Book Review: Flight Volume 2
Jun 6th, 2008 by jeremy
This is book twenty-three in 52 books in 52 weeks
This is the latest volume of the series I read, the first and third are both excellent. The talented Kazu Kibuishi contributes and edits the volumes. Volume 2 is over 350 pages of illustrated short stories by a variety of artists and authors. While each volume has a theme, they don’t stick to it too much s the stories cover a whole spectrum.
This volume is a little darker than the rest, many of the stories have depressing endings or deal with adult themes. So even though many of the illustrations are great for children, my daughter probably wouldn’t understand what’s going on in some of them. Because there are so many different artists, I never grew tired of the stories because there were so many interesting styles and colors used by each illustrator. 
Some of the stories include an engineer driving a train for dead people, a fox saving an alien’s life and a young boy trying to figure out how to tell his friend he likes her while they put on a play. Stories range from fantasy settings to small personal settings in the author’s life. It’s very different than other comics, each author is going in a different direction, but it all fits together nicely.
Check out Kazu’s site here for his great Copper comic and here for a preview of the book.
Rating: A-
Read my other reviews in the 52 weeks here
Other people participating
- Jamie reviews Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely
- Kevin Reviews From Russia With Love by Ian flemming
- Natasha reviews Slave by Mende Nazer and Damien Lewis (I tthink this is her 52 week book, she reads so many I havea hard time knowing)
I’m going to have to tell my husband about this comic book, it sounds like one he would be interested in.
Yep, it’s a 52-er. I’m trying to read 52 Fiction/Non-Fiction, 52 Young Adult Fiction, and 52 Juvenile/Middle Grade Fiction. So most everything falls into one of those categories!
The illustration on the cover is amazing!