and cute story. “Worry Dolls” by JP Ahonen (4/5) This was a funny story, I wasn’t a huge fan of the illustration but enjoyed the story “Igloo Head and Tree Head in Disguise” by Scott Campbell (4/5) I am always a fan of the Igloo Head and Tree Head stories. They are just so goofy. “Evidence” by Graham Annable (4/5) Mostly pictures this one was a well done darkly humorous story “N” by Phil Craven (4/5) Love this one. I loved the illustration style of the ninjas, no ...