FLIGHT

ITEM: Released just this week from Image Comics, Flight, the anthology CBR News and Newsarama told you about previously featuring artwork by a diverse cast of animators and comic artists, was a big hit in San Diego. Kazu Kibuishi told CBR News that the book arrived late to the convention, around 3:00 in the afternoon, but by 7:00 in the evening almost 200 copies of the $20 book sold. Kibuishi also revealed that he's hard at work assembling creators for a second volume of "Flight" to be published by Image. The early list of creators includes Michele Gagne, Doug TenNapel, Becky Cloonan and Azad.

Jeff Smith’s Giant Bone is as cool as everyone says. But the book of the show is the FLIGHT Anthology in the Image area. People have been running up to The Beat to say how amazing it is, presaging a new generation of storytellers.Of course one of them is Scott McCloud, and that’s advice you just can’t ignore.