From: Yngvar Følling Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.elfquest Subject: Unfinished stories? Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: MicroPlanet Gravity v2.60 Lines: 44 Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 23:11:22 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 193.217.192.39 X-Complaints-To: abuse@tele2.no X-Trace: juliett.dax.net 1077837082 193.217.192.39 (Fri, 27 Feb 2004 00:11:22 MET) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 00:11:22 MET Organization: Tele2 Norway AS Public Access Path: redlance.franklin.ch!pfaff2.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!newsfeed.icl.net!news.tdcnorge.no!uninett.no!dax.net!juliett.dax.net!not-for-mail Xref: redlance.franklin.ch rec.arts.comics.elfquest:1012 Well, Richard, you said once that you never knew where you had me, and sometimes a post of mine made you go "yaah!" I suppose this may be one of them. :-) When Elfquest, Vol 2 ended, a number of stories were left unfinished. On top of my head, these included Fire-Eye Futurequest Wavedancers Wild Hunt: Mender's Tale Wolfrider Of these, only Wolfrider was later finished in the Reader's Collections. However, it seemed to be written pretty clearly at the last installment of Fire-Eye that we wouldn't see any more of that either (though you left the possibility open for more stories with the same characters). On the other hand, later, you started another story: Recognition. That hasn't been finished either, so there are still four storylines I expected more of. Futurequest, Wavedancers, and *two* Wild Hunt storylines. I thought I read somewhere (possibly in a post from Joellyn Auklandus) that Mender's Tale had in fact been finished, but just hadn't been published yet, but I'd have expected to see it by now, if that was the case. To be fair, I'm very much looking forward to The Searcher and the Sword, but I am still hoping for a continuation of these dangling storylines. I want to know who Jink's parents are. I want to know about Mender in the human village. I want to know about who Recognizes, the circumstances behind Kahvi's supposed death, and how Krim will react. And I want to know... no, honestly, I must admit that I've totally forgotten where we were in the Wavedancers storyline. Is there hope for any of this yet? Yngvar P.S. And what about the Jink Special which was advertised with much fanfare in most of Elfquest #8? :-) ###### From: rah2@duke.edu (Ralf Haring) Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.elfquest Subject: Re: Unfinished stories? Message-ID: <403ec927.2004181@news.optonline.net> References: X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.21/32.243 Lines: 28 Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 04:39:16 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.46.232.243 X-Complaints-To: abuse@cv.net X-Trace: news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net 1077856756 24.46.232.243 (Thu, 26 Feb 2004 23:39:16 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 23:39:16 EST Organization: Optimum Online Path: redlance.franklin.ch!pfaff2.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!irazu.switch.ch!switch.ch!in2p3.fr!proxad.net!news.cs.univ-paris8.fr!border1.nntp.ash.giganews.com!border2.nntp.ash.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!feed5.newsreader.com!newsreader.com!news3.optonline.net!news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: redlance.franklin.ch rec.arts.comics.elfquest:1014 On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 23:11:22 GMT, Yngvar Følling wrote: > >I want to know who Jink's parents are. >I want to know about Mender in the human village. >I want to know about who Recognizes, the circumstances behind Kahvi's >supposed death, and how Krim will react. >And I want to know... no, honestly, I must admit that I've totally >forgotten where we were in the Wavedancers storyline. That one elf was stuck sick on the boat....yeah I know that could describe most of the episodes of that series. >Is there hope for any of this yet? I hope so, especially the Wild Hunt stuff. I haven't heard any mention of anyone but Wendy and Richard being involved with the DC deal. I would suppose that it's no longer solely up to them. If DC wants to put a Wild Hunt digest trade on the schedule, they'd have to know there's interest. Richard, who is the EQ editor at DC to whom letters and such can be directed? -Ralf Haring "The mind must be the harder, the heart the keener, the spirit the greater, as our strength grows less." -Byrhtwold, The Battle of Maldon ###### From: Yngvar Følling Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.elfquest Subject: Re: Unfinished stories? Message-ID: References: <403ec927.2004181@news.optonline.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: MicroPlanet Gravity v2.60 Lines: 15 Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 18:18:57 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 193.217.196.47 X-Complaints-To: abuse@tele2.no X-Trace: juliett.dax.net 1077905937 193.217.196.47 (Fri, 27 Feb 2004 19:18:57 MET) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 19:18:57 MET Organization: Tele2 Norway AS Public Access Path: redlance.franklin.ch!pfaff2.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!newsfeed.icl.net!feed.news.tiscali.de!uio.no!193.75.75.20.MISMATCH!news.eunet.no!dax.net!juliett.dax.net!not-for-mail Xref: redlance.franklin.ch rec.arts.comics.elfquest:1015 In article <403ec927.2004181@news.optonline.net>, rah2@duke.edu says... > That one elf was stuck sick on the boat....yeah I know that could > describe most of the episodes of that series. Ah, now I remember something I was more interested in. Wavecatcher and Windkin had come across another human village with an elf in it. The unusual thing was that the elf herself knew nothing about her own kind except superstitious tales from humans, so she'd apparently come to think she was some kind of deity. I've always found these conflicting views of reality more interesting tha plain power struggles. Yngvar ###### From: linda.a.tam@boeing.com (Linda Tam) Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.elfquest Subject: Re: Unfinished stories? Date: 27 Feb 2004 15:38:07 -0800 Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 31 Message-ID: References: <403ec927.2004181@news.optonline.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 130.76.64.14 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1077925088 8966 127.0.0.1 (27 Feb 2004 23:38:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 23:38:08 +0000 (UTC) Path: redlance.franklin.ch!pfaff2.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!switch.ch!news.imp.ch!news.imp.ch!newsfeed.stueberl.de!news.glorb.com!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail Xref: redlance.franklin.ch rec.arts.comics.elfquest:1016 rah2@duke.edu (Ralf Haring) wrote in message news:<403ec927.2004181@news.optonline.net>... > On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 23:11:22 GMT, Yngvar Følling > wrote: > > > >I want to know who Jink's parents are. > >I want to know about Mender in the human village. > >I want to know about who Recognizes, the circumstances behind Kahvi's > >supposed death, and how Krim will react. > >And I want to know... no, honestly, I must admit that I've totally > >forgotten where we were in the Wavedancers storyline. > > That one elf was stuck sick on the boat....yeah I know that could > describe most of the episodes of that series. > My beloved Spine, who is arguably the most interesting character in the Wavedancer series, was struck sick on dry land, in addition to what's-his-name being sickened by the humans on the boat. I have been in a state of high agitation since what, 1999, waiting for the resolution of Spine's medical emergency! Eeeeek! While on the topic of the unfinished story "Recognition" -- it is still listed on Amazon and now they're saying it is coming out in December 2004: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0936861770/qid=1077924554/ Richard, does Amazon know something we don't, or are they just generating random dates again?? And when's the latest estimate for when Searcher & The Sword comes out?? Last summer I heard November/December 2003, then at the end of last year I heard "early 2004" ... ###### From: rah2@duke.edu (Ralf Haring) Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.elfquest Subject: Re: Unfinished stories? Date: 2 Mar 2004 06:52:41 -0800 Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: <403ec927.2004181@news.optonline.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 130.119.248.12 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1078239162 20913 127.0.0.1 (2 Mar 2004 14:52:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 14:52:42 +0000 (UTC) Path: redlance.franklin.ch!pfaff2.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!switch.ch!news.imp.ch!news.imp.ch!nntp-out.monmouth.com!newspeer.monmouth.com!newshosting.com!nx02.iad01.newshosting.com!news.glorb.com!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail Xref: redlance.franklin.ch rec.arts.comics.elfquest:1021 rah2@duke.edu (Ralf Haring) wrote in message news:<403ec927.2004181@news.optonline.net>... > > Richard, who is the EQ editor at DC to whom letters and such can be > directed? And I just found an answer to this at the new EQ home page: http://www.elfquest.com/edits/MoOpinion_02_28_04.html "Ever since hooking up with the folks at DC Comics (most notably our very capable and smartass editor Bob Greenberger)..." So if you want to communicate something directly to DC, the address to write to is: Bob Greenberger Re: ElfQuest 1700 Broadway New York City, NY 10019 -Ralf Haring "The mind must be the harder, the heart the keener, the spirit the greater, as our strength grows less." -Byrhtwold, The Battle of Maldon ###### Subject: Re: Unfinished stories? Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2004 20:57:42 -0500 From: Richard Pini Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.elfquest Message-ID: <040320042057420269%rpini@elfquest.com> References: <403ec927.2004181@news.optonline.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Thoth/1.6.0 (Carbon/OS X) Lines: 43 Organization: Usenet Monster - http://www.usenetmonster.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 05 Mar 2004 01:57:42 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 6db7b708.news.usenetmonster.com X-Trace: DXC=7[VdSm\QI]U>d=]C0gI];]c[3Bf`1S5QPSK60V_3W01RNX7QZG@Z^l[J]5@dD_SY;P:5M=?kC:KiVjZhln27Io[BMSgkV1oK=AgF>>LUV8ndKlNjImRj[a=DoJK3IZ[2f`;S9k, Ralf Haring wrote: > On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 23:11:22 GMT, Yngvar Følling > wrote: > > > >I want to know who Jink's parents are. > >I want to know about Mender in the human village. > >I want to know about who Recognizes, the circumstances behind Kahvi's > >supposed death, and how Krim will react. > >And I want to know... no, honestly, I must admit that I've totally > >forgotten where we were in the Wavedancers storyline. > > That one elf was stuck sick on the boat....yeah I know that could > describe most of the episodes of that series. > > >Is there hope for any of this yet? > > I hope so, especially the Wild Hunt stuff. I haven't heard any mention > of anyone but Wendy and Richard being involved with the DC deal. I > would suppose that it's no longer solely up to them. If DC wants to > put a Wild Hunt digest trade on the schedule, they'd have to know > there's interest. > > Richard, who is the EQ editor at DC to whom letters and such can be > directed? > > -Ralf Haring > "The mind must be the harder, the heart the keener, > the spirit the greater, as our strength grows less." > -Byrhtwold, The Battle of Maldon I asked if it would be all right to post the email address, and got the OK: Our editor's name is Bob Greenberger, and his email address is bob/greenberger@dccomics.com For the time, DC's efforts are strongly behind building a large new awareness of Elfquest in markets where it hasn't had a presence before, and that seems to be going well. The first two manga volumes have sold out, and are going back to press. There's a major push behind "The Searcher and the Sword" involving lots of PR. The first Archive volume has gotten glowing reviews in the industry trades like Library Journal and Publisher's Weekly. We're very happy about all of it. ###### Subject: Re: Unfinished stories? Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2004 20:59:00 -0500 From: Richard Pini Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.elfquest Message-ID: <040320042059004996%rpini@elfquest.com> References: <403ec927.2004181@news.optonline.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Thoth/1.6.0 (Carbon/OS X) Lines: 32 Organization: Usenet Monster - http://www.usenetmonster.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 05 Mar 2004 01:59:00 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 6db7b708.news.usenetmonster.com X-Trace: DXC=`KT1F3?bjj6cVh@n]Z0g\[BMSgk61oK=AgF>>L5V8ndKlNjIm2j[a=DoJK3I:[2f`;S9k, Ralf Haring wrote: > rah2@duke.edu (Ralf Haring) wrote in message > news:<403ec927.2004181@news.optonline.net>... > > > > Richard, who is the EQ editor at DC to whom letters and such can be > > directed? > > And I just found an answer to this at the new EQ home page: > > http://www.elfquest.com/edits/MoOpinion_02_28_04.html > > "Ever since hooking up with the folks at DC Comics (most notably our > very capable and smartass editor Bob Greenberger)..." > > So if you want to communicate something directly to DC, the address to > write to is: > > Bob Greenberger > Re: ElfQuest > 1700 Broadway > New York City, NY 10019 > > -Ralf Haring > "The mind must be the harder, the heart the keener, > the spirit the greater, as our strength grows less." > -Byrhtwold, The Battle of Maldon Of course, you'll want to make sure you have the complete address, which would include the line "DC Comics" before the street address... ###### From: rah2@duke.edu (Ralf Haring) Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.elfquest Subject: Re: Unfinished stories? Message-ID: <4047ef14.257720@news.optonline.net> References: <403ec927.2004181@news.optonline.net> <040320042059004996%rpini@elfquest.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.21/32.243 Lines: 12 Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2004 03:08:11 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.46.232.243 X-Complaints-To: abuse@cv.net X-Trace: news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net 1078456091 24.46.232.243 (Thu, 04 Mar 2004 22:08:11 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2004 22:08:11 EST Organization: Optimum Online Path: redlance.franklin.ch!pfaff2.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!switch.ch!news.imp.ch!news.imp.ch!news.telebyte.nl!proxad.net!proxad.net!newshosting.com!nx02.iad01.newshosting.com!38.144.126.100.MISMATCH!feed5.newsreader.com!newsreader.com!news3.optonline.net!news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: redlance.franklin.ch rec.arts.comics.elfquest:1025 On Thu, 04 Mar 2004 20:59:00 -0500, Richard Pini wrote: > >Of course, you'll want to make sure you have the complete address, >which would include the line "DC Comics" before the street address... Riiiight....tiny little detail. ;-) -Ralf Haring "The mind must be the harder, the heart the keener, the spirit the greater, as our strength grows less." -Byrhtwold, The Battle of Maldon ###### From: Yngvar Følling Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.elfquest Subject: Re: Unfinished stories? Message-ID: References: <403ec927.2004181@news.optonline.net> <040320042057420269%rpini@elfquest.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: MicroPlanet Gravity v2.60 Lines: 33 Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2004 20:51:14 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 193.216.200.5 X-Complaints-To: abuse@tele2.no X-Trace: juliett.dax.net 1078519874 193.216.200.5 (Fri, 05 Mar 2004 21:51:14 MET) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2004 21:51:14 MET Organization: Tele2 Norway AS Public Access Path: redlance.franklin.ch!pfaff2.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!newsfeed.stueberl.de!feed.news.tiscali.de!uio.no!193.216.69.35.MISMATCH!dax.net!juliett.dax.net!not-for-mail Xref: redlance.franklin.ch rec.arts.comics.elfquest:1027 In article <040320042057420269%rpini@elfquest.com>, rpini@elfquest.com says... > I asked if it would be all right to post the email address, and got the > OK: Our editor's name is Bob Greenberger, and his email address is > bob/greenberger@dccomics.com Is this correct? It's the first time I've seen an email address with a slash in it. Also, as I've realized too late, posting a correct, unmunged email address on the Usenet is a sure-fire way of getting tons of spam and virus mails. I'm sure you must have realized that yourself. Does Bob have a good mail filter? > For the time, DC's efforts are strongly behind building a large new > awareness of Elfquest in markets where it hasn't had a presence before, > and that seems to be going well. The first two manga volumes have sold > out, and are going back to press. There's a major push behind "The > Searcher and the Sword" involving lots of PR. The first Archive volume > has gotten glowing reviews in the industry trades like Library Journal > and Publisher's Weekly. We're very happy about all of it. Glad to hear it, though my worry was that DC might hesitate to publish stories that depended on a lot of back story that they hadn't published yet. Confusing to new readers. Of course, "The Searcher and the Sword" follows "Shards", which they haven't published either. Where Shuna came from might need some explaining, as would the change from stone age to middle age. Am I right in guessing that there will be a "what has gone before" in front? Yngvar ###### From: Engr Bohn Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.elfquest Subject: Re: Unfinished stories? Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2004 07:42:04 -0500 Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science Lines: 45 Message-ID: References: <403ec927.2004181@news.optonline.net> <040320042057420269%rpini@elfquest.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: nu.cis.ohio-state.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=X-UNKNOWN Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE X-X-Sender: bohn@nu.cis.ohio-state.edu In-Reply-To: Path: redlance.franklin.ch!pfaff2.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!enews.sgi.com!arclight.uoregon.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!news-hog.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!news.cis.ohio-state.edu!nu.cis.ohio-state.edu!bohn Xref: redlance.franklin.ch rec.arts.comics.elfquest:1028 Good morning, Hail, Yngvar F=F8lling! We who are about to post salute you. > In article <040320042057420269%rpini@elfquest.com>, rpini@elfquest.com > says... > > > I asked if it would be all right to post the email address, and got the > > OK: Our editor's name is Bob Greenberger, and his email address is > > bob/greenberger@dccomics.com > > Is this correct? It's the first time I've seen an email address with a > slash in it. I'm guessing richard's finger slipped one key to the right. > Also, as I've realized too late, posting a correct, unmunged email > address on the Usenet is a sure-fire way of getting tons of spam and > virus mails. I'm sure you must have realized that yourself. Does Bob > have a good mail filter? That thought also occurred to me -- that the "typo" may have been deliberate. [...] > Of course, "The Searcher and the Sword" follows "Shards", which they > haven't published either. Where Shuna came from might need some > explaining, as would the change from stone age to middle age. Am I > right in guessing that there will be a "what has gone before" in front? I'm trying to think back to how much "what has gone before" we were given in Jink. Of course, that "what has gone before" could be as simple as a small box in the first panel that says "10,000 years after Cutter became chief of the Wolfriders..." Take care, cb --=20 Christopher A. Bohn ____________|____________ http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/~bohn/ ' ** ** " (o) " ** ** ' "To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving the peace." - George Washington, 1790 ###### Subject: Re: Unfinished stories? Date: Sat, 06 Mar 2004 08:02:41 -0500 From: Richard Pini Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.elfquest Message-ID: <060320040802411904%rpini@elfquest.com> References: <403ec927.2004181@news.optonline.net> <040320042057420269%rpini@elfquest.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Thoth/1.6.0 (Carbon/OS X) Lines: 24 Organization: Usenet Monster - http://www.usenetmonster.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 06 Mar 2004 13:02:41 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 96795c51.news.usenetmonster.com X-Trace: DXC=jEQk[c;DISJX@`9nYjc[BMSgkF1oK=AgF>>LEV8ndKlNjImBnDCRRIIk@IIhn2dTV3B^AN X-Complaints-To: killthespammer@usenetmonster.com Path: redlance.franklin.ch!pfaff2.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!news-out1.nntp.be!propagator2-sterling!news-in.nuthinbutnews.com!cyclone1.gnilink.net!peer01.cox.net!cox.net!newshosting.com!nx02.iad01.newshosting.com!63.218.45.203.MISMATCH!newsfeeds.sol.net!63.218.45.201.MISMATCH!posts.news.moreusenet.net!nnrp1-asbnva.usenetmonster.com!not-for-mail Xref: redlance.franklin.ch rec.arts.comics.elfquest:1029 In article , Yngvar Følling wrote: > In article <040320042057420269%rpini@elfquest.com>, rpini@elfquest.com > says... > > > I asked if it would be all right to post the email address, and got the > > OK: Our editor's name is Bob Greenberger, and his email address is > > bob/greenberger@dccomics.com > > Is this correct? It's the first time I've seen an email address with a > slash in it. > > Also, as I've realized too late, posting a correct, unmunged email > address on the Usenet is a sure-fire way of getting tons of spam and > virus mails. I'm sure you must have realized that yourself. Does Bob > have a good mail filter? At this stage, I have to hope so, as I forgot that spammers do harvest Usenet for their irritating purpose. However, there may be a bit of saving grace, since the email address I typoed will do them no good. The slash should indeed be replaced with a dot - but please keep in mind that this IS our editor, as well as a longtime friend, so be merciful... ###### From: Yngvar Følling Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.elfquest Subject: Re: Unfinished stories? Message-ID: References: <403ec927.2004181@news.optonline.net> <040320042057420269%rpini@elfquest.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: MicroPlanet-Gravity/2.60.2060 Lines: 22 Date: Sun, 07 Mar 2004 19:09:51 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 193.217.197.34 X-Complaints-To: abuse@tele2.no X-Trace: juliett.dax.net 1078686591 193.217.197.34 (Sun, 07 Mar 2004 20:09:51 MET) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 07 Mar 2004 20:09:51 MET Organization: Tele2 Norway AS Public Access Path: redlance.franklin.ch!pfaff2.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!newsfeed.stueberl.de!feed.news.tiscali.de!uninett.no!dax.net!juliett.dax.net!not-for-mail Xref: redlance.franklin.ch rec.arts.comics.elfquest:1030 In article , BravoOscarHotelNovember@cis.ohio-state.edu says... > I'm trying to think back to how much "what has gone before" we were given > in Jink. Jink is differemt, because the back story is part of the mystery that is revealed as the story progresses. With "The Searcher and the Sword", we long-time fans know the back story, while any new readers that DC lures in will not have that advantage, and the story has to cater to both groups. > Of course, that "what has gone before" could be as simple as a > small box in the first panel that says "10,000 years after Cutter became > chief of the Wolfriders..." So here's one story telling that Cutter is 10,000 years old, while maybe the Blue Mountain part of the original quest is published in the Archives at the same time, and tells us that Cutter is mortal. Which is it? :-) Yngvar ###### From: linda.a.tam@boeing.com (Linda Tam) Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.elfquest Subject: Re: Unfinished stories? Date: 8 Mar 2004 09:11:42 -0800 Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 16 Message-ID: References: <403ec927.2004181@news.optonline.net> <040320042057420269%rpini@elfquest.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 130.76.64.15 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1078765902 16039 127.0.0.1 (8 Mar 2004 17:11:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 17:11:42 +0000 (UTC) Path: redlance.franklin.ch!pfaff2.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!newsfeed.wirehub.nl!feeder1.essentkabel.com!border1.nntp.ash.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news.glorb.com!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail Xref: redlance.franklin.ch rec.arts.comics.elfquest:1031 Yngvar Følling wrote : > Of course, "The Searcher and the Sword" follows "Shards", which they > haven't published either. Where Shuna came from might need some > explaining, as would the change from stone age to middle age. Am I > right in guessing that there will be a "what has gone before" in front? > I was lucky enough to attend the Elfquest panel at San Diego last July and as part of their slideshow the Pinis showed the first five pages of S&tS (full color - glorious). And it gave away absolutely nothing of the plot, because the first five pages were all a narration by Shuna describing what it's like to be a human living with this bunch of elves, and how she came to be there. From what I saw, I think it'll be an ideal lead-in for someone who's never read any Elfquest before. It may even be redundant to have a "what has gone before" in front of the story! ###### From: Engr Bohn Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.elfquest Subject: Re: Unfinished stories? Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 14:01:53 -0500 Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science Lines: 54 Message-ID: References: <403ec927.2004181@news.optonline.net> <040320042057420269%rpini@elfquest.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: kappa.cis.ohio-state.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=X-UNKNOWN Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE X-X-Sender: bohn@kappa.cis.ohio-state.edu In-Reply-To: Path: redlance.franklin.ch!pfaff2.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!newsfeed.stueberl.de!peer1.stngva01.us.to.verio.net!news.verio.net!news.harvard.edu!news.dfci.harvard.edu!news.cis.ohio-state.edu!kappa.cis.ohio-state.edu!bohn Xref: redlance.franklin.ch rec.arts.comics.elfquest:1032 Good afternoon, Hail, Yngvar F=F8lling! We who are about to post salute you. > In article BravoOscarHotelNovember@cis.ohio-state.edu says... > > > I'm trying to think back to how much "what has gone before" we were giv= en > > in Jink. > > Jink is differemt, because the back story is part of the mystery that > is revealed as the story progresses. With "The Searcher and the Sword", > we long-time fans know the back story, while any new readers that DC > lures in will not have that advantage, and the story has to cater to > both groups. True. > > Of course, that "what has gone before" could be as simple as a > > small box in the first panel that says "10,000 years after Cutter becam= e > > chief of the Wolfriders..." > > So here's one story telling that Cutter is 10,000 years old, while > maybe the Blue Mountain part of the original quest is published in the > Archives at the same time, and tells us that Cutter is mortal. Which is > it? :-) Well, if we wanted to be coy about it, we might suggest that it's possible Winny is lying, or that "living 10,000 years is not the same as living forever", or that new readers will have to wait-and-see ("all will be revealed in due time"). Of course, the backstory isn't *supposed to be* a mystery, so that's poor form. Hmm... now that I think about it (and with the "manga-style" books about fifteen miles away), don't the new books have a timeline in the first few pages (my wetware tells me so)? The big upside to printing last year's stories at the same time as the older stories is that those of us whose neighborhood comics store dropped the ball (grumble grumble) don't have to wait to read those stories. The big downside is that it does serve as a spoiler for the new readers -- for example, there are some big clues as to who survived the Troll War (hmm... Cutter's still running around, and so is ...) Take care, cb --=20 Christopher A. Bohn ____________|____________ http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/~bohn/ ' ** ** " (o) " ** ** ' 9 March 1942 -- The US War Department is reorganized into three autonomous forces: Army Air Forces, Army Ground Forces, and Services of Supply.