Elfquest has ended.

[Mouthwash]

Forty years to the day after it began.

You can read every issue (except the concluding series) online. No, it isn't 'girly.' Maybe a little bit in the beginning, but that's no reason to miss out on one of the best comic stories ever made. It's on par with Bone at least.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

I've never been into it, but going by the artwork, I wouldn't consider it a "girly" thing. It's one style of fantasy storytelling among many.

There are a lot of guys who are into Fuzzy Knights - and the main characters in that webcomic are a couple of teddy bears, a stuffed cat, and a stuffed rabbit.

 

[Mouthwash]

I've never been into it, but going by the artwork, I wouldn't consider it a "girly" thing. It's one style of fantasy storytelling among many.

The first few issues are super campy, though. I don't blame people who read those and dismiss it as 'cutesy' or 'girly.'

 

[Valka D'Ur]

I'll have to take your word on that, then. But if you enjoy them, that's the important thing, isn't it? Who cares if you're a guy who enjoys stories about elves; Tolkien was a guy who wrote about elves. Larry Elmore has painted and drawn many dozens of pictures of elves over the years.

You've got a lot of company, so just sit back and have fun.


If you're concerned that it may be considered more of a juvenile form of fantasy... my advice still stands. I still read and re-read one of the mystery series I got into when I was 10. One of the books I'm currently reading is Henry Reed, Inc.; it's a kids' book about a precocious 13-year-old boy who decides to make some money during his summer holidays and gets into all kinds of bizarre situations. One of my bookshelves is filled with Archie comics. Yes, I read those.


So relax. Sit back. Enjoy.

 

[Black.Wind]

Elfquest is not over: