Elfquest, The Movie?

Okay, okay... I know that headline may be hard to believe for some of you out there. I hardly believe it myself. Click HERE to learn more.

We have been down this road a few times now... well, more like five or six times and it gets harder to believe each time I hear this fantastic comic book series is FINALLY going to be made into a movie. Every time I raise my eyes to the heavens and say a small prayer to the gods that if it FINALLY does come to fruition to please, please, please don't let it suck.

This is the 30th anniversary of this series by the way and through this latest news article I have discovered that the creators, Wendy & Richard Pini, are putting the entire series online. FOR FREE. You can read it HERE. And while there is no substitute for reading an actual, physical book the originals are so hard to find that I recommend you read them no matter what form you find them in.

I remember when I was about 12 or 13 years old my best friend Sharon had the first four graphic novels and she wouldn't let me read beyond the first book. She was determined to make me wait for each new issue to come out as Marvel re-released them in the mid 1980's.

What she doesn't know is that while pet sitting for her family while they were on vacation I snuck into her room and read all four of them in one afternoon. I eventually saved enough money between Christmas, my birthday, and walking a rather large half-pitbull, half black lab named Hank that I was terrified of each week to purchase all four of those first books for myself. I still have these four original books and they are my loaner copies. And speaking of loaner copies, it's about time to introduce my almost 12 year old nephew to The World of Two Moons!

So while I have been waiting many years for an Elfquest movie to come out, I have been burned before, and I fear I will be burned again. I am hopeful, I am optimistic, but I am not going to hold my breath. I will wait as long as necessary for this to become a reality.... if only it doesn't suck.