Sun bless you! Do you know how long I've waited for Elfquest to come out in comic book form? I happened to stumble upon one of the last five copies of the first issue at the comics stand. Ever since then I've been an avid reader. I've even gotten some friends to start collecting Elfquest. Please keep up the good work. Also, I noticed that Wendy doesn't answer many, if any, of the letters that arrive. Why is that? Shade and sweet water to you.
Robery Walton
Vallejo, CA
Basically, it's because she's so busy with everything else that she's involved in, particularly all the background work needed to give Elfquest its best chance at getting on to television this fall. (This is weird. I'm writing this "Quests and Answers" on January 2, 1986-- Happy New Year, everybody!-- but by the time you read it, it will be a matter of history as to whether or not our own CBSquest has been successful. But we won't find that out until April.) Rest assured that we both read every letter we get, and that Wendy has her say before these pages make their way from Poughkeepsie to Park Avenue South. --RP
Elfquest! I simply love it! Even
though my friends say that
Elfquest is a nonsense story, I still
love it. I'll go nuts if I miss just
one issue. What is the elves'
quest? What are they searching
for? And how did the Sun Folk
get to be out in the middle of
nowhere? And how old is Savah,
the Mother of Memory? Can you
make a biography of the Wolfriders?
Please?
Karen Liew
Sarawak, Malaysia
A nonsense story? A nonsense story?! Sheesh! Tell your friends that everything in Elfquest makes sense, even the things you don't notice until you've read an issue half a dozen times. To answer your questions:
1 & 2) By now, you know that
the elves are looking for others
of their own kind-- but sometimes
quests can be diverted.
3) The Sun Folk chose the
deep desert in their own attempt,
long ago, to be free of
marauding humans who treated
the elves then just as the Gotara
worshippers treated the Wolfriders.
4) Savah is about 2000 years
old.
5) A biography of all of them?
Hmmm. Worth thinking about
--maybe for a change of pace
right here in this column. --RP
I would like to say you have a
rather nice comic here-- if not I
wouldn't be subscribing to it.
The cover for issue #6 was pretty
awesome, and the insides
weren't too bad either. I've always
been interested in elves,
and your comic is just how I've
always pictured them. Your
drawings have a touch of elegance
to them. I wish we could
see more swordfights, though.
Have you ever thought of putting
an Elfquest poster in one of
the comics? it would look sooo
good on my bedroom wall.
Henrik Hagtvedt
Larvik, Norway
Well, to be honest, we and the folks at Marvel/Epic have been talking about doing an Elfquest poster to become part of the Marvel Press poster lineup. What do you think? Should we say yes? (Of course Wendy would draw it...) --RP
I'll be mercifully brief. Elfquest
is the best idea in comics since
staples. I enjoy your book immensely
but I do have a few
questions.
1) When do we get to see the
trolls again?
2) Does Rayek ride off into
limbo never to be seen again?
3) How soon can we, your
public, expect an Elfquest annual
or special edition?
4) On the cover of your excellent
eighth issue, over the price
it says "March 1986." Why
doesn't it say "December 1985?"
Roy Smith
Cincinnati, OH
1) Hope you're happy by now.
2) Hope he's happy by now.
3) Uhhhhh... (he said intelligently).
4) This peculiar practice
started long ago, when
magazine publishers started putting
more and more advanced
cover dates on their issues to
make it seem like their
magazines were "newer" than
the competition's. Of course,
soon everyone was doing the
same thing, so there was no
longer an advantage. Comics,
for various reasons, have settled
on a cover date about three
months ahead of the actual date.
(Can you imagine if the "date-jumping"
had not stopped? You
could be reading the October
2001 issue of Elfquest now! --RP
Stop interrupting Leetah and
Cutter! Because if Leetah
doesn't want him, I'll take him!
Angela Healy
Uniondale, NY
You may have to get in line ... See you next time! --Richard Pini