- WaRP Graphics
WaRP Graphics, later Warp Graphics, is an
alternative comics publisher best known for being the original publisher of the "Elfquest "comic book s. It was created in 1977 by Wendy andRichard Pini . The company title is an acronym formed from the founding couple's name: Wendy and Richard Pini.In addition to "Elfquest", WaRP also published a few other comic book series including the original version of "
A Distant Soil " byColleen Doran , until Doran left in acrimonious circumstances. WaRP also published "MythAdventures " and related titles byRobert Asprin . "Thunder Bunny ", created byMartin Greim , was another of WaRP's titles.For a time during the 1980s Richard Pini turned all publishing and marketing duties over to
Michael Catron 'sApple Comics so that WaRP could concentrate on editing comics. Titles packaged by the newly-uncapitalized Warp for Apple included theanthology series "FantaSci", "Vietnam Journal", and "Unicorn Isle" byLee Marrs , which only ran to 5 of a projected 12 issues.Eventually all of the Apple Comics titles were dropped and WaRP concentrated solely on publishing "Elfquest" titles, for the first time inviting other writers and artists to join in. In the late 1990s it also published some "
Elflord " comics byBarry Blair andColin Chan , who had also written for "Elfquest".WaRP also launched a book publishing imprint, Father Tree Press, named after the
Wolfrider s' original tree-home in "Elfquest". Not surprisingly, most FTP titles were reprints of "Elfquest" stories.Warp and Father Tree Press still exist but are not currently publishing new books. In 2003 the Pinis signed the worldwide publication rights for "Elfquest" to
DC Comics . As of 2007, DC has put out two series of "manga-style" digest reprints (now complete), the first three volumes of an archive reprint series, one new graphic novel, and a four-part comic series entitled "Discovery," which has since been collected.References
[http://www.newsarama.com/Elfquest.htm news item on DC/WaRP relationship]
External links
* [http://www.elfquest.com/about/AboutWarp.html Company history from official site]
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