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by Kazu Kibuishi (Editor)
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From School Library Journal
Grade 4-8–In this companion book to the Flight series for older readers, the editor succeeds in putting together a remarkable collection that will appeal to a younger audience. Kean Soo's Jellaby, for example, shows the humorous and contemplative moments between a girl and a friendly monster as they experience their first snowfall together. More comedic is Kibuishi's story about crossing a ravine of mushrooms and Johane Matte's Egyptian cat whose haughtiness dissolves into grossly indulgent self-pity. Perhaps most rousing is Jake Parker's Missile Mouse, an action-packed space drama complete with a prophecy, explosions, and lessons about responsibility and trust. While there is no underlying theme to the anthology, every story has a layout that promotes an acute sense of pacing and showcases the crisp, defined, full-color art indicative of some of the creators' animation backgrounds. Flight Explorer is an excellent introduction to graphic novels as it shows that you're never too young to laugh, think, and take part in some visual feasting.–Joanna K. Fabicon, Los Angeles Public Library
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A few years ago, Image Comics and later Villard published a series of anthologies for adults entitled Flight, which showcased active cartoonists’ brief works. Flight Explorer does much the same thing, although the stories collected here are suitable for a young audience. Among the artists and writers represented in this first volume are Kean Soo, animator Rad Sechrist, Joahane Matte, Bone colorist Steve Hamaker, and video-game and children’s-book illustrator Matthew S. Armstrong. Each of the 10 stories in this launch volume is strong, engaging, and laced with humor. Editor Kibuishi’s Copper follows the adventure of a smart dog that unwillingly accompanies its master across a field of giant mushrooms and literally falls into their hands, and Hamaker’s Fish ‘n’ Chips, All in a Day’s Work uses a goldfish in a bowl as a key ingredient in tale mixing space operetta and superheroics. The variety of artistic styles, subject matter, and storytelling techniques combine to make this an intelligent mix, with high appeal to beginning graphic-novel aficionados. Grades 4-6. --Francisca Goldsmith

Product Details

  • Reading level: Ages 9-12
  • Comic: 112 pages
  • Publisher: Villard (March 25, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0345503139
  • ISBN-13: 978-0345503138
  • Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #66,397 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Kids offshoot to the Flight Series, March 25, 2008
"Flight Explorer" is a comic anthology edited by Kazu Kibuishi, an offspring of the main "Flight" series he has been editing for a while. "Explorer" is expressly targeted to children; like the other "Flight" books, the contributors come primarily from an art background. Each handles both the writing and art for their stories.

Being a children's anthology, the stories are short and simple. The artwork is beautiful and varied. Some of the stories work on an all-ages (kids and adults) level - Kazu Kibuishi and Kean Soo in particular are great as always, and I actually prefer Johane Matte's piece here to her contributions to the main anthologies - but some are strictly kids stuff. Highly recommended for children; adults, if you liked the returning contributors from the main "Flight" series you'll like them here.
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4.0 out of 5 stars comics anthology for kids, September 3, 2008
By Steven E. Higgins "vacuumboy9" (Florissant, MO United States) - See all my reviews
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With the Harvey Award-winning anthology series Flight, editor Kazu Kibuishi has created a bit of a phenomenon. The short-story anthology had not been a popular format in comics for many years, but the critical acclaim and reader attention Flight achieved changed all that. Flight's introduction into the marketplace changed the way many publishing houses viewed comic anthologies, encouraging them to release material of their own in that vein. Because of the quality of work it contained as well, Flight became not only the flag-bearer but also the gold standard for all anthologies to live up to.

Recently, Kibuishi and his co-contributors turned their attention towards stories geared for younger readers with Flight Explorer. As it stood, the series was already rather kid-friendly, but Kibuishi has said that, in creating this new Explorer anthology, he simply wanted to "[bring] into focus the all-ages comics we've always had." In fact, Explorer contains stories starring a few familiar faces of characters seen in previous volumes of Flight such as Kibuishi's own creation "Copper" and "Jellaby" by Kean Soo. It does leave readers to ponder whether this new series was really necessary or not, but perhaps this branching out will also lead to a tonal shift to more adult-oriented content in the next volume of Flight itself, which was just released earlier this week.

This first volume of Flight Explorer contains ten stories in all which vary greatly in length, totaling a little more than a hundred pages. Most of the stories are very brief, measuring ten pages or less, but a few are longer (the "Missile Mouse" story by Jake Parker is longest at twenty pages). The tales are both serious and humorous, and they come in a variety of genres from science fiction ("Zita the Space Girl") to action/adventure ("Fish N Chips"), featuring locations as diverse as ancient Egypt ("Egyptian Cat") and the African jungle ("Delivery"). In short, there is a little bit of something for everyone in this anthology, giving it a very broad appeal.

All the stories are of very high quality as well, featuring very outstanding art and brilliant coloring. Kean Soo's "Jellaby" story is one example, a heartwarming tale of a purple monster and his human best friend. In this volume's installment "First Snow," Jellaby is exposed to the stark landscape of a snowfall for the first time, his purple color standing out beautifully against all the white, and the detail the artist puts into drawing each snowflake is intricate. The first page of "Delivery" is another strong example of the attention to detail found in each story, as the artist Bannister skillfully conveys the way the streaks of sunlight pass through the thick green undergrowth of the jungle.

Most of Flight Explorer's stories also have positive messages; the best such example can be found in the tale "Big Mouth" by Phil Craven. An overly large, overly loud creature has difficulty making friends at first due to his size and volume, but eventually he is able to find a friend who accepts him for who he is. At the very least, stories such as the "Snow Cap" tale by Matthew Armstrong or "Wooden Rivers: Rain Slickers" by Rad Sechrist, while neither one has a message per se, are completely innocuous and simple fare that children can enjoy.

In the end, Flight Explorer is certainly recommended to anyone who has children as a good read for any age group. However, some adults might find a few of the stories too slight and inconsequential to justify the $10 purchase, for, like most children's books, it is possible to read the entire thing in ten or fifteen minutes. Should the tone of Flight itself remain as kid-friendly as it has been, it would be a much better value than this Explorer series since it features similar stories of the same degree of quality, but with three times the length at only twice the price.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Get a feel for a varied group of artist/authors , August 14, 2008
By LS "Reader" (SF Bay Area) - See all my reviews
This is a great short story collection for 2nd grade and up. As an adult the first story gave me a big chuckle. My kids 8 and 12 both got the humor in the story too. We love the Flight books because it gives us a taste for each artist\author and who to look for more material from. It also makes a great bathroom read for all ages.

If you have struggling readers this format will give them something they can read that won't insult their intelligence. For this reason we have a pretty large collection of graphic novels for our dyslexic household. This has given them a love of reading that is usually not found in kids who struggle to learn to read. They are now reading novels but graphic novels still account for 25 to 35% of their reading material.
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