Flight volume six

Compiled and edited by Kazu Kibuishi
Stories by
JP Ahonen
Graham Annable
Bannister
Phil Craven
Mike Dutton
Michel Gagné
Cory Godbey
Rodolphe Guenoden
Steve Hamaker
Kazu Kibuishi
Andrea Offermann
Richard Pose
Justin Ridge
Rad Sechrist
Kean Soo
Published by Villard, New York, 2009
ISBN 978-0345505903
Annotation
A compilation of 15 different graphic comic stories by many different artists. Each story is very different than the other. This is the sixth volume in the compilation series edited by Amulet author, Kazu Kibuishi.

Personal Reaction
This is an amazing series. Kazu Kibuishi did an outstanding job choosing artists for each book. He   placed them together in a smooth manner that celebrates the unique style of each creator, while not making the book feel like a chopped up schizophrenic laundry list of stories. I bought this series for my K-5 schools, even though they are recommended for adults. I chose this particular book from the series because it was challenged by a parent, and rightfully so. In the disturbing and dark Dead at Noon story, an African American woman in a cowboy old west town is killed by a large white angry man. It is hinted through the illustrations that she is also raped. It is an intense moment in a book that starts off with frolicking foxes having an alien love afair. Needless to say this is not a good book for K-5, but it is perfect for high school and possibly middle school as well. The art is imaginative, and of extremely high caliber. The stories are engrained in the illustrations, and have a depth sometimes hard to find in graphic novels. Some have no written words at all, beautiful, breathtaking, this book is essential for an older student library collection, the series will be devoured by the students, and you.
Mixed art, different paint media, digital, pen and ink

*Graphic Novel
Curricular connections 
Art