Wendy and Richard Pini

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Wendy Pini

Birth name	Wendy Fletcher
Born	June 4, 1951 (age 55) San Francisco, California
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Writer, Penciler, Inker, Publisher
Notable works	Elfquest

Richard Pini

Born	June 19, 1950 (age 56) New Haven, Connecticut
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Writer, Publisher
Notable works	Elfquest

Wendy Pini (née Fletcher, born June 4, 1951, San Francisco, California) and Richard Pini (born July 19, 1950, New Haven, Connecticut) are the husband-and-wife team responsible for creating the well-known Elfquest series of comics, graphic novels and prose works. They are also known as WaRP (as in Warp Graphics).

Wendy contributed several covers and illustrations to Galaxy Science Fiction and Galileo magazines in the mid-1970s, before launching Elfquest in 1978. In addition to Elfquest, she also created two graphic novels based on the TV series Beauty and the Beast and has illustrated occasional stories for both Marvel Comics and DC Comics.

Richard Pini, who had been a professional astronomer, is credited as co-writer and editor on Elfquest as well as handling all of the publishing and business aspects of Warp Graphics.

Wendy and Richard met when Richard read a letter of Wendy's that had been published in the Silver Surfer comic book and began corresponding with her.

Wendy Pini published a book documenting her attempt to make an animated film project of the Stormbringer series. Law and Chaos: The "Stormbringer" Animated Film Project was published by Father Tree Press of Poughkeepsie, New York in 1987. The book contains original artwork, information on the characters, an overview of the plot, and her personal investment in the project. The film, however, never reached completion.

Prior to the widespread publication of Elfquest, Wendy was also known for dressing up at conventions as Red Sonja. [1]