Exclusive Preview: ELFQUEST FINAL QUEST #11

ELFQUEST FINAL QUEST #11

(W) Wendy Pini, Richard Pini (A/CA) Wendy Pini

The one issue you dare not miss! The elves' unprecedented gathering reaches a fever pitch when Strongbow's lifemate Moonshade, Oddbit the troll queen, Mender the healer, Skywise the stargazer, and even evil Winnowill pursue their hearts' desires-and some dare ask for even more! Angrif Djun's war fleet invades the Wavedancers' waters as a shattering moment of truth occurs between Cutter and Timmain.

Item Code: JUL150079 In Shops: 9/23/2015 SRP: $3.50

Dang, it's been years since I've last read Elf quest.

Maybe i should pick a few trades for old times sake?

@sinikettu: I loved ELFQUEST but got burnt out when there started getting to be so many spin off books and when the Pinis weren't working on them directly.

@g_man: I dropped the series for almost exact reasons.

wow only 3 comments plus mine...does anybody care about this book anymore ?,,,elfquest was huge when I was a kid

@sasquatch888: I think it's fairly typical reception for an indie title. I believe the main reason for this book to never quite "making it big" was the fact that Pini's had little to no real interest in merchandising or really even marketing their characters beyond comics back when EQ was at the height of its popularity.

If it had been made to syndicate cartoon animation at the 80's-90s. I've no doubt it wouldn't have been a smash hit.

Rest assured, there are still lots of Elfquest fans out there (I'm one of them). The latest graphic novel hit the New York Times Bestseller list, Buzzfeed just listed it as the #1 Most Life-Changing Graphic Novel, and a new Kickstarter that launched this week to fund a series of three Elfquest art books hit its $25,000 goal in less than 48 hours (and is going on til Oct 1st).

I think a lot of Elfquest fans just aren't big readers of other comics and probably have never heard of ComicVine.

There's tons of discussion, debate and commentary on the Elfquest Facebook Fan Group page. People are dissecting and debating these teaser pages there.

Here are some links if anyone is curious about Elfquest:

Elfquest Facebook Fan Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ElfquestFans/

New York Times Bestseller List (scroll down to #7)
http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2015-03-08/paperback-graphic-books/list.html

Buzzfeed Ranking of 24 Most Life-Changing Graphic Novels (EQ is #1)
http://www.buzzfeed.com/candicedarden/the-most-life-changing-graphic-novels#.obwpx77xA

Elfquest Kickstarter Campaign (still need pledges to reach stretch goals!)
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/481703930/art-of-elfquest-and-line-of-beauty-by-wendy-and-ri/