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Series III: Materials related to Wendy and Richard Pini and ElfQuest, 1975-2020
Series IV: Red Sonja Cosplay, circa 1976-1978

Wendy and Richard Pini papers, 1962-2020

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Series I: ElfQuest, 1977-2006

Series contains ElfQuest original artwork, scripts and panel layouts, artworks by others, published runs of the comics and graphic novels, as well as fanzines and fanworks, dating from 1977 to 2006. The ElfQuest comic book series was first published in spring of 1978 in Fantasy Quarterly, then the Pinis founded WaRP Graphics, a self-publishing and small press company that sought to produce higher quality publications to better showcase Wendy's artwork. The ElfQuest was published in comic book form by Marvel Epic from 1985 to 1988. In 2003, Warp Graphics licensed the publishing rights to DC Comics, and then to Dark Horse Comics in 2012.

Subseries I.1-6 are series titles arranged in chronological order by their published years. Materials include original artwork of front and back covers in color, as well as black and white pages for each series, dating from 1977 to 1998.

Subseries I.7 includes scripts, drafts, panel sketches and layout, story outlines, character sketches, drawings, background information, treatments, and various supporting materials for the ElfQuest series, dating from 1977 to 1988.

Subseries I.8 consists of original artwork and materials for the Rebels, Chaosium Roleplaying Game, ElfQuest Animation and Videos, Marvel Epic ElfQuest, "Elfquest Fun by Others", unpublished Elfquest Newspaper Strip Tryout, and other original artwork including drawings, sketches, character pages, situation scenes, designs, empty panel pages, etc., dating from 1977 to 1999.

Subseries I.9 contains the full run of ElfQuest comics and graphic novels in published format, dating from 1978 to 2004. They were published by Warp Graphics, Father Tree Press, and DC Comics.

Subseries I.10 includes fanzines and fan works created by ElfQuest fans and lovers around the world, dating from 1977 to 2006. Materials include fan letters, fan arts, and fanzines in printed format published by various ElfQuest fan-created "Holts", where fans form groups to share story-telling through communication by mail, zines, emails, and online forums. Also included is a life-size sculpture of Petalwing and a Queen-sized fan art bedsheet with art drawn on cotton fabric and signed by fans.

Arranged by series titles and material types.

Subseries I.1: Original Quest, 1977-1984

Original Artwork—Front Covers, Color, 1977-1984

Mixed Media on Board, with the Exception of Issue #5, 6, 7, and 21, which are on Paper Brown Spots.


Box 1 Folder 1 Issues #1-5, 1977-1979

Box 1 Folder 2 Issues #6-10, 1979-1981

Box 1 Folder 3 Issues #11-15, 1981-1983

Box 1 Folder 4 Issues #16-21, 1983-1984

Original Artwork—Back Covers, Color, 1977-1984

Mixed Media on Board


Box 2 Folder 1 Issue #1-5, 1977-1979

Box 2 Folder 1 Issue #1: Cutter

Box 2 Folder 1 Issue #2: Leetah

Box 2 Folder 1 Issue #3: Rayek

Box 2 Folder 1 Issue #4: Joyleaf

Box 2 Folder 1 Issue #5: Treestump (on paper)

Box 2 Folder 2 Issue #6-10, 1979-1981

Box 2 Folder 2 Issue #6: Savah (on paper)

Box 2 Folder 2 Issue #7: Picknose (on paper)

Box 2 Folder 2 Issue #8: Suntop, Newstar, Wing, Ember, Dart

Box 2 Folder 2 Issue #9: Skywise

Box 2 Folder 2 Issue #10: Redlance and Night Fall

Box 2 Folder 3 Issue #11-15, 1981-1983

Box 2 Folder 3 Issue #11: Moonshade and Strongbow

Box 2 Folder 3 Issue #12: The Wolfpack

Box 2 Folder 3 Issue #13: Pike

Box 2 Folder 3 Issue #14: Winnowill and Tyldak

Box 2 Folder 3 Issue #15: One-Eye and Clearbrook

Box 2 Folder 4 Issue #16-21, 1983-1984

Box 2 Folder 4 Issue #16: Two-Edge (small board)

Box 2 Folder 4 Issue #17: Guttlekraw

Box 2 Folder 4 Issue #18: Kahvit and Ekvar

Box 2 Folder 4 Issue #19: Lord Voll

Box 2 Folder 4 Issue #20: Woodlock, Rainsong, Shenshen

Box 2 Folder 4 Issue #21: Two-Edge's Treasure Vault

Original Artwork—Black and White Pages, 1977-1984

Ink on Paper with Text included on Page


Box 3 Folder 1 Issue #1: Pages 1-28, Inside Back Cover Image of Cutter, Skywise, and Nightfall, 1977-1978

Box 3 Folder 2 Issue #2: Pages 1-31 (missing Page 29), 1978

Box 3 Folder 3 Issue #3: Pages 1-32, 1978

Box 3 Folder 4 Issue #4: Pages 1-32, 1979

Box 3 Folder 5 Issue #5: Pages 1-32, 1979


Box 4 Folder 1 Issue #6: Pages 1-32, 1979

Box 4 Folder 2 Issue #7: Pages 1-32, 1980

Box 4 Folder 3 Issue #8: Pages 1-32, 1980

Box 4 Folder 4 Issue #9: Pages 1-44, 1981

Box 4 Folder 5 Issue #10: Pages 1-32, 1981


Box 5 Folder 1 Issue #11: Pages 1-32, 1981

Box 5 Folder 2 Issue #12: Pages 1-32, 1982

Box 5 Folder 3 Issue #13: Pages 1-32, 1982

Box 5 Folder 4 Issue #14: Pages 1-32, 1982

Box 5 Folder 5 Issue #15: Pages 1-32, 1983


Box 6 Folder 1 Issue #16: Pages 2-33 (became 1-32 in final), 1983

Box 6 Folder 2 Issue #17: Pages 1-32, 1983

Box 6 Folder 3 Issue #18: Pages 1-32, 1983

Box 6 Folder 4 Issue #19: Pages 1-19, 22-32, 1984


Mapcase 15-B-1 Folder 1 Issue #19: Pages 20-21, 1984


Box 6 Folder 5 Issue #20: Pages 1-40, 1984

Issue #21

This issue did not contain a story, but background information and art not used for the other issues.

Subseries I.2: Siege at Blue Mountain, 1986-1988

Original Artwork—Covers and Black and White Pages, 1986-1988

Original Artwork on Warp Comic Paper, Text Written Directly on Page; Black and White Ink Pages and Mixed Media Color Covers


Box 7 Folder 1 Issue #1: Cover in Color, Pages 1-28, 1986

Box 7 Folder 2 Issue #2: Cover in Color, Pages 1-28, 1986

Box 7 Folder 3 Issue #3: Cover in Color, Pages 1-28, 1987

Box 7 Folder 4 Issue #4: Cover in Color, Pages 1-28, 1987


Box 8 Folder 1 Issue #5: Cover in Color, Pages 1-28, 1987

Box 8 Folder 2 Issue #6: Cover in Color, Pages 1-28, 1987

Box 8 Folder 3 Issue #7: Cover in Color, Pages 1-28, 1988

Box 8 Folder 4 Issue #8: Cover in Color, Pages 1-29, 1988

Subseries I.3: Kings of the Broken Wheel, 1990-1992

Original Artwork—Covers and Black and White Inked Pages, 1990-1992

Mixed Media Covers and Black and White Inked Pages


Box 9 Folder 1 Issue #1, 1990

Box 9 Folder 1 Pages 1-30, Sketch of a Boar on the Back of Page 3, Black and White, No Text, 1990

Box 9 Folder 1 Character Sketches of Cutter and Rayek, used on the Cover, Black and White and Color, 1990

Box 9 Folder 2 Issue #2, 1990

Box 9 Folder 2 Cover in Black and White and Color Versions, 1990

Box 9 Folder 2 Pages 1-30, No Text, 1990

Box 9 Folder 3 Issue #3, 1990

Box 9 Folder 3 Cover in Black and White and Color Versions, 1990

Box 9 Folder 3 Pages 1-30, No Text, 1990

Box 9 Folder 4 Issue #4, 1990

Box 9 Folder 4 Cover in Black and White Only, 1990

Box 9 Folder 4 Pages 1-38, No Text, 1990


Box 10 Folder 1 Issue #5, 1991

Box 10 Folder 1 Cover in Black and White and Color Versions, 1991

Box 10 Folder 1 Pages 1-30, No Text, 1991

Box 10 Folder 1 "Opinion"—One Page Comic of Wendy and Richard Discussing Rumors about Divorce, Inked Pages with Text on Overlaid Tissue Paper, 1991

Box 10 Folder 2 Issue #6, 1991

Box 10 Folder 2 Cover in Color Only, 1991

Box 10 Folder 2 Pages 1-30, No Text, 1991

Box 10 Folder 3 Issue #7, 1991

Box 10 Folder 3 Cover in Black and White and Color Versions, 1991

Box 10 Folder 3 Pages 1-30, No Text, 1991

Box 10 Folder 4 Issue #8, 1991

Box 10 Folder 4 Cover in Black and White and Color Versions, 1991

Box 10 Folder 4 Smaller Photocopied Version, in Color, with "Scene from the Upcoming Elfquest III Series" Written at Bottom, 1991

Box 10 Folder 4 Pages 1-30, No Text; Page 30 has a Sketch of Savah on the Back, 1991

Box 10 Folder 5 Issue #9, 1992

Box 10 Folder 5 Cover in Color only, 1992

Box 10 Folder 5 Pages 1-31, No Text, 1992

Subseries I.4: Hidden Years, 1992-1993

Original Artwork, Color and No Text Version, 1992

Mixed Media, No Text. Some Pages are Composites of Smaller Drawings Glued to Board. Some Tape Present.


Box 11 Folder 1 Issue #1: Cover, Pages 1-28, 1992

Box 11 Folder 2 Issue #2: Cover, Pages 1-28, Plus Cover to Issue #3, 1992

Box 11 Folder 3 Issue #3: Cover, Pages 1-28, 1992

Box 11 Folder 4 Issue #4: Cover, Pages 1-28, 1992

18-19 is a Double Spread, Folded


Box 12 Folder 1 Issue #5: Cover, Pages 1-28, 1992

Hidden Years, Issue 9.5, Black and White Ink and Pencil Version, 1993

Pencils on Paper by Wendy Pini, Ink by John Byrne on a Separate Sheet of Tracing Paper. Drawings and tracing papers are taped together, 11x14

Box 12 Folder 2 Page 1-19, 1993

Box 12 Folder 3 Page 20-40, 1993

Hidden Years, Issue 9.5, Color and No Text Version, 1993


Box 16 Folder 4 2 Covers, Page 1-19, 1993

Color, Mixed Media, No Text

Box 16 Folder 5 Page 20-40, 1993

Color, Mixed Media, No Text

Subseries I.5: Dreamtime, 1997-1998

(for Graphic Novels)

Original Art, Black and White Pages on Warp Graphics Board, with Separate Tissue Paper Overlay for Text, 1997-1998


Box 13 Folder 1 Part 1, Pages 1-10 (Issue #4), 1997

Box 13 Folder 2 Part 2, Pages 1-14 (Issue #5), 1997

Box 13 Folder 3 Part 3, Pages 1-14 (Issue #6), 1997

Box 13 Folder 4 Part 4, Pages 1-14 (Issue #7), 1997

Box 13 Folder 5 Part 5, Pages 1-14 (labeled as issue #9?), 1997

Box 13 Folder 6 Part 6, Pages 1-15 (Issue #11), 1997


Box 14 Folder 1 Part 7, Pages 1-14 (Issue #12), 1997

Box 14 Folder 2 Part 8, Pages 1-14 (Issue #13), 1997

Box 14 Folder 3 Part 9, Pages 1-15 (Issue #15), 1997

Box 14 Folder 4 Part 10, Pages 1-14 (Issue #16), 1997

Box 14 Folder 5 Part 11, Pages 1-10 (Issue #18), 1997

Box 14 Folder 6 Part 12, Pages 1-14 (Issue #18), 1997

Box 14 Folder 7 Part "?" Dreamtime Coda, 6 pages, 1997

Subseries I.6: Rogue's Curse and The Jury, circa 1997-1998


Box 15 Folder 3 The Jury, Original Artwork in Color, Pages 1-16, circa 1997-1998

Published in Frank Frazetta Fantasy Illustrated #1, 1998. Mixed Media on Board, No Text

Box 15 Folder 4 Rogue's Curse—The Beginning, Original Artwork in Black and White, Pages 2-14, 13 pages, 1997

Published in Elfquest Volume 2, Number 8, 1997. Original Artwork on Pre-printed Board, Black and White, Pen and Ink with Marker over blue sketch, white paint highlights, tissue with text, Issue labeled as "tests" and Issue #8.

Rogue's Curse, Original Artwork in Color, circa 1997-1998

Published in Frank Frazetta Fantasy Illustrated #4, 1998.

Box 15 Folder 5 Pages 1-7, circa 1997-1998

Mixed Media in Color, mostly marker and pen with some graphite, no text.

Box 15 Folder 6 Pages 8-12, circa 1997-1998

On Bristol Sketchpad, 14"x17", Mixed media in Color, mostly marker and pen with some graphite, no text.

Subseries I.7: Scripts and Panel Layouts, 1977-1988

ElfQuest: Original Quest—Scripts and Panel Layouts, 1977-1984


Box 19 Folder 1 Issue #1 Fire and Flight

Box 19 Folder 1 Sketches of Panels, Pen

Box 19 Folder 1 Scripts

Box 19 Folder 1 List of Income and Sales

Box 19 Folder 1 Photocopies of Panels with Cover in Color

Box 19 Folder 2 Issue #2 Raid at Sorrow's End

Box 19 Folder 2 Photocopies of Panels

Box 19 Folder 2 Scripts

Box 19 Folder 3 Issue #3 The Challenge

Box 19 Folder 3 Photocopy of sketched layout in Pen

Box 19 Folder 4 Issue #4 Wolfsong

Box 19 Folder 4 Sketched Layout

Box 19 Folder 4 Scripts

Box 19 Folder 5 Issue #5 Voice of the Sun

Box 19 Folder 5 Sketched Layout in Pen

Box 19 Folder 5 Script Drafts

Box 19 Folder 6 Issue #6 The Quest Begins (no title on Draft)

Box 19 Folder 6 Script Drafts

Box 19 Folder 6 One Page of Characters Sketches, Dart and Newstar

Box 19 Folder 7 Issue #7 The Dreamberry Tales (no title on draft)

Box 19 Folder 7 Character Sketches of Trolls in Pen

Box 19 Folder 7 Sketches of Mugs

Box 19 Folder 7 Script Drafts

Box 19 Folder 8 Issue #8 Hands of the Symbol Maker

Box 19 Folder 8 Script Drafts

Box 19 Folder 8 Character Sketches of Nonna

Box 19 Folder 9 Issue #9 The Loadstone

Box 19 Folder 9 Script Drafts

Box 19 Folder 9 Sketched Layout in Pencil

Issue #10 is missing

Box 19 Folder 10 Issue #11 Lair of the Bird Spirits (no title on draft)

Box 19 Folder 10 Script Draft

Box 19 Folder 11 Issue #12 What is the Way? (No title on draft)

Box 19 Folder 11 Layout sketches in Pen

Box 19 Folder 12 Issue #13 The Secret Life of the Wolfriders

Box 19 Folder 12 Script Draft

Box 19 Folder 13 Issue #14 The Fall (no title on draft)

Box 19 Folder 13 Script Draft

Box 19 Folder 14 Issue #15 The Quest Usurped! (no title on draft)

Box 19 Folder 14 Script Draft


Box 17 Folder 6 Elfquest: Original Quest #15 Vellum Layouts, Page 19-32, undated

18 Pencil and Pen Drawings on Tracing Paper, 14x17


Box 19 Folder 15 Issue #16 The Go-Backs (no title on draft)

Box 19 Folder 15 Script Draft

Box 19 Folder 15 Photocopies of Sketched Layouts and Final Artwork

Box 19 Folder 16 Issue #17 The First War (no title on Draft)

Box 19 Folder 16 Story Outlines

Box 19 Folder 16 Script Draft

Box 19 Folder 17 Issue #18 The Treasure (no title on draft)

Box 19 Folder 17 Story Outline

Box 19 Folder 18 Issue #19 Quest's End Part I (no title on draft)

Box 19 Folder 18 Story Outlines

Box 19 Folder 18 Photocopies of Sketched Layout

Box 19 Folder 19 Issue #20 Quest's End Part II

Box 19 Folder 19 Script Draft

Box 19 Folder 19 Story and Panel Outline

Box 19 Folder 20 Miscellaneous

Box 19 Folder 20 General

Box 19 Folder 20 Draft of world background (for issue #1)

Box 19 Folder 20 Draft Pages

Box 19 Folder 20 Photocopy of character sketch of Ekuar

Box 19 Folder 21 Warp Graphics Annual, Courage, By Any Other Name—Layouts, circa 1986

ElfQuest: Siege at Blue Mountain—Scripts and Panel Layouts, 1986-1988

Box 19 Folder 22 Misc. Covers in Black and White, 4 photocopies, one original ink drawing with White-out, Letter from Richard about book layout, 1986

Issue #1

not received

Box 19 Folder 23 Issue #2: Layouts/Pencils—Photocopies of Sketched Layout

Issue #3

not received

Box 19 Folder 24 Issue #4: Layouts/Pencils—Photocopies of Sketched Layout

Box 19 Folder 25 Issue #5: Treatment of EQ Siege #5—Typed Script

Box 19 Folder 26 Issue #6: Treatment of EQ Siege #6—Typed Script of Story in Narrative form

Box 19 Folder 27 Issue #6: Layouts A—Photocopies of Two Sketched Layout Drafts

Box 19 Folder 28 Issue #6: Layouts B—Photocopies of Two Sketched Layout Drafts

Box 19 Folder 29 Issue #7: Treatment of EQ Siege #7—Typed Script of Story in Narrative Form

Box 19 Folder 30 Issue #7: Layouts—Photocopy of Sketched Layout Draft

Subseries I.8: ElfQuest & other original artwork, 1977-1999


Box 24 Folder 4 Original Illos for The Wolf Riders: A Presentation Based on Characters Featured in the Elfquest Graphic Novel Series by Wendy and Richard Pini, 1996

20 pages with 2 covers. Booklet of Concept, Characters, and Story Idea with Original Color and Black and White Illustrations, 8.5x11 (Promotional Material for Series or Show)


Box 18 Folder 4 Elfquest Newspaper Strip Tryout (Unpublished)—19 Panels in Several Sizes, Early 1980s

Black and White, Ink on Paper

Box 18 Folder 8 The Rebels, circa 1995

Box 18 Folder 8 Letter from Fred Pattern, 1995

Box 18 Folder 8 7 Drawings, Black and White, Ink, circa 1995

Box 18 Folder 8 8-Page Rebels Comic, Black and White, Ink, circa 1995

Box 18 Folder 8 8 Drawings of Characters and Scenes, Color, Mixed Media, circa 1995

Box 18 Folder 8 Drawing of a Scene, Black and White, Ink, circa 1995

Box 18 Folder 8 6-Page Rebels Comic—Photocopy, circa 1995


Box 17 Folder 1 Chaosium RPG, 1985

8 Pencil Drawings of Characters and Scenes on Paper, No Text, 11x14; 14 black and white, ink, drawings on thin paper

Box 17 Folder 2 ElfQuest Animation, circa 1981-1983

Box 17 Folder 2 Cutter and Troll, 21 cells, Pen and Crayon, 8.5x11, circa 1981-1983

Box 17 Folder 2 Rayek, 7 cells, Pencil, 10.5x12, circa 1981-1983

Box 17 Folder 5 Marvel Epic Elfquest, Covers, Original Artwork, 1985-1986

Black and White, Ink, 12x18

Box 17 Folder 5 Covers: Issues #1-32 (Missing # 2, 3, 8, 9, 14, 23, 26), 1985-1986

Box 17 Folder 5 Covers: Photocopies of #3, 6, 8, 18, 21, 26, 1985-1986

2 copies

Marvel Epic Elfquest, Extra Pages, 1985-1986

Reprint of the Original Quest. 51 Original Pages and 2 Photocopies, Black and White Ink, Pencil Text on Page, Multiple Versions of Some Pages (were these pages that were not used/replaced?). Missing Issue #4, 28, 31


Box 16 Folder 2 Issue #1, Page 25, 27, 29, 1985

on Bottom of page: 19-21

Box 16 Folder 2 Issue #2 Journey to Sorrow's End, 3 pages, 1985

Box 16 Folder 2 Issue #3 Raid at Sorrow's End, 4 pages, 1985

Box 16 Folder 2 2 Photocopies, 1985

Box 16 Folder 2 Issue #5 Bridge of Destiny, 4 pages, 1985

Box 16 Folder 2 Issue #6 Wolfsong, 2 pages, 1985

Box 16 Folder 2 Issue #7 Voice of the Sun, 2 pages, 1985

Box 16 Folder 2 Issue #8 Soul Names, Splash page, 1985

on Bottom of page: Book 1, Page 142-143

Box 16 Folder 2 Issue #9 The Quest Begins, Splash page, 1985

Box 16 Folder 2 Issue #10 Return of the Holt, Splash page, 1986

Box 16 Folder 2 Issue #11 The Dreamberry Tales, 4 pages, 1986

Box 16 Folder 2 Issue #13 The Warning and the Way, 2 pages, 1986

Box 16 Folder 3 Issue #14 The Lodestone, Splash page, 1986

Box 16 Folder 3 Issue #15 The Forbidden Grove, 2 pages, 1986

Box 16 Folder 3 Issue #16 Noisybad Highthing!, Splash page, 1986

Box 16 Folder 3 Issue #17 Lair of the Bird Spirits, 2 pages, 1986

Box 16 Folder 3 Issue #18 Riddle of Blue Mountain, 2 pages, 1986

Box 16 Folder 3 Issue #19 What Is the Way?, Splash page, 1986

Box 16 Folder 3 Issue #20 Fine Feathers, Splash page, 1986

Box 16 Folder 3 Issue #21 Secret of the Wolfriders, 2 pages, 1987

Box 16 Folder 3 Issue #22 The Fall, Splash page, 1987

Box 16 Folder 3 Issue #23 The Awakening, 2 pages, 1987

Box 16 Folder 3 Issue #24 The Quest Usurped!, 2 pages, 1987

Box 16 Folder 3 Issue #26 Two-Edge's Clue, Splash page, 1987

Box 16 Folder 3 Issue #27 The First War, 2 pages, 1987

Box 16 Folder 3 Issue #29 The Game of Two-Edge, page 1, 1987

Box 16 Folder 3 Issue #30 Final Battles, page 1, 1987

Box 16 Folder 3 Issue #32 Quest's End Part 2, page 1-2, 1987

Box 16 Folder 3 Elfquest Logo on DC Comics paper, 1987

Elfquest Artwork, 1977-1999

Box 16 Folder 1 Chaosium—Battle Scene, 1986

Black and White, Ink

Box 16 Folder 1 Cutter Shaking Hands with [Unidentified Character], undated

Pencil Sketch

Box 16 Folder 1 Leetah, undated

Pencil Sketch

Box 16 Folder 1 Leetah, Cutter, and Skywise, undated

Black and White, Ink

Box 16 Folder 1 "Big Deal"—Cutter and [superhero character?], undated

Pencil

Box 16 Folder 1 Young Cutter, Wolf, and Flying Kitten, 1993

Black and White, Ink

Box 16 Folder 1 Fight Scene: Cutter, Leetah, Rayek, 1982

Promotional Image for Elfquest Novel for Berkley Books, Printed in Original Quest #21, Pencil

Box 16 Folder 1 Winnowill, 1985

Black and White, Ink and Markers

Box 16 Folder 1 Two Pages from Original Quest (Possibly unused), 1977

Black and White, Ink

Box 16 Folder 1 Page from Original Quest (Possibly unused), 1977

Pencil

Box 16 Folder 1 Scenes and Characters from Original Quest "page 2", 1978

(unused cover design?), Black and White, Ink

Box 16 Folder 1 Leetah Character Page, 1977

Black and White, Ink with Description in Pencil

Box 16 Folder 1 Rayek Character Page, 1977

Black and White, Ink and Pencil with Description in Pencil

Box 16 Folder 1 Cutter Character Page, 1977

Black and White, Ink with Description in Pencil

Box 16 Folder 1 Skywise Character Page, 1977

Black and White, Ink with Description in Pencil

Box 16 Folder 1 A Wolfrider's Reflections—Songs of Elfquest, Album Cover Design in Color and Black and White Versions, 1978

Mixed Media

Box 16 Folder 1 Fight in Snow, 1978

Black and White, Mixed Media


Box 17 Folder 3 Warp Graphics Annual: Panel with Redlance and Nightfall and 7 Empty Text Boxes, circa 1986

Black and White, Ink

Box 17 Folder 3 Warp Graphics Annual: Courage, by Any Other Name—Pages 1-8, circa 1986

Black and White, Ink on Paper, Text Directly on Pages, 11x17

Box 17 Folder 3 Cutter, Leetah, and White Wolf in Snow, 1999

Color, Mixed Media, 14x17

Box 17 Folder 3 Cutter, Skywise, and Leetah Running, undated

Color, Mixed Media, 11X17

Box 17 Folder 3 Five Characters (Skywise, Nightfall, Cutter, Bearclaw, Joyleaf) in Moonlight, 1983

Color, Mixed Media, 11X17

Box 17 Folder 3 Cover Art for The Elfquest Portfolio III, 1982

Color, Mixed Media, Text on Separate Tracing Paper Sheet

Box 17 Folder 3 Cutter and Leetah Riding White Wolf, 1991

Color, Mixed Media, Original and Scanned Copy, 11X17, 2 copies

Box 17 Folder 4 Dewshine, 1979

Color Portrait on Pastels, 9.75x13

Box 17 Folder 4 Leetah, 1982

Color Portrait on Pastels, 9.75x13

Box 17 Folder 4 Redlance, Tilleet, and Nightfall with Leaf Book, 1993

Color, Mixed Media, 14x17

Box 17 Folder 4 Cutter, Wolves, and Other Characters Entering Battle with Black Space for Text, 1993

Color, Mixed Media, 17x12.5 (This is probably cover art, not sure which work)

Box 17 Folder 4 Sun Village, Raid at Sorrow's End, circa 1985

Black and White, Ink, 12.5x14

Box 17 Folder 4 Cutter holding Leetah, 1978

Color

Box 17 Folder 4 Fight with Mammoth-like Beast, 1985

Color Pastels, 15.5x19


Box 15 Folder 1 "Elfquest Fun by Others", 1969-2001, undated

Box 15 Folder 1 Sketch by Dave Sim, Color, undated

Box 15 Folder 1 Cutter Sketch by Dave Sim, Black and White, 1981

Box 15 Folder 1 Underwater Scene by Wendy Fletcher and G. Birt, 1969

(might not be part of Elfquest due to creation date)

Box 15 Folder 1 Color Drawing by J. Jackson, undated, undated

Box 15 Folder 1 "Candlelight, Dreamberry Wine, and Holiday Cheer from All the Corpuscles that Make Up Elfquest: New Blood and from WARP Graphics—Sketch by Bill Nierlle (SDCC), 1992

Black and White, Ink

Box 15 Folder 1 Elfquest: New Blood—Story Page 2, undated

Black and White with text, Ink, No Signature

Box 15 Folder 1 Photocopies of Two Cartoons on Last Laff Studios Paper, 1992

Unidentified signature

Box 15 Folder 1 Comic Panel Note to Wendy Pini from Sonny Strait, 2001 November 15

with marker

Box 15 Folder 1 Caricature of Wendy and Richard Pini by Sonny Strait, undated

with colored marker

Box 15 Folder 1 "How to Make Funny Books" by Sonny Strait, undated

Box 15 Folder 2 ElfQuest Video, 1990, undated

Box 15 Folder 2 Fire and Flight, Original Video Box, 1990

Box 15 Folder 2 Fire and Flight, Copies of Video Box Art, Color, 1990, 3 copies

Box 15 Folder 2 Photo of Video Collection, Black and White, 1990

Box 15 Folder 2 Ad/Mail-In Form Designs: "The Quest Never Ends" in Black and White and Color Versions, undated

Box 15 Folder 2 Ad/Mail-In Form Designs: "Elfquest", Color, undated

Subseries I.9: Published Comics and Graphic Novels, 1978-2004

Graphic Novels (Final Published Versions)

ElfQuest: Original Quest Comics, 1978-1985


Box 26 Folder 5 Issue #1-6, 1977-1979

Box 26 Folder 6 Issue #7-12, 1980-1982

Box 26 Folder 7 Issue #13-18, 1982-1983

Box 26 Folder 8 Issue #19-21, 1984-1985


Box 20 ElfQuest: Wolfrider, Vol. 1-2, 2003

Published by DC Comics

Box 20 ElfQuest: The Grand Quest, Vol. 1-10, 2004

Published by DC Comics


Box 21 ElfQuest: The Grand Quest, Vol. 11-14, 2004

Box 21 ElfQuest: The Hidden Years, 1992

Box 21 ElfQuest: New Blood, 1993

Box 21 ElfQuest: Bedtime Stories, 1994

Box 21 The ElfQuest Gatherum, Vol. 1-2, 1988

Box 21 ElfQuest: The First Twenty Years, 1998

Box 21 A Gift of Her Own: An Elfquest Story, 1995

The ElfQuest Reader's Collection, Published Copies, 1998-2000


Box 22 Book 1, Fire and Flight, 1998

Published by Warp Graphics, Inc. under its Wolfrider Books Imprint.

Box 22 Book 2, The Forbidden Grove, 1998

Published by Warp Graphics, Inc. under its Wolfrider Books Imprint.

Box 22 Book 3, Captives of Blue Mountain, 1998

Published by Warp Graphics, Inc. under its Wolfrider Books Imprint.

Box 22 Book 4, Quest's End, 1998

Published by Warp Graphics, Inc. under its Wolfrider Books Imprint.

Box 22 Book 5, Siege at Blue Mountain, 1998

Published by Warp Graphics, Inc. under its Wolfrider Books Imprint.

Box 22 Book 6, The Secret of Two-Edge, 1998

Published by Warp Graphics, Inc. under its Wolfrider Books Imprint.

Box 22 Book 7, The Cry from Beyond, 1998

Published by Warp Graphics, Inc. under its Wolfrider Books Imprint.

Box 22 Book 8, Kings of the Broken Wheel, 1998

Published by Warp Graphics, Inc. under its Wolfrider Books Imprint.

Box 22 Book 8a, Dreamtime, 1998

Published by Warp Graphics, Inc. under its Wolfrider Books Imprint.

Box 22 Book 9, Rogue's Curse, 2000

Published by Warp Graphics, Inc. under its Wolfrider Books Imprint.

Box 22 Book 9a, Wolfrider, 1999

Published by Warp Graphics, Inc. under its Wolfrider Books Imprint.


Box 23 Book 9b, Blood of Ten Chiefs, 1999

Published by Warp Graphics, Inc. under its Wolfrider Books Imprint.

Box 23 Book 9d, Chief's Howl, 2001

Published by Warp Graphics, Inc. under its Wolfrider Books Imprint.

Box 23 Book 10, Shards, 1998

Published by Warp Graphics, Inc. under its Wolfrider Books Imprint.

Box 23 Book 11, Legacy, 1998

Published by Warp Graphics, Inc. under its Wolfrider Books Imprint.

Box 23 Book 11a, Huntress, 1999

Published by Warp Graphics, Inc. under its Wolfrider Books Imprint.

Box 23 Book 12, Ascent, 1999

Published by Warp Graphics, Inc. under its Wolfrider Books Imprint.

Box 23 Book 12a, Reunion, 1999

Published by Warp Graphics, Inc. under its Wolfrider Books Imprint.

Box 23 Book 13a, Skyward Shadow, 1999

Published by Warp Graphics, Inc. under its Wolfrider Books Imprint.

Box 23 Book ?, Worldpool, 2000

Published by Warp Graphics, Inc. under its Wolfrider Books Imprint.

Box 23 Book 14, Jink!, 2000

Published by Warp Graphics, Inc. under its Wolfrider Books Imprint.

Box 23 Book 14a, Mind Coil, 2000

Published by Warp Graphics, Inc. under its Wolfrider Books Imprint.


Box 24 Book 15, Forevergreen, 2000

Published by Warp Graphics, Inc. under its Wolfrider Books Imprint.

Box 24 Book 15a, Dream's End, 2000

Published by Warp Graphics, Inc. under its Wolfrider Books Imprint.

Box 24 Book 15b, Phoenix, 2000

Published by Warp Graphics, Inc. under its Wolfrider Books Imprint.

Box 24 Book 16, Wave Dancers, 2000

Published by Warp Graphics, Inc. under its Wolfrider Books Imprint.

Box 24 Book 1, Fire and Flight, 1993

Published by the Father Tree Press

Box 24 Book 2, The Forbidden Grove, 1994

Published by the Father Tree Press


Box 25 Book 3, Captives of Blue Mountain, 1994

Published by the Father Tree Press

Box 25 Book 4, Quest's End, 1994

Published by the Father Tree Press

Box 25 Book 5, Siege at Blue Mountain, 1994

Published by the Father Tree Press

Box 25 Book 6, The Secret of Two-Edge, 1994

Published by the Father Tree Press

Box 25 Book 7, The Cry from Beyond, 1993

Published by the Father Tree Press

Box 25 Book 8, Kings of the Broken Wheel, 1994

Published by the Father Tree Press

Box 25 Book 9, Rogue's Challenge, 1994

Published by the Father Tree Press

Subseries I.10: Fan Mail, Fanzines, and Fan Works, 1977-2006


Box 32 Folder 1 Fan art and Fan Letters, 1977-2000

Include: Letters and Copies of Fanart from Members of a Dutch Elfquest Fanclub; Ralph Bakshi; Frank Thorne; Larry Marder; Dave Bennett; Stephanie Schorow (The Advocate)...

Box 32 Folder 2 Fantasian, Colorado's Comic and Fantasy Fanzine, Vol.3, No. 13, 1982 August

Box 32 Folder 2 Elfquips, by Jethro McClellan, 1991

Box 32 Folder 2 Elfprints, #33, 1997

Box 32 Folder 2 Packmates: An Elfquest Fan Ashcan, from Sendings, 2001, 2 copies

Box 32 Folder 3 Farcorners Holt Magazine—Cornerstone, 1990

Box 32 Folder 3 Fargazer's Rock and Terramundi—Rocks and Stars, Vol.1, no.1, undated

Box 32 Folder 3 Wolfsong: De Officiele Elfquest Fanclub (Dutch), Issue #13, 1997 April

Box 32 Folder 4 Let's Filk About: Fanzine fur Filk, Folk, SF und Fantasy (German), Issue #8, 1997 January

Box 32 Folder 4 Elfquest Whispering Leaves Holt Fan Art Calendar, "Shade and Sweet Water…" (German), 1999

Box 32 Folder 4 Kevät (Finnish School Magazine with Article by Fan About Elfquest, Note to Pinis), 2001 Spring

Box 32 Folder 5 Dragonlore, Issue #2, 1982 Fall

Box 32 Folder 6 Homespun, Volume 1, No. 2-3, 1982

Flaming Legends (Combined Newsletter of the Clearwater and Lone Oak Holts), 1992-1996

Box 32 Folder 7 Issue #1-5, 1992-1993

Box 32 Folder 8 Issue #6-10, 1994-1996

The Grey Falls Holt, 1996-1997


Box 33 Folder 1 The Grey Falls Holt Guide, Version 1.0, 1996 August

Box 33 Folder 2 The Grandfather Tree, Vol.1, No. 5, circa 1996

Box 33 Folder 3 The Grandfather Tree, Vol.2, No.1, 1996 Summer

Box 33 Folder 4 The Grandfather Tree, Vol.2, No.2, 1997 Winter

Box 33 Folder 5 The Grandfather Tree, Vol. 3, No. 1, 1997 Summer

Box 33 Folder 6 The Grandfather Tree, Vol. 3, No. 2, 1997 Winter

Box 33 Folder 7 Journeys, Issues #1-2: The Official Magazine of Questhaven Holt, and Correspondence, 1997-1998

Sweetwater Holt, 1996-1997

Box 33 Folder 8 Sweetwater Fan Club New Members Guide, Handbook, 3rd Edition, and Membership Letters, 1996

Box 33 Folder 9 Fanzine—Shade of the Tree, Issue #1-4, 1993-1996

Box 33 Folder 10 Fanzine—Shade of the Tree, Issue #4, #5 (2 copies), #6 (2 Copies), 1996

Box 33 Folder 11 Fanzine—Shade of the Tree, Issue #7 (2 copies), #8-9, 1997


Box 34 Folder 1 ShadowMoon Holt: Official Holt Fanzine, Howlings: First Year Anniversary, and Issue #4-5, undated

Box 34 Folder 2 Squalls #15-16, 18, 20-21, 25-26, 28-29, 1995-2006

Box 34 Folder 3 Tales of the Tower, Issues 26-29, 1996-1998

Box 34 Folder 4 Trails: Newsletter of the Trailduster Holt, Issue 29-34, 1996-2001

Box 34 Folder 4 Trails: Male Review, The Trailduster Holt Male Appreciation Issue, 1997

Wildwood Holt, 1998

Box 34 Folder 5 Wildwood Holt of Illinois Presents "The Way of the Wolves," Benefit Portfolio for Our Furry Friends, by DJ Zawitaj/Whitemist, 1998

Box 34 Folder 5 Wildwood Holt presents "Tales from the Tree," Issue #1, 1998 Fall

Box 34 Folder 6 Yearnings, Yearnings II, 1982, 1986


Box 35 Textile: Fan art Bedsheet

To access the item, you will need to make a special appointment. For more information, please contact rbml@columbia.edu

Awaiting conservation rehousing

Artifact: Petalwing the Preserver, 1982

Currently in conservation, 2024/02-yh

To access the artifact, you will need to make a special appointment. For more information, please contact rbml@columbia.edu

Original Quest reader Steve Purbrick surprised the dreamberries out of us with this marvelous, just about life-size sculpture of Petalwing, the ever-lovable, ever-irritating Preserver "bug." For more information, see https://elfquest.com/images/petalwing-the-preserver/