06/27/06
FLIGHT 3 comes out in bookstores TODAY! Unfortunately, word is that Diamond isn't shipping it this week, but I'll let you know when it will be available in comic shops soon! I recieved my copies in the mail yesterday, and the book is GORGEOUS! I've been reading it, and it really is a different experience reading it in a book than on a computer screen. This definitely is the best volume of FLIGHT yet!
Not convinced? Well, Kazu just put up previews of the entire book! There, you can see two pages from each story, including my story, "The Lumbering Beast!"
Want a second opinion?? Broken Frontier has a positive review of the book! I'll keep you posted as new reviews come in.
So, go buy this book! Or at least find someone to buy it, and borrow it from them! It's thick, heavy, beautiful, and features a story by yours truly!
06/07/06
FLIGHT 3 is on it's way!! Kazu just received his copies, and posted about it on the FLIGHT blog. They look gorgeous, and supposedly the paper and printing qualities are superb! Read about it here and get excited! Then order yours!
Also, the first FLIGHT review is in as well, and it's a starred review from Publishers Weekly! Here it is:
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)
