Flight Volume One

by Jake Parker, Kazu Kibuishi (editor), Hope Larson

Let your imagination take flight with the first volume of this groundbreaking graphic novel fantasy anthology series, featuring short stories from some of today’s most legendary artists, including the series editor, Amulet creator Kazu Kibuishi!

“Most of the stories in this gorgeous color anthology are about flying, but the title also refers to its contributors starting to take wing. . . . As Scott McCloud notes in his afterword, they’re the future of comics.”—Publishers Weekly

From the maiden voyage of a home-built plane to the adventures of a young courier and his flying whale, this first volume of Flight brought the titular theme and its many incarnations to life and collected the voices of brilliant illustrators and animators before they launched to fame.

This comics anthology, featuring an afterword by Scott McCloud, is full of memorable and gorgeous tales from multiple New York Times bestselling authors, Eisner Award–winning creators, and Academy Award–nominated artists, including

• Kazu Kibuishi, New York Times bestselling author of the Amulet series
• Jen Wang, New York Times bestselling author of The Prince and the Dressmaker
• Hope Larson, Eisner Award winner for her A Wrinkle in Time adaptation
• Derek Kirk Kim, Eisner Award–winning creator of “Urgent Request”
• Enrico Casarosa, Academy Award–nominated director of Luca
• Clio Chiang, Academy Award–nominated artist on Raya and the Last Dragon
• Chris Appelhans, director of Wish Dragon and K-Pop Demon Hunters
• And more!

208 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 8, 2025

About the author

Jake Parker is the illustrator of many books for young readers as well as animated films and comic books. He also lives near the mountains, in Provo, Utah, and wishes the little snowplow would stop by his driveway every winter.