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Elfquest: The Final Quest #0
Elfquest Special: The Final Quest #1
"For generations, the elves sought a safe haven against all who would do them harm. But the dream that Chief Cutter and his Wolfriders fought and died for may be the very thing destroying them. The skills that helped them survive the harsh world are fading, and the growing threat of a tyrant obsessed with exterminating all elves makes for a disastrous brew that must surely boil over. * Winner of the Golden Pen Award from the Young Adult Advisory Committee! * An oversized prologue to the The Final Quest series! * Marking thirty years of Elfquest action and adventure! ""One of the most important works in American Fantasy.""American Library Association ""Wendy Pini is probably the most influential female cartoonist of a generation.""Ninth Art"
63 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 7, 2015
About the author
Richard Pini
532 books155 followersRichard Pini is one-half of a husband and wife team with Wendy Pini that created, most notably, the Elfquest series.
He was raised in Orange, Connecticut with his three siblings. Richard began writing science fiction stories early in his childhood.
In 1972, Richard and Wendy were married after a courtship of four years. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1973 with a degree in Astrophysics. He worked at the Hayden Planetarium at the Museum of Science in Boston until 1975 and Taunton High School until 1979 when he began his career at IBM.
In 1977, Richard and Wendy established a publishing company called Warp Graphics to publish their first Elfquest comic. Richard is credited as co-writer and editor on Elfquest, as well as handling all of the publishing and business aspects of Warp Graphics.
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.
Richard has also contributed writing for Worldpool, Futurequest, Rogue's Curse, and two Windkin stories.
He has received the Small Press Writers and Artists Organization Award for Best Editor, the San Diego Comic Convention Inkpot Award, and the New York State Jaycees Distinguished Service Award.
Richard and his wife currently reside in Poughkeepsie, New York.
He was raised in Orange, Connecticut with his three siblings. Richard began writing science fiction stories early in his childhood.
In 1972, Richard and Wendy were married after a courtship of four years. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1973 with a degree in Astrophysics. He worked at the Hayden Planetarium at the Museum of Science in Boston until 1975 and Taunton High School until 1979 when he began his career at IBM.
In 1977, Richard and Wendy established a publishing company called Warp Graphics to publish their first Elfquest comic. Richard is credited as co-writer and editor on Elfquest, as well as handling all of the publishing and business aspects of Warp Graphics.
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.
Richard has also contributed writing for Worldpool, Futurequest, Rogue's Curse, and two Windkin stories.
He has received the Small Press Writers and Artists Organization Award for Best Editor, the San Diego Comic Convention Inkpot Award, and the New York State Jaycees Distinguished Service Award.
Richard and his wife currently reside in Poughkeepsie, New York.
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