PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
50 years ago, Wendy Pini was born Wendy Fletcher in San Francisco. Growing up on an isolated ranch in Gilroy, CA., Wendy's imagination was fueled by all forms of fantasy and mythology. At an early age she began spinning her own tales of elves, monkey-gods, aliens and sorcerers. While her artistic talents were influenced by of turn-of-the-century illustrators, film and TV animation, her storytelling abilities evolved from a love of Shakespeare, Japanese history and legend, modern fantasy and the epic poetry of the Ramayana. In 1977, a deeply personal project called ElfQuest was born. As the first continuing fantasy/adventure graphic novel series in America to be co-created, written and illustrated by a woman, Elfquest became a phenomenon in the comics industry. Appealing to comics and sci-fi/fantasy fans alike, it attracted a unique and unprecedented audience, an equal mix of male and female readers. Over three million copies of the collected graphic novel volumes have been sold to date. For Wendy, E lfquest has been an ongoing labor of love for over two decades. With husband/editor/facilitator Richard Pini, she has scripted, drawn, and painted many E lfQuest graphic novels, as well as co-written and illustrated prose novelizations. The author lives in Los Angeles, CA..
Praise for the first volume of The Complete ElfQuest: ElfQuest is a well told and exquisitely illustrated story that should be in every teen and graphic novel collection. -School Library Journal (Good Comics for Kids)
