Comments on: Book of the Month: Elfquest https://www.comicsgirl.com/2010/07/07/book-of-the-month-elfquest/ Wed, 15 Sep 2010 08:23:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 By: Marie https://www.comicsgirl.com/2010/07/07/book-of-the-month-elfquest/comment-page-1/#comment-23359 Wed, 15 Sep 2010 08:23:13 +0000 http://www.comicsgirl.com/?p=1669#comment-23359 I have a cousin who is a collector of Elfquest and she told about this serie and lent me book 1 till book 20 .I read them injust a couple of days ,then i went back for the rest and read them in just 2 days.This is a story i love most and ihave read lots of books ,but this facsinates me .I like everything about this story ,you can compare it to real life ,the way people act against each other because of where they come from etc.The animation is fantastic ,Wendy Pini should get an award for her animation skills .So i,m glad i came in contact with this story and i hope they make the movie.

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By: comicsgirl https://www.comicsgirl.com/2010/07/07/book-of-the-month-elfquest/comment-page-1/#comment-21466 Sun, 08 Aug 2010 23:55:00 +0000 http://www.comicsgirl.com/?p=1669#comment-21466 In reply to Richard Pini.

I am ecstatic you stopped by. No, seriously.

I do hope Elfquest ends up back in print at some point because it would make it so much easier to recommend it to people. I’ve passed along some of my collections to people who kind of snickered at it and they realized I was right.

As for the movie — I’ve probably been hearing about it as long as I’ve been reading the comic, so I can only imagine how you feel. But I do think the time is right for it — I think technology and special effects are at the point where the movie will work out well. My fingers are crossed — I would love to see and Elfquest movie and I hope it works out.

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By: Richard Pini https://www.comicsgirl.com/2010/07/07/book-of-the-month-elfquest/comment-page-1/#comment-21415 Sat, 07 Aug 2010 02:01:33 +0000 http://www.comicsgirl.com/?p=1669#comment-21415 Still in Poughkeepsie – AND in California too. That’s what dabbling in both the world of publishing and the world of entertainment will do to a soul. I agree, DC did not shepherd the property as well as we would have liked, but it’s at Warner Bros. now and we have high hopes, not only for (at flipping last) a movie, but a resurrection of the printed books as well.

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By: comicsgirl https://www.comicsgirl.com/2010/07/07/book-of-the-month-elfquest/comment-page-1/#comment-20483 Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:14:15 +0000 http://www.comicsgirl.com/?p=1669#comment-20483 In reply to Jim D..

Thanks!

I think they’re still there. I haven’t heard differently, anyway. It probably would’ve been fun to have their mail route.

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By: Jim D. https://www.comicsgirl.com/2010/07/07/book-of-the-month-elfquest/comment-page-1/#comment-20481 Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:49:52 +0000 http://www.comicsgirl.com/?p=1669#comment-20481 Happy Birthday! Oh, and the Pinis used to (still do?) live in Poughkeepsie, NY, where I went to high school and near where I grew up. I worked as a mail carrier for a couple of summers in college and always hoped to get their route so I could give them their mail. Alas, didn’t happen.

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By: comicsgirl https://www.comicsgirl.com/2010/07/07/book-of-the-month-elfquest/comment-page-1/#comment-20480 Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:41:01 +0000 http://www.comicsgirl.com/?p=1669#comment-20480 In reply to ostrakos.

I love that Helium video. I made an icon of Mary reading Elfquest and used it as my avatar on various sites there for a while.

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By: ostrakos https://www.comicsgirl.com/2010/07/07/book-of-the-month-elfquest/comment-page-1/#comment-20479 Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:42:56 +0000 http://www.comicsgirl.com/?p=1669#comment-20479 I remember seeing ads fro Elfquest in comics when I was a kid, I would guess it was when it was a part of the Epic Comics line, and I was pretty impressed when I finally got a real issue.

And, wow, haven’t seen that Helium video in a loooooong time, but I also remember being impressed that Mary chose Elfquest.

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By: comicsgirl https://www.comicsgirl.com/2010/07/07/book-of-the-month-elfquest/comment-page-1/#comment-20477 Wed, 07 Jul 2010 12:29:47 +0000 http://www.comicsgirl.com/?p=1669#comment-20477 In reply to Rob.

The library is where I read it as a preteen/teen, too. I do think it’s kind of the original “comic that girls/women like” and I’m sad to see it essentially fall out of print. Some of it does look a little dated now, but it’s still fun and I think DC messed up their releases of it (spread it too thin, aimed for the manga market).

There still seems to be some interest in it, though, and I doubt it will be out of print forever.

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By: Rob https://www.comicsgirl.com/2010/07/07/book-of-the-month-elfquest/comment-page-1/#comment-20476 Wed, 07 Jul 2010 12:16:33 +0000 http://www.comicsgirl.com/?p=1669#comment-20476 Both of my daughters (10 and 16 now) have loved the Elfquest books. My oldest has the link to where they are online, but I don’t know if she has tried reading them there. For us, the library was our primary source. I got my oldest hooked on the series when I picked up one of the hardbacks at a book sale at the library, and then between the several libraries closest to us we borrowed the rest. I like Elfquest as well, but not as much as my girls do. In High School I had a number of friends that loved it as well, and it was probably 50/50 male and female that I heard about it from. That’s a pretty good number for a time when girls weren’t very visible as readers of comics(mid eighties).

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