Kazu Kibuishi is the writer and artist of the New York Times Bestselling AMULET graphic novel series, published by Scholastic. He is also the editor/art director/cover artist of the EXPLORER and FLIGHT Comic Anthologies. His debut graphic novel, Daisy Kutter: The Last Train, won a YALSA Best Books for Young Adults Award.
Born in Tokyo, Japan, Kazu moved to the U.S. with his mother and brother when he was a child. He graduated from Film Studies at the University of California Santa Barbara in 2000, and moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the entertainment industry. He currently works as a full-time graphic novelist. Kazu lives in Alhambra, California, with his wife, fellow author Amy Kim Kibuishi, and their children, Juni and Sophie.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By Tim Lasiuta
Format:Paperback
It is amazing that Kazu Kisbuishi is able to conjure so many talented individuals in 7 volumes. The growth of this book, from my first look at volume 1 is remarkable, and highly reminiscent of the 1980's Marvel Epic magazine.
This edition includes:
JP Ahonen, Bannister, Jason Caffoe, Drew Dernavich, Michel Gagne, Justin Gerard, Cory Godbey, Grimaldi, Paul Harmon, Kazu Kibuishi, Kostas Kiriakakis, Stuart Livingston, Leland Myrick, Dave Roman, Katie Shanahan, Steven Shanahan, Kean Soo and Dermont Walshe
In no particular order my favorite stories this time include Kenneth Shuri and the Big Sweep. Who would have imagined a janitor/ninja? Fantastic look at a situation that just might be real, in the minds of our our cleaning staffs. Premium Cargo (Kostas Kiriakakis) is amazing! This is deep, emotional story telling at its' best. Bravo! Fairy Market is a cynical look at toy marketing, thinly disguised. Sentinels is just cool, real cool. TT Challenge is a marvelous, nostalgaic look at bike racing that resonates a carefree spirit in me. I love this short tale.
Is this the best volume yet? What other tales will we see from these closet 'comic book artists/writers'? I can hardly wait. This is the book that will define graphic fiction for large market buyers and readers.
Tim Lasiuta
This edition includes:
JP Ahonen, Bannister, Jason Caffoe, Drew Dernavich, Michel Gagne, Justin Gerard, Cory Godbey, Grimaldi, Paul Harmon, Kazu Kibuishi, Kostas Kiriakakis, Stuart Livingston, Leland Myrick, Dave Roman, Katie Shanahan, Steven Shanahan, Kean Soo and Dermont Walshe
In no particular order my favorite stories this time include Kenneth Shuri and the Big Sweep. Who would have imagined a janitor/ninja? Fantastic look at a situation that just might be real, in the minds of our our cleaning staffs. Premium Cargo (Kostas Kiriakakis) is amazing! This is deep, emotional story telling at its' best. Bravo! Fairy Market is a cynical look at toy marketing, thinly disguised. Sentinels is just cool, real cool. TT Challenge is a marvelous, nostalgaic look at bike racing that resonates a carefree spirit in me. I love this short tale.
Is this the best volume yet? What other tales will we see from these closet 'comic book artists/writers'? I can hardly wait. This is the book that will define graphic fiction for large market buyers and readers.
Tim Lasiuta
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By Dawn Au
Format:Paperback
Flight Volume Seven is a beautifully illustrated book with amazing production value. This edition continues to meet the exceptionally high standards set by the previous volumes of Flight in both illustration and story telling.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By Steve Smith
Format:Paperback
Maybe it's because we just got this one but I really think this might the best flight so far. I am not ashamed to say the Snowball story made me cry like a little baby.
Sooooo. Good.
Sooooo. Good.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Subash Raman
Format:Paperback
If you like whimsical fairy tales, reinventing the world through wide eyed myths, and drowning in art that makes you tremble with pleasure this anthology is hard very very hard to match.
The stories were not always as satisfying as the art itself, but that being said what's being done here is very important. It's become a crucible distilling the best talent around to produce our own wonderlands that we could wander around pane after pane till we're lost in these dream worlds.
I loved the laugh out loud whimsy in the Ninja tale, the reinvented mythology for Onere and Piccola, the incredibly tactile coloring and visuals of Sentinels, the mocking take on naivete of the fairy market et al.
The stories were not always as satisfying as the art itself, but that being said what's being done here is very important. It's become a crucible distilling the best talent around to produce our own wonderlands that we could wander around pane after pane till we're lost in these dream worlds.
I loved the laugh out loud whimsy in the Ninja tale, the reinvented mythology for Onere and Piccola, the incredibly tactile coloring and visuals of Sentinels, the mocking take on naivete of the fairy market et al.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By C. Harris
Format:Paperback
Fantastic art, great storytelling. Not perfect, maybe - even the best anthologies are still subject to personal preferences and expectations - but a lovely piece of work nonetheless.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Sean Mackey
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I've been an avid follower of this magnificent series since the very first volume and I have come to treasure each subsequent one, but in my mind the past several haven't quite been up to snuff with the forerunner installments that so enchanted me. But only too late did I realize Flight: Volume 7, which, according to Kazu Kibuishi, might be the second-to-last volume, makes the heart soar like I've never seen before in any previous volume.
Perhaps two of the most exciting stories in the whole series are enclosed within Volume 7; The Saga of Rex: The Harvest and The Courier: Shortcut. The first puts into perspective and explains the entire story of Rex which had begun in Volume 2 and only now does it end with a supremely touching and fitting end to what had previously become an increasingly confusing and... trippy saga. The second is by Kazu himself. The man always manages to produce some of my favorite stories within the Flight series, and The Courier is no different, and at the same time is very. It gives the young man with the giant bird on the front cover of every volume of Flight his own, quaint story, leading me to hope he's many more stories to tell!
The rest of the stories follow the same gambit of stories beautifully varied in their depiction, which make the series work so well. The majestically drawn Onere and Piccola, the modest but funny Career Day, and the short but sweet B.L.T. stories are among my favorites, each being in themselves very original in premise and wholly wonderful to look at ascetically. The others are not without their merits, as they all contribute to the overall package which feels well-balanced in tone.... Read more ›
Perhaps two of the most exciting stories in the whole series are enclosed within Volume 7; The Saga of Rex: The Harvest and The Courier: Shortcut. The first puts into perspective and explains the entire story of Rex which had begun in Volume 2 and only now does it end with a supremely touching and fitting end to what had previously become an increasingly confusing and... trippy saga. The second is by Kazu himself. The man always manages to produce some of my favorite stories within the Flight series, and The Courier is no different, and at the same time is very. It gives the young man with the giant bird on the front cover of every volume of Flight his own, quaint story, leading me to hope he's many more stories to tell!
The rest of the stories follow the same gambit of stories beautifully varied in their depiction, which make the series work so well. The majestically drawn Onere and Piccola, the modest but funny Career Day, and the short but sweet B.L.T. stories are among my favorites, each being in themselves very original in premise and wholly wonderful to look at ascetically. The others are not without their merits, as they all contribute to the overall package which feels well-balanced in tone.... Read more ›
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By Nexite
Format:Paperback
Once again, the Flight crew has brought together a wonderful collection of stories and varieties of artwork and illustration for the seventh volume in the Flight series!
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This turned out to be something that I have really enjoyed and know others would like it just as I have.
I have all 8 volumes of these anthology's. They will be read more than once and it will be staying in my collection always.
I have all 8 volumes of these anthology's. They will be read more than once and it will be staying in my collection always.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
2.0 out of 5 stars
Bad storytelling, average art
The first couple of Flights were excellent --- there were original stories, and pleasantly-looking art. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Wuzard
3.0 out of 5 stars
First Time I've Read a Flight Volume
Reason for Reading: This book was nominated for a Cybils '10 Graphic Novel, category and we judges didn't receive review copies and I wasn't able to find a copy in time for the... Read more
Published on March 30, 2011 by Nicola Manning
2.0 out of 5 stars
not as good as before
every anthology has good and bad stories but in this case bad stories prevail.
i liked the old Flight volumes but this time the percentage of "miss" stories is too high. Read more
i liked the old Flight volumes but this time the percentage of "miss" stories is too high. Read more
Published on July 29, 2010 by Evzenie Reitmayerova
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