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Elfquest DC #7
ElfQuest: The Grand Quest Volume 5
A grand saga follows the adventures of human, trolls, and various elfin tribes.
224 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 2004
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Wendy Pini
615 books396 followersWendy Pini is one-half of a husband and wife team with Richard Pini that created, most notably, the Elfquest series.
Wendy was born in California and adopted into the Fletcher Family in Santa Clara County. Early on, she developed as an artist and was the illustrator of her high school year book. She submitted samples of her artwork to Marvel Comics at 17 that were rejected.
Pini attended Pitzer College and received her B.A. in the Arts and joined the Los Angeles Science Fiction Society.
In 1972, she married Richard Pini and began illustrating science fiction magazines, including Galaxy, Galileo, and Worlds of If. In 1977, Richard and Wendy established a publishing company called Warp Graphics to publish their first Elfquest comic. Elfquest was self-published for 25 years and in 2003, licensed to DC Comics. The comic series has won several awards, including the Ed Aprill Award for Best Independent Comic, two Alley Awards, the Fantasy Festival Comic Book Awards for Best Alternative Comic, and the Golden Pen Award.
Wendy has illustrated other works, including Jonny Quest in 1986, Law and Chaos in 1987, and in 1989, two graphic novels of Beauty and the Beast. Recently in 2007, she completed a graphic novel entitled The Masque of Red Death.
Wendy has received several awards over the last four decades, including the San Diego Comic Convention Inkpot Award, the New York State Jaycees Distinguished Service Award, the Balrog Award for Best Artist, and was inducted into the Friends of Lulu Women Cartoonists Hall of Fame in 2002.
Wendy and her husband currently reside in Poughkeepsie, New York.
Wendy was born in California and adopted into the Fletcher Family in Santa Clara County. Early on, she developed as an artist and was the illustrator of her high school year book. She submitted samples of her artwork to Marvel Comics at 17 that were rejected.
Pini attended Pitzer College and received her B.A. in the Arts and joined the Los Angeles Science Fiction Society.
In 1972, she married Richard Pini and began illustrating science fiction magazines, including Galaxy, Galileo, and Worlds of If. In 1977, Richard and Wendy established a publishing company called Warp Graphics to publish their first Elfquest comic. Elfquest was self-published for 25 years and in 2003, licensed to DC Comics. The comic series has won several awards, including the Ed Aprill Award for Best Independent Comic, two Alley Awards, the Fantasy Festival Comic Book Awards for Best Alternative Comic, and the Golden Pen Award.
Wendy has illustrated other works, including Jonny Quest in 1986, Law and Chaos in 1987, and in 1989, two graphic novels of Beauty and the Beast. Recently in 2007, she completed a graphic novel entitled The Masque of Red Death.
Wendy has received several awards over the last four decades, including the San Diego Comic Convention Inkpot Award, the New York State Jaycees Distinguished Service Award, the Balrog Award for Best Artist, and was inducted into the Friends of Lulu Women Cartoonists Hall of Fame in 2002.
Wendy and her husband currently reside in Poughkeepsie, New York.
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June 23, 2022
Just as exciting a race to the climax of the Grand Quest as when I read these as a kid.
May 2, 2008
For the first time there are some casualties among the elves :-( Sad times are coming ahead :-(
«Onward the Wolfriders quest, not knowing they are headed straight into mortal danger! Betrayed by Lord Voll of the Gliders, surrounded by murderous trolls from the frozen north, Cutter and his tribemates discover the rough and tumble Go-Back elves as well as an unexpected ally - the greedy and quarrelsome Picknose. Inexorably, the Wolfrider find themselves drawn into a conflict the likes of whick they have never known - war!»
«Onward the Wolfriders quest, not knowing they are headed straight into mortal danger! Betrayed by Lord Voll of the Gliders, surrounded by murderous trolls from the frozen north, Cutter and his tribemates discover the rough and tumble Go-Back elves as well as an unexpected ally - the greedy and quarrelsome Picknose. Inexorably, the Wolfrider find themselves drawn into a conflict the likes of whick they have never known - war!»
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