Editing Elfquest (section)

===WaRP Graphics===
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The poor quality of this publication convinced the Pinis that they could produce a higher quality publication on their own.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hall |first=Wayne |date=2014-01-23 |title=ElfQuest: The Final Quest #1 Review |url=https://majorspoilers.com/comic-book-reviews/elfquest-final-quest-1-review/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728043212/https://majorspoilers.com/comic-book-reviews/elfquest-final-quest-1-review/ |archive-date=2014-07-28 |access-date=2015-08-10 |publisher=Majorspoilers.com}}</ref> After borrowing money in order to start [[WaRP Graphics]], the Pinis started publishing with ''Elfquest'' #2. It was printed magazine-size with glossy full-color covers and a character portrait print on the back cover by Wendy, a format that continued throughout the series' entire run. This story continued the ''Elfquest'' tale started in ''Fantasy Quarterly''. Later, the Pinis' company WaRP Graphics reprinted the story from ''Fantasy Quarterly'' as ''Elfquest'' #1 with a new front cover and full-color portrait print for the rear cover.

This series was one of the early successes that marked the establishment of a phase in [[underground comics]] in which a new genre of [[alternative comics|alternative]] independent comic books emerged that were closer in content to mainstream comics. ''Elfquest'' was also one of the first comic book series that had a prearranged conclusion. It was highly praised for its innovative themes. The fact that a female artist/writer ([[Wendy Pini]]) was the creative principal of the series was also notable.

The original series – generally referred to as "The Original Quest" or "OQ" – ran for 20 magazine-size issues (spanning about seven to eight years in terms of the main storyline), released three times a year.<ref>WARP graphics also published a nonintegral "OQ" #21 in 1984.</ref> Color compilations followed, published by the Donning Company under its Starblaze imprint as Books 1-4. Two more series were published in a reduced comic book-size format, but still in black and white: ''Siege at Blue Mountain'' (8 issues) and ''Kings of the Broken Wheel'' (9 issues), later collected and published in color by Warp Graphics under its Father Tree Press imprint as part of a second edition of the graphic novels as Books 5-8. The stories take place three years after the original quest.