Skywise the stargazer is gone, lost within the vastness of trackless space. His daughter, the fabulous Jink, sets out on her own quest to find him and return him to the elves' Star Home. She has no idea where or why he fled, but she knows where to begin her search for the World of Two Moons, her father's birthplace. Here the Wolfriders still make their forest abode, and here Jink hopes to find guidance from Skywise's other daughter, Yun, not to mention Leetah and Cutter's rambunctious second son.
Richard 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.
I really loved seeing Jink bond with the family of Wolfriders, Go-Backs and Wavedancers, and the art was stellar to me this issue. You can tell who is related! Excellent craftsmanship. I am very curious about who the people Skywise meets on the polluted planet are... Handsome trolls? Who knows! WaRP is at it again!
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I enjoyed the jumps around the World of Two Moons, and the look at characters we haven't seen in a while. Also found the ending interesting, although I'm unsure of how they plan to wrap this all up in just 2 more issues.