Welcome to the World of Two Moons – Elfquest is the longest-running independent fantasy series, with more than 15 million comics, graphic novels and other publications in print. The story of Cutter, chief of the Wolfriders, and his quest to find others of their own kind on the World of Two Moons, Elfquest was first published in 1978 by creators Wendy and Richard Pini.Another rec, this time a ‘classic’ that started in 1978 as an independent. My LCS in the mid-eighties carried all the usual Big Two suspects, including the Dark Knight stuff that was just coming out (Arkham Asylum anyone?) but the guy behind the counter was a friend and pointed me at this oversized black and white comic. They only had two issues in stock and it came out quarterly I think so it was super slow. I fell in love even though it was issue 16. The original arc ran through issue 20 and was part of what hooked me on comics. Over the years it’s been an independent, a Marvel re-release, digital, collections, a few novels, anthologies and a few aborted attempts at movies.
In searching for some art I recently came across this post that talks about the extremely problematic issues that came up around some blackface and brownface cosplay that has been endorsed by the Pinis as of eight months ago on their facebook page.
I’m deeply disappointed in the creators and I don’t know how I feel yet about my recommendation for the books now in light of their attitudes.
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