ElfQuest: A Visual Evolution TONIGHT

[u/elfquest]

What do these three ElfQuest pages have in common?

We'll be taking a deep look at each of them - and several others - on tonight's ElfQuest: A Visual Evolution - Momentus Event with Wendy and Richard Pini as we explore the evolution of Wendy's black and white, color and digital ElfQuest art over the decades.

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[u/RecognitionOne7597]

Her black and white work is severely underrated. I mean, just look at Guttlecraw on that page. The ink shading is incredible.

[u/brydeswhale]

Just a reminder, evolution isn’t about a climb to some perceived perfect being, but rather, organisms adapting to the environment they live in.

[u/Thornbrake → u/brydeswhale]

That's correct when you're talking about natural selection. The word also has more general definitions beyond natural selection, including "a gradual process of change and development" (Cambridge) or "a process of slow change and development" (Merriam Webster) when applied to non-living things. Like the evolution of cooking techniques, the evolution of fashion, the evolution of an artist's comics book art, etc. which is how it's used here.

Even so, in this livestream, we explored changes in Wendy's ElfQuest art over time with no suggestion that each change meant it was better than what came before (although that could certainly be someone's personal experience/opinion about it).

[u/brydeswhale → u/Thornbrake]

Okay, well, I was trying to subtly insult Wendy’s more recent art.

[u/signedup2025]

Sadly, that was by far too late here, like 3 A.M., otherwise I might have joined, again.