Customer Reviews

Elfquest - New Blood

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Dispite the die-hard Elfquest fan that I am, I didn't greatly enjoy this book when I borrowed it from the library. There are many enjoyable stories (including a hilarious one featuring the characters of Elfquest drawn "Tiny Toons" style) but I found some uninteresting (a story by Barry Blair in which Suntop meets a human boy. It was more about humans than elves and just seemed to drag on and on). The art isn't up to par with Wendy Pini's, but I didn't mind that terribly, as these stories aren't canon to the Elfquest saga. Also, you should only read this book if you are familiar with the Elfquest series!

As long as you realize that this book just doesn't follow anywhere about the famous Elfquest adventures of the World of Two Moons (which has by now been named "Abode"), you will still enjoy all those stories, serious or wacky. Some are quite artful and some are pretty dreadful and not too accurate to the history of Elfquest. And you just won't believe the Warner Bros.-style cartoon featuring Cutter, Leetah and Skywise with all its ridculous visual gags and taunting references to the adventures of the Elfquest! And also, here's a very interesting tale where Dewshine safely drops her cub right after falling several feet right out of a very tall tree! A very amusing recreation for all the bored Elfquest fans!

The drawings are crude, but, for those who keep up with the comics, going back to these rough-ups makes you appreciate how much these new artists have improved. For those who don't keep up? Have faith, it gets better, steadily

The pictures are ugly, but a few of the stories are all right...there are attempts at humor...but I would not recommend this book at all.

I would in no way recommend this book, even to the most die-hard Elfquest fans. The art is uninteresting and usually unrecognizable, the text is flat, and the importance of these stories to the overall series is non-existant. Stick to the stories and art actually done by the Pinis; apparently their editing skills are far below the standard that their creative original work sets.

This book was pretty funny, and I kind of enjoyed seeing all the different types of Pini elves people drew.

Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. I really enjoyed this book. Seeing different art is sort of strange, but some stories are actually kind of funny.