Wendy Pini née Fletcher, (born June 4 1951, San Francisco, California) and Richard Pini (born July 19 1950, New Haven, Connecticut) are the husband-and-wife team responsible for creating the well-known Elfquest series of comics, graphic novels and prose works. They are also known as WaRP (as in Warp Graphics).
Wendy and Richard met when Richard read a letter of Wendy's that had been published in the Silver Surfer comic book, and began correspondi...
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Wendy Pini née Fletcher, (born June 4 1951, San Francisco, California) and Richard Pini (born July 19 1950, New Haven, Connecticut) are the husband-and-wife team responsible for creating the well-known Elfquest series of comics, graphic novels and prose works. They are also known as WaRP (as in Warp Graphics).
Wendy and Richard met when Richard read a letter of Wendy's that had been published in the Silver Surfer comic book, and began corresponding with her.
Wendy contributed several covers and illustrations to Galaxy Science Fiction and Galileo magazines in the mid-1970s, before launching Elfquest in 1978. Richard Pini, who had been a professional astronomer, is credited as co-writer and editor on Elfquest, as well as handling all of the publishing and business aspects of Warp Graphics. Prior to the widespread publication of Elfquest, Wendy was also known for dressing up at fan conventions as Red Sonja.
In addition to Elfquest, Wendy Pini also created two graphic novels based on the...
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