Thursday, January 21, 2010

Elfquest: Captives of Blue Mountain

Elfquest Captives of Blue Mountain by Wendy and Richard Pini

I wish there were more novels of the Elfquest series. The treatment that is given since there are no pictures to accompany is a vast elaboration. Most would simply dictate and format the comic scipt and not bother to enrich the characters and landscapes, but that wouldn't be Richard Pini.

Together with Wendy and Richard we revist the World of Two Moons before we ever knew of the Go-Backs or Mer-folk and how they found out about elf worshiping humans. Richard has a very accessable manner of writing, no twisting overly wordy path to navigate. You could drop this in the lap of a twelve year old if you didn't have the comic books to introduce them to Elfquest.

Another delicious romp! Very fun and sincere.

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