Eisner Award Hall of Fame inductee Wendy Pini has been drawing literally since the age of two, and has worked for Marvel, DC, First Comics, Comico, Ace, Berkley, Tor Books, and many other publishers. She is the co-creator, writer, artist, and colorist for the long-running fantasy graphic novel series “ElfQuest,” widely acknowledged as “the first American manga.” She wrote and painted two “Beauty and the Beast” graphic novels, based on the original TV series, as well as a critically acclaimed 400-page dark, futuristic reimagining of Poe’s “Masque of the Red Death,” currently in development with an award-winning team as a thriller for the musical theatre. In 2022 she story-edited scripts for Season One of Dagaz Media and Realm.fm’s 10-episode Audio Movie adaptation of the first ElfQuest novelization, “Journey to Sorrow’s End.” Her 2024 motion-comic version of “Masque” may be seen on Amazon Prime Video.
Eisner Award Hall of Fame inductee Richard Pini is the co-creator, sometimes-writer, editor, and publisher for the long-running fantasy graphic novel series “ElfQuest.” He is the author of the Eisner-nominated art book “Line of Beauty – the Art of Wendy Pini,” as well as co-author and editor of two other related volumes: “The Art of ElfQuest” and “ElfQuest – the Art of the Story.” A graduate of MIT in astronomy, as well as planetarium writer, lecturer, and teacher, he has contributed articles to national magazines on the wonders of the heavens. He managed 2018’s year-long 40th anniversary celebration for ElfQuest, and intends 2028’s 50th anniversary to be a major extravaganza. Most recently he executive-produced the ElfQuest Audio Movie and the 30-song concept album for Wendy’s “Masque of the Red Death” as well as the motion-comic version and Blu-ray available on Amazon Prime Video.
