Monday, October 6, 2008

"Elfquest" online


In an interesting move Richard and Wendy Pini have put the entire "Elfquest" comics saga online so that it can be read for free. I've probably grown a bit out of this series since the 80s, but back then I loved Elfquest more than anything. I've not kept track of the many spin offs and cross overs they've done since then, but the original 20 issues, at least, remain a solid piece of fantasy entertainment. Definitely worth checking out. And if you known any 9-14 year old girls who're into fantasy then they'll probably be eternally grateful if you point them toward this thing.

[Edit: I suddenly realize that while the series is fairly harmless almost-all-ages reading, at least based on my decadent Scandinavian values, the vague suggestion in the series of 'progressive' Elfish sexual politics (more than one partner and stuff like that) may mean that it's 'mature readers only' for conservative US readers. It's a pity though. Those 10 year old girls really seem to take to this series]

Here's a blog entry from the Forbidden Planet blog - she's just gotten round to reading the series and is impressed.

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