Image published the first volume in 2004 and the anthology series concluded with the eighth volume in 2011. This caused the project to explode, attracting talent from all over the industry. The project was promoted at the Alternative Press Expo, where it attracted the attention of Erik Larsen, then-new publisher of Image Comics. Flight įlight was conceived by Kibuishi as an anthology with contributions coming from friends.

He started producing the monthly comic Copper at his website which ran for seven years, ending in 2009. He decided to leave animation to focus on comics, where he could spend more time writing. Īfter he graduated from UC Santa Barbara, Kibuishi worked as an animator for Shadedbox Animations for two years. He has stated that it was 'the sadness that came from no longer having cool robot TV shows like Ultraman around once we came to the States that triggered a lot of my early drawings and projects.' He has also noted Garfield and the magazines Mad Magazine, and CARtoons as catalysts for his love of comic books in particular. He graduated from UC Santa Barbara in 2000 with a B.A. I was trying to quit drawing.' He would ultimately serve as the Art Director for the Daily Nexus for three and a half years, and developed his comic Clive and Cabbage during his tenure. Though he had previously drawn for his high school's newspaper, Kibuishi has stated that ' all began when I started writing comics for the Nexus. While attending UC Santa Barbara, he credits the university's newspaper, the Daily Nexus, as where his illustration career started. Kibuishi enrolled at the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1996 in pursuit of a film studies degree.

He moved to the United States with his mother and brother in 1982. Kibuishi was born April 8, 1978, in Tokyo, Japan. He is also the author and illustrator of the ongoing Amulet series. He is best known for being the creator and editor of the comic anthology Flight and for creating the webcomic Copper. Kazuhiro 'Kazu' Kibuishi (born April 8, 1978) is a Japanese-born American graphic novel author and illustrator.

Amulet Box Set by Kazu Kibuishi