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Poison Elves #9
Poison Elves, Volume 9: Baptism by Fire
For years, the Elvin rogue named Lusiphur roamed the wilderness of Amrahly'nn, driven by ambition, greed, and murderous tendencies...until a fabled artifact of enormous importance falls into his hands. Determined to return the Elvin Fire to its rightful owners, Lusiphur finds himself targeted by the resurrected Dark Army. Should he fail, evil forces will hold ultimate power. If he succeeds, he'll suffer for his bloody past. Will Lusiphur learn the price of heroism?
256 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2003
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Drew Hayes
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Drew Hayes (Lawrence Andrew Hayes, 20 July 1969 – 21 March 2007) was a writer and graphic artist who is best known as the creator of the long-running independent comic book series Poison Elves .
Hayes began self-publishing I, Lusiphur under the Mulehide Graphics imprint in 1991. He changed the series title to Poison Elves with #8, and continued through #20. During this period, he was a prominent example of creators distributing their black and white comics to the direct market. In 1995 he signed a "lifetime contract" assigning the rights to the series to Sirius Entertainment, where he produced another 79 issues and a color special, the last of which was published in September 2004. His work has been collected in ten Poison Elves paperbacks. He engaged in an ongoing mock "feud" with fellow comics creator Brian Bendis in the letters pages of their books.
Hayes suffered from health problems which hampered his ability to create comics. He was overweight, had suffered cardiac damage from sleep apnea, and had been hospitalized more than once. After undergoing treatment in the hospital and losing weight, he planned to resume creating new issues of Poison Elves, but died at the age of 37, of a heart attack while suffering from pneumonia.
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Please see: Drew Hayes
Drew Hayes (Lawrence Andrew Hayes, 20 July 1969 – 21 March 2007) was a writer and graphic artist who is best known as the creator of the long-running independent comic book series Poison Elves .
Hayes began self-publishing I, Lusiphur under the Mulehide Graphics imprint in 1991. He changed the series title to Poison Elves with #8, and continued through #20. During this period, he was a prominent example of creators distributing their black and white comics to the direct market. In 1995 he signed a "lifetime contract" assigning the rights to the series to Sirius Entertainment, where he produced another 79 issues and a color special, the last of which was published in September 2004. His work has been collected in ten Poison Elves paperbacks. He engaged in an ongoing mock "feud" with fellow comics creator Brian Bendis in the letters pages of their books.
Hayes suffered from health problems which hampered his ability to create comics. He was overweight, had suffered cardiac damage from sleep apnea, and had been hospitalized more than once. After undergoing treatment in the hospital and losing weight, he planned to resume creating new issues of Poison Elves, but died at the age of 37, of a heart attack while suffering from pneumonia.
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November 25, 2016
Poison Elves Volume 9: Baptism By Fire collects issues 48-59 of the Sirius-published Poison Elves series, and contains the entire Elvin Fire storyline.
For those of you unfamiliar with this excellent (and criminally underrated) series, Poison Elves is the story of an elf named Lusiphur. Now, before you get visions in your head of pretty-boy elves like Legolas or those Elfquest characters, you should know that Lusiphur (Luse, as he's known to the few people he likes well enough not to have killed) is not that kind of elf. He's a street fighting, hard drinking, mercenary/assassin described by his creator as (and I'm paraphrasing here) "having the temperament of a rattlesnake and the ability to deliver sarcasm faster than lightning hits the ground." Sound intriguing? Drew Hayes is a master storyteller, and besides getting a great non-traditional fantasy story, there is plenty of social commentary and very relevant, very cutting observations. Drew was doing this kind of thing long before Garth Ennis, Warren Ellis, et al made it commonplace. And his artwork is terrific too.
In this volume, Lusiphur and Jace sign on as guards on a ship carrying a secret cargo. The ship gets boarded by pirates led by none other than Cleah (from Poison Elves, Volume Eight: Rogues (Poison Elves)). The elves discover that the cargo is actually the last ember of the Elvin Fire, an ancient power capable of creating great weapons against the Dark. Uncharacteristically, Luse and Jace decide to return the Fire to the elves, all the while pursued by the worst monsters the Dark can throw at them.
This is the beginning of a huge event in the Posion Elves series called the Dark War. This brings our misfit heroes back to the elvin homeland, where they will prepare to battle the forces of the dark. This is the stuff of epic fantasy, though presented in typical irreverent Drew Hayes fashion.
I can't recommend this series highly enough. When you're ready to take a break from "comics as usual", you owe it to yourself to check this series out.
For those of you unfamiliar with this excellent (and criminally underrated) series, Poison Elves is the story of an elf named Lusiphur. Now, before you get visions in your head of pretty-boy elves like Legolas or those Elfquest characters, you should know that Lusiphur (Luse, as he's known to the few people he likes well enough not to have killed) is not that kind of elf. He's a street fighting, hard drinking, mercenary/assassin described by his creator as (and I'm paraphrasing here) "having the temperament of a rattlesnake and the ability to deliver sarcasm faster than lightning hits the ground." Sound intriguing? Drew Hayes is a master storyteller, and besides getting a great non-traditional fantasy story, there is plenty of social commentary and very relevant, very cutting observations. Drew was doing this kind of thing long before Garth Ennis, Warren Ellis, et al made it commonplace. And his artwork is terrific too.
In this volume, Lusiphur and Jace sign on as guards on a ship carrying a secret cargo. The ship gets boarded by pirates led by none other than Cleah (from Poison Elves, Volume Eight: Rogues (Poison Elves)). The elves discover that the cargo is actually the last ember of the Elvin Fire, an ancient power capable of creating great weapons against the Dark. Uncharacteristically, Luse and Jace decide to return the Fire to the elves, all the while pursued by the worst monsters the Dark can throw at them.
This is the beginning of a huge event in the Posion Elves series called the Dark War. This brings our misfit heroes back to the elvin homeland, where they will prepare to battle the forces of the dark. This is the stuff of epic fantasy, though presented in typical irreverent Drew Hayes fashion.
I can't recommend this series highly enough. When you're ready to take a break from "comics as usual", you owe it to yourself to check this series out.
January 4, 2021
Some of the best stuff by Drew so far. I read it with a bit of melancholy as I know I am down to about 20 issues left due to Drew's untimely death. I mention in most of my reviews about Drew's work- get Deathreats the Life and Times of a Comic Book Rock-Star as a companion to reading the grades. Great stuff.
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