This book follows Wynd, a teenage boy with pointed ears, a sign that he has magic in his blood. And having magic in your blood in Pipetown is a death sentence. With the help of his adoptive mother and her daughter—Wynd’s best friend—he lives a life under the radar, hiding his ears and working in the downstairs of his family’s tavern. But his life suddenly gets intertwined with the Prince of Pipetown and his best friend/palace gardener—who Wynd happens to have a crush on. The group of teenagers attempt to flee while being hunted by the Bandaged Man, who’s been hired by the King to kill all citizens with magic in their blood.
This book was quick to get through and the art style and colour scheme were quite cute! I was really impressed with the worldbuilding and was happy with how easy it was to understand—especially without any “info dumping”. I really loved the character design and how different all the characters looked from each other. I also loved the casual queer representation and how the world just existed without any homophobia.
Wynd was fast paced, almost too fast at some points, but overall it held my attention. I did find a lot of the plot and “twists” predictable but it was still enjoyable to me. I’m excited to see what will happen in the next few volumes!

Oh I loved this book! It reminds me a bit of Amulet by Kazu Kibuishi, young protagonists in a cool magical world. Also, my goodness at all the crushes but it's adorable. Wynd is adorable and Oakley is lovably fierce. I'm using love and adorable a lot but it's really cute and despite all the (presumed) death it does give me lots of warm fuzzy feelings. I can't wait to find out what Wynd is and you can already see character growth from some of the characters.

Wynd is the fantasy epic I’ve been waiting to see from Tynion IV, who at this point probably has the best track writer of any writer in comics working today. A truly lovely tale of finding yourself with some truly clever and unexpected twists on fantasy tropes. Highly recommended.

Tynion's books use images to their full effect. Just look at that cover. Super compelling. Unlike some of his other books that I've read, this one isn't especially violent. There are references to dark themes but most of the violence happens off panel. The plot explores identity, the aspects of ourselves we deny and what we embrace. These explorations are pretty shallow but this is only an introductory volume. I imagine it gets deeper as the series progresses. A solid read.

Loved this! Feels like the beginning of a fantastic fantasy series. Love a good fae/human/magical creature story. I can’t wait to see how the rest of these books turn out! It’s a good time and has gay and fat representation. The character growth feels authentic and substantial.

Thank you to NetGalley and BOOM! Box for an eARC of this title.

Alright, this is what I need to say about Wynd. I adored it! I loved the art style in this graphic novel. It was colourful and fun. I loved that the characters all had their own style and could be clearly identified through the artwork. I also loved how visually diverse the characters were. There was obvious on-page diversity.

I also loved the story. Wynd is so sweet and put into the most difficult and complicated situation simply because he has magic in his blood. As the first book in a new series, I thought this was perfect! The pacing was so wonderful and quick that the action picked up soon enough to draw you in, but late enough that I had an understanding of the general rules and beliefs of the world. I really enjoyed how there was so much explained in this first volume, without it feeling info dumpy or slow. I really would love to continue this series when more are published.

I would highly recommend this to people of all ages who like magic, adventure, and characters discovering who they really are, as well as some political issues.

Rating: 4/5 stars

It doesnt support or open after I download the protected pdf version of it.

It's also not showing in my shelf in netgalley and I cant open it to read

Please look into the issue and if you can send me the pdf in my mail ID- taniagungunsarkar@gmail.com

I cant read the book from here. Please look into the issue and deliver me the book to review properly moreover i was pretty excited about this book

I received a free eARC of this title through NetGalley in return for an honest review.

This is probably one of my favorite graphic novel reads in a while.

Wynd is sweet, adorable, and in love with the gardener’s son, Thorn, from a distance. He is trying to find himself in a world where he has been taught that his tainted magical blood makes him a monster. Nightmares haunt him every night because he is at war with what he wants and what society has told him.

This story is beautiful. It’s full of themes of being who you are and not letting society tell you how you should feel about who you are. Wynd really hits the mark and weaves a tale of a boy in a city who just wants to be accepted.

Beautiful art and a sweet LGBT take on classic fairy tale tropes.
Wynd is someone with magical blood living in a place that has outlawed his very existence. He lives in fear that anyone will see his ears, which are pointed - a dead giveaway that he has magical blood. Aside from his two friends, Miss Molly and her daughter, who run a local tavern, there is no one he can trust with his secret. not even the boy he crushes on from afar, the son of a local gardener.

First up a big big thank you for allowing me to read this one! Or well, I didn't finish because we just didn't click. I got to around 80 pages and wondered how to keep reading for another 180. I just didn't click with the story. The art was great. I loved that our MC has a crush on a gardener (a very sexy muscled gardener at that). There are other elements as well that I really enjoy. But something was just missing for me. I am so sad that I couldn't click with this one, I was so hyped as I loved Jame Tynion's other work (The Backstagers!!!).
2 stars for the art/the elements I did like.

Flight of the Prince is an excellent graphic novel that combines a fantasy plot with coming-of-age queerness.
The city of Pipetown is unique in the world of Esserial… it is free of magic. Or at least that’s what most of the population believes. But, all who have the talent are forced to hide the physical signs or they move their lives underground… into the sewers. They have hopes that their “ailment” will be “fixed.”

Enter Wynd. A young man whose pointy ears give away his secret. Sure, he uses his shaggy hair to cover them up, but the crown has other means to sniff him out… The Bandaged Man has the ability to smell magic, and he’s accepted the task to clear out Pipetown of this scourge to create a pure human utopia. A complex villain…

When the city guard gets close it is time to Wynd to run… away from his family and all he’s known.

Wynd completely got me with the feels. He’s stuck in the roller-coaster of adolescence. At the same time, he is noticing the son of the city groundskeeper, his ears are growing… things are changing and he has no interest in leaving the support of his friends and family in Pipetown. But, out there in the wild and magical world there may be an answer and a way for his feelings to be free.

As you can tell from the paragraph above… I really attached to Wynd and his plight. …add a quick-paced plot and I was hooked.

As for the artwork: The colors stuck me as did the details. Just look at the cover! The streets and buildings of Pipetown are vibrant with a perfect pallette for above the cobblestones and below in the dirty sewers.

This is a book for today… A way to allow all kids of see themselves in between the pages of a beautiful graphic novel. Representation in all genres! I’ll be happy to recommend this graphic novel to the librarian at my school.

4.5 out of 5

Thank you to NetGalley, Boom Studios, the author and the illustrator for an advanced copy for review.

1st Line: "Wynd?"

Prose (Story): Wynd is a teenage boy who lives and works at a bawdy tavern in Pipetown, working with the cook downstairs at preparing and sending food orders, via pressurized chutes, up to the tables in the inn above. His best friends are Oakly, an engineering apprentice, and her mother - his found family, as he has none of his own. His job keeps him downstairs and away from actually facing customers; a good thing as Wynd, under his unruly head of hair, has pointed ears - a sign of magic in his blood, and magic is forbidden in Pipetown. So forbidden, in fact, the king has recently called the sinister Bandaged Man back to hunt down and kill anyone in the city even touched by magic. Magic contaminates, after all, and Pipetown is seemingly the last truly, wholly human city left standing; the king is determined to keep it that way. So Wynd stays indoors mostly, covering his pointy ears with his thick hair or hood - even when he sneaks up to the crow's nest above the tavern on break time, to spy on Thorn, the beefy, handsome son of the king's gardner, when the young man goes on his daily runs. Wynd dreams of this young gardner boy as much as he does a normal life ... though dreams, these days for Wynd, include nightmares where he transforms into a hideous beast with wings that Oakley beats to death when she doesn't recognize it's him. But an escalation in the Bandaged Man's plans, conbimed with the king's son's attempt to flee the kngdom with Thorn in a plot to help make Pipetown free, puts Wynd on his own path, along with Oakley, to get out of Pipetown before he's discovered and killed - and find his way north, to where he'll be able to not only live with his own kind ... but accept himself for who he is, as well.

Don's (Review): If the plot above sounds complicated, it's not really - and yet is, thanks to writer Tynion's cinematic take on this pretty brilliant first-in-a-series graphic novel that - thanks to artist Dialynas's artwork, as well - plays out like a film while reading. A very unique history and world surrounds the seemingly simple Pipetown, and that world is populated with real characters you can either hate or root for, as well as a natural storyline pulsating with dramatic tension that plays a bit like an Indiana Jones-style adventure on the page. Wynd is endearing and sweet, torn between who he is and his desire to lead a normal life (hopefully with the right boy; hopefully Thorn), and even supporting characters like Oakley, Thorn, the prince, etc. all come to life in this exciting, suspenseful page-turner that I loved from cover to cover, spurred on by both great story and art. Even the ending, thankfully, leaves some doors and questions open for book two, while not pulling the silly, too-often-used trope of leaving the reader with a doozy of a cliffhanger to literally yank them into book two. No such gimmicks needed here; here, your attachment to (love for) both characters and story will be more than enough to make you wonder what happens next, long after you close this one. Only my second 5-star graphic novel read of 2021 so far, and one of my favorite reads of all time. Outstanding. 5/5 stars

NOTE: I received a free ARC of this title from NetGalley and the publisher, in exchange for an honest review.

This graphic novel takes place in a fantasy world where there are lots of somewhat magical creatures, but in the main city this takes place in those with “weird blood” are looked down upon and the king only wants humans around. Wynd has magical blood, made clear by his pointed ears that he hides, which puts him in danger.

I thought parts of this were cute and especially liked the relationship between Wynd and his adoptive sister, I also like how casually Wynd being gay was treated it in story - I love fantasy worlds where queerness is normalized and I’d like to see if that’s explored more in future volumes.

I did think some of the character work/character development could’ve been explored more, especially with the prince. I know he was supposed to be sheltered and to learn that some of what he thought was wrong, but I felt that some of what he said wasn’t addressed enough and/or necessary. I especially didn’t like the fatphobic comments he made about Wynd’s adoptive mother - was it really necessary to his character for him to call her “ fat lady” every time he mentioned her?

I think this series has some potential but I’d like to see some more development and growth in future volumes,

A gloomy prince, a sweet and buff gardener, a cheerful maintenance worker and her best friend who has hidden magic... throw them all together in a city that hates and fears magic and anything weird and you've got yourself an exciting adventure. What was surprising about this book was how dark it got at times. No spoilers, but there is quite a bit of death, and several characters are strongly implied to have Not Made It. That, and its fascinating world of magic and magic hatred, was so gripping I started and finished this book in one sitting. I will be very excited to read its sequel.

This book is delightful! It's on the border between middle grade and teen due to a couple of curse words and some on page deaths, but I think this is a great title for readers that love fantasy, adventure, and light queer representation.

Wynd lives with a human family that adopted him as a baby, but he's spent his life in hiding from the greater world. In a town where magic and all signs of magic-touched people is illegal and punishable by death, Wynd's pointy ears are a sign of not belonging. When the dying king brings in the Bandage Man to hunt down any remaining magic-touched people, Wynd has to get out of town with the help of his adopted sister Oakley. They team up with the most emo prince in the world along with his quiet, gentle giant friend in hopes of escaping to a more tolerant place.

I loved all the characters in this book. Wynd is so sweet and does not deserve the life he's forced to live. I want him to have his happily ever after so badly. The characters develop over the course of the story and grow emotionally. The illustration style is ready-made for animation and flows well with movement. There are some surprising moments that left me gasping while reading, and I wanted the next volume immediately after finishing.

Wynd is a foundling, taken in and hidden from humans because of his pointed ears which show he has weird blood. Every creature with weird blood is killed to prevent magic contamination, but Wynd's adoptive family love him for the person he is. So he wears caps all the time, obsesses over the gardener's son through a telescope, and stays hidden until the day the Bandaged Man returns and starts hunting weird bloods. Then Wynd's world collapses around him and he learns what can happen to those perceived as different and the people who stand by them. Book 2 better be published soon.

Wynd was born with pointed ears, which makes him unique-- and illegal in Pipetown. He has a safe haven with the family who rescued him as a baby though: Miss Molly and her daughter Oakley. The future for Weird Bloods in Pipetown doesn't look good, though. The king is on his deathbed and imparting his final decree that his son Prince Yorik continue to keep Weird Bloods outlawed. But... maybe there is hope for the Weird Bloods. If the king's brother, the duke, takes over instead of the prince, the Weird Bloods would be welcome again. But a whole lot of plotting must happen... and when Wynd and Oakley find themselves on the same journey with the prince... things don't go as planned.

This fantasy is fun! It's right on the cusp of tween and teen, so it will appeal to a variety of readers. I'm excited for the second volume to come out!

The synopsis very well sums up the kind of story one comes across. Both Wynd and Oakley are lovable characters, they have simple lives, and when real life knocks on their door it's a matter of time before they both break down and must learn how to survive on their own. Although the plot is straightforward and somewhat mellow, the tough themes it touches throughout its pages are realistic enough to empower the entire book.
Full review: https://tintanocturna.blogspot.com/2021/05/comic-wynd-book-one-flight-of-prince.html

This was so great! I really enjoyed the magical world set up in this story and the characters were all really amazing! I adored sweet, darling Wynd and how he just wanted to be normal, how he didn't want to have to hide, how he just wanted to be happy and tell the boy he was crushing on that he liked him. I loved Oakley so dang much. I loved how much she loved Wynd and what amazing siblings they were. I love how much they loved each other! Thorn was a SWEETHEART. Ohmygosh, he melted my heart with his big heart and kind words, how he was there for Yorik despite the prince always being so horrible to everyone. I liked how Yorik was starting to see how the people around him were real, with stories and tragedies of their own, how he needed to start seeing that and being better. I really loved these four and the journey they've embarked upon. I can't wait to see more of them and where they go from here!

Excellent graphic novel by James Tynion IV and Michael Dialynas (writer/artist duo who brought us The Woods). Beautiful worldbuilding, suspense, a boy with hidden magic (and a crush on the hunky gardener) and a tyrannical regime - with a vicious hitman - looking to wipe those with magic from the human world. I will eagerly recommend this to others and look forward to the next in this series!!

Some (bloody) violence, so maybe not for youngest juvenile readers, but great for teens on up - and not nearly as violent as Tynion's Something is Killing the Children.

**I received this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.**