Originally published by Image Comics in 2004, ''Flight, Volume One'' launched this graphic novel series with a resounding bang. Since then the ''Flight'' series has steadily increased in popularity-and now all of the ''Flight'' backlist will be coming to Villard! ''Flight, Volume One'' received a great boost when graphic novel hero Scott McCloud praised the quality and artistry of the book in an afterward entitled THE YEAR COMICS TOOK FLIGHT. Little could readers know at the time how prophetic McCloud's words would prove to be. ''Regardless of where it's shelved, this book belongs in every library.'' -- ''Library Journal'' on ''Flight, Volume One'' Authors included in ''Flight, Volume One'' are: Bengal, Bill Mudron, Catia Chien, Chris Appelhans, Clio Chiang, Derek Kirk Kim, Dylan Meconis, Enrico Casarosa, Erika Moen, Hope Larson, Jacob Magraw-Mickelson, Jake Parker, Jen Wang, Joel Carroll, Kazu Kibuishi, Khang Le, Neil Babra, Philip Craven, Rad Sechrist, and Vera Brosgol.