dbelkins's review
5.0
What a great collection of stories and art. Sure, there are some real stinkers in here, but overall there is much to enjoy and get lost in. Highly recommended for those with short attention spans because this is a huge book of eclectic stories and wildly diverse art styles.
bellatora's review
4.0
This may be my favorite volume of Flight yet.
The stand out short graphic novel story BY FAR was “Solomon Fix”, the overly formal syntaxed animal people. It was too funny! I read it a second time and it was still funny. More please! MORE!
Nothing else was that great – lots of gorgeous art and lovely or cute or poignant stories. Quite a few without words. I thought “Mousetrap” was also quite funny.
The only ones I didn’t like were “Dance of the Sugar Plums, Or, Last Month on Earth” because it was a lot of one-panels that often didn’t make any sense and “Heads Up” because it didn’t make sense or seem to have a plot and “Tendergrass” because ditto.
This was a pleasant volume and mostly enjoyable. But I demand more like “Solomon Fix”!
The stand out short graphic novel story BY FAR was “Solomon Fix”, the overly formal syntaxed animal people. It was too funny! I read it a second time and it was still funny. More please! MORE!
Nothing else was that great – lots of gorgeous art and lovely or cute or poignant stories. Quite a few without words. I thought “Mousetrap” was also quite funny.
The only ones I didn’t like were “Dance of the Sugar Plums, Or, Last Month on Earth” because it was a lot of one-panels that often didn’t make any sense and “Heads Up” because it didn’t make sense or seem to have a plot and “Tendergrass” because ditto.
This was a pleasant volume and mostly enjoyable. But I demand more like “Solomon Fix”!
elijahcuba's review
2.0
The graphic novel is the most under-appreciated medium because it's overwhelmingly littered with great artists who don't know how to tell a story. Lots of pretty pictures punctuated with ugly dialogue. Don Hertzfeldt performed well at least
theybedax's review
3.0
Some intensely beautiful artwork and a few decent story arcs. However, it is definitely a let down compared to Volume 1. Hardly any of the stories had anything to do with flight, even in a metaphorical sense.
rouver's review
4.0
This is a beautiful collection of graphic novelettes. They're wonderfully strange, poignant, sometimes just silly, and just flat-out wonderful. I enjoyed this just as much as other short story compilations I've picked up, but for some strange reason it took me until this book to do what I always do w/ anthologies....use it to find new & exciting authors! Thanks to this, I'll be branching out & exploring stories by Doug TenNapel, Michel Gagné, & others. Just like any other book of short stories, don't expect there to be any connection between vignettes. Vol 2 was nearly twice as big as Vol 1, but also more light-hearted, with not nearly as many dark themes as the previous book.
craftymanatee's review
3.0
A great range of story telling and art but the theme of "flight" that was present in the first volume seems to nearly have been abandoned. There is occasionally a small hint to the overall theme of this set of stories such as a butterfly in the background or a feather or an artistic emphasis on the sky. I really enjoyed the different artistic takes on the theme so to see less of that was disappointing. As with the first set, there were some stories and artistic styles that I enjoyed much more than others. I didn't like this set as much as the first so we'll see how the following volumes shape up.
pun_intended's review
3.0
I liked it, though not as much as Volume 1. It didn't blow me away, but I'm still looking forward to the next one.
just_fighting_censorship's review
2.0
By my count there are 33 stories, some which are very short. Despite my overall low rating (average of ratings for each story) there were a few stories that I absolutely loved and would recommend. I don't see any point in going through the stories I hated, there were many, so instead I am noting what I thought were the best so that I can go back to these authors and check out their other works.
Inner Sanctum - Cute wordless story about a fox and an alien ([a:Michel Gagné|98003|Michel Gagné|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png])
The Robot and the Sparrow - I almost cried at the bittersweet ending. This is a beautifully simple story of friendship ([a:Jake Parker|51668|Jake Parker|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1309150970p2/51668.jpg])
Monster Slayers - Japanese monster killers for hire. Funny, I wanted more! ([a:Khang Le|191599|Khang Le|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png])
Dust on the Shelves - A "meet cute" at a comic book shop ([a:Bannister|2818063|Bannister|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png])
Icarus - A clever prequel to the labyrinth ([a:Johane Matte|970676|Johane Matte|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png])
Inner Sanctum - Cute wordless story about a fox and an alien ([a:Michel Gagné|98003|Michel Gagné|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png])
The Robot and the Sparrow - I almost cried at the bittersweet ending. This is a beautifully simple story of friendship ([a:Jake Parker|51668|Jake Parker|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1309150970p2/51668.jpg])
Monster Slayers - Japanese monster killers for hire. Funny, I wanted more! ([a:Khang Le|191599|Khang Le|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png])
Dust on the Shelves - A "meet cute" at a comic book shop ([a:Bannister|2818063|Bannister|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png])
Icarus - A clever prequel to the labyrinth ([a:Johane Matte|970676|Johane Matte|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png])
bookishlybecca's review
4.0
I think I enjoyed this volume of Flight more than the last. It's a pretty hefty volume, but I actually liked that. I like reading longer graphic novels, so I think that's why I, overall, enjoyed this volume more than the first one. The art was better, in my opinion, though the writing/plot in some of the stories wasn't. There were still quite a few quirky stories, but I enjoyed most of them. My favourites in this volume were "The Robot & the Sparrow" by Jake Parker, "Dead Soul's Day Out" by Sonny Liew, "Destiny Express" by Jen Wang, "The Orange Grove" by Kazu Kibuishi, "Ghost Trolley" by Rad Sechrist, "Wilford's Stroll" by Justin Ridge, "Mouse Trap" by Johane Matte, and "Sky Blue" by Kness.
A solid 4/5 stars from me, and I am definitely, yet again, looking forward to reading the next volume in this series. :)
A solid 4/5 stars from me, and I am definitely, yet again, looking forward to reading the next volume in this series. :)
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