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The Complete Elfquest: Volume 1 Free FREE THE COMPLETE ELFQUEST: VOLUME 1 PDF Rick Pini,Wendy Pini | 720 pages | 31 Dec 2016 | DARK HORSE COMICS | 9781616554071 | English | Milwaukee, United States The Complete ElfQuest Volume 1: The Original Quest TPB :: Profile :: Dark Horse Comics Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Richard Pini. Discover the legendary Elfquest! Created inElfquest continues to capture the imaginations of readers young and old. Chief Cutter and the Wolfriders are driven from their forest home by the threat of annihilation. As they wander an ever-changing landscape inhabited by excitable humans--and other odd creatures--they discover other elf tribes as well. Alliances are for Discover the legendary Elfquest! Alliances are forged, enemies discovered, and savage battles fought in this epic fantasy adventure! This edition boasts pages, collecting the entirety of what is now known as "The Original Quest" in stunning black and white, including an extensive gallery of concept art, pinups, and covers, with commentary from series creators Wendy and Richard Pini. Get A Copy. Paperbackpages. More Details The Complete ElfQuest 1Elfquest Other Editions 5. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Did anyone else notice that page and were the same? Was that a printing error? And does that mean that the thing that was supposed to be on page is missing, or got moved to page ? Tina B Found this in Amazon comments By Shuki Kato on August 21, The Complete Elfquest: Volume 1 about that, page is repeated again on p with the original panels in p mi …more Found this in Amazon comments By Shuki Kato on August 21, "More about that, page is repeated again on p with the original panels in p missing entirely. Sure, that's a bit disappointing, but it's not that big a deal and the Pini's have already given their fans so much by making the entire EQ saga available for free via online viewer on their website ElfquestDOTcom. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. The Complete Elfquest: Volume 1 04, Dan Schwent rated it really liked it Shelves: comics When the Wolfriders are driven from their forest home, they endure great heartships before joining with the elves of the desert. But are there more tribes of elves on the world of two moons and where did the come from in The Complete Elfquest: Volume 1 first place? That's what Cutter, Leetah, and the rest of the Wolfriders want to know! ElfQuest was always in the periphery when I was playing Dungeons and Dragons back in the day but I never read an issue. We were milling around in Barnes and Noble not too long ago, waiting f When the Wolfriders are driven from their forest home, they endure great heartships before joining with the elves of the desert. We were milling around in Barnes and Noble not too long ago, waiting for some of my wife's college friends to show up, when I flipped through this tome. Needing a new series to read now that I'm caught up on Usagi Yojimbo, I eventually decided to give it a shot. Yeah, I should have picked this up decades ago. For my money, ElfQuest has a lot going for it. It's not your typical Tolkien by way of Dungeons and Dragons fantasy. There are science fantasy elements lurking in the background. The Wolfriders have more in common with Native American culture than they do Professor Tolkien's creations. I have to think there's a little Michael Moorcock in their parentage as well. Instead of wanting to save the world, the Wolfriders and their elfin allies seek only to find where they came from and where The Complete Elfquest: Volume 1 belong. Flowery hippy crap aside, this is great stuff. The art isn't your The Complete Elfquest: Volume 1 comic fare of the time period. Wendy Pini drew inspiration from more than the usual suspects of the day, from diverse sources as Disney cartoons and manga. She puts a lot of detail in the background, probably more than she needs to, and her elves are both beautiful and alien. It was easy to get enthralled by the adventures of Cutter, Skywise, and the rest as they go from adventure The Complete Elfquest: Volume 1 adventure, battling men, trolls, and even other elves in their quest for the truth. Since the Pinis are working without a net, I had no idea who would live or die. There's not a lot else I can share without spoiling too much. The Complete ElfQuest is a journey I should have embarked on years ago. Sep 27, Sud rated it it was The Complete Elfquest: Volume 1 Shelves: comicsfantasy. ElfQuest was a pleasant surprise. I had a vestigial memory of this comic from when I was a child and once I saw it went "Huh! I kinda remember that. Allow me the use of the trite "Ahead of it's time" to describe my feelings for this epic story. In a comic achievement rivaled only, in my slight knowledge, by the excellent Dave Sim in his "Cerebus" magnum opus. What do I speak of? The ability to create a unique story out of ElfQuest was a pleasant surprise. The ability to create a The Complete Elfquest: Volume 1 story out of their fecund imaginations and then not only write the story, illustrate the story, publish as an independent comic house andperhaps most significantly, maintain a vast, sweeping story arc for hundreds of issues. Creative talent of this magnitude is always a joy to behold and speaks to the ability of these authors to fulfill mankind's ancient desire for great stories. High Fantasy generally is The Complete Elfquest: Volume 1 preserve of "secondary" worlds. No grimdark here. No modern environments. It's a realm that is populated by eleves, trolls,magic, etc. That's what ElfQuest is at it's heart. But it is so much more. It's not a kid's story though it shares the obvious elements of one. It has many mature themes. Death is no stranger here and it is final unlike modern mainstream comics where characters like Batman have died several dozen times within the last year. They had main characters of different colors the main Elves, the Wolf Riders, are brown skinnedthere is a homosexual character, believable and tough female characters, open depiction not graphic of sexual acts rare back in in a comicand an overarching theme of varied races working for a common goal. Mind you this was But unlike their modern comic kin this message is delivered sans the virtue signalling and unsubtle preaching. Modern comic writer's may care to take note-this is how you spread a positive liberal message. Allow the story to make the point. Leave the crap you learned in your one or two political science classes from some third rate leftist professor that deigned to teach at your third rate school behind. I know a biased clueless talking point when I see one. Windy Pini weaves a wonderful tale of inclusion, overcoming racial The Complete Elfquest: Volume 1, and different sexual orientations in an artful and completely classy way. I miss the old school liberals, they managed to package their beliefs in a much classier and subtle way. I would recommend ElfQuest to anyone. They have developed a kinship with the wolves and live in the forest. The The Complete Elfquest: Volume 1 is of Cutter, Clan Chief, the son of a famous warchief-Bearclaw. In the stories of their tribe it is said the Elves came from the stars and The Complete Elfquest: Volume 1 from the High Ones. Cutter wants to leave the verdant tribal lands and go looking for the High Ones. But, first, they must survive the feral human clans that war with them. As the story progresses we see the Elves go on a epic journey to discover the High Ones. This journey takes them through many lands and they meet other elves each of which is vastly different due to evolution over time-The Sunfolk, the Gliders, the Go Backsother humans, trolls The Complete Elfquest: Volume 1 faeries. I won't spoil this story any more- that's why you read this. 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This edition boasts pages, collecting the entirety of what is now known as "The Original Quest" in stunning black and white, including The Complete Elfquest: Volume 1 extensive gallery of concept art, pinups, and covers, with commentary from series creators Wendy and Richard Pini.
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