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Elfquest #9.1
Wolfrider!
A bolt of bright fire in the night...
That is how Bearclaw, brash chief of the Wolfriders, describes life on the World of Two Moons. And for the son of Mantricker, nothing could be closer to the truth. Wild, reckless, Bearclaw lives in legend, his fiery temper and prankster's spirit providing the stuff of tale after tale.
But few have known the truth behind Bearclaw's deep hatred of humans. And no one before now can even have guessed at the mortal connection between Wolfrider chief and the slithering terror that nearly destroys the elfin tribe - a nemesis of Bearclaw's own making!
That is how Bearclaw, brash chief of the Wolfriders, describes life on the World of Two Moons. And for the son of Mantricker, nothing could be closer to the truth. Wild, reckless, Bearclaw lives in legend, his fiery temper and prankster's spirit providing the stuff of tale after tale.
But few have known the truth behind Bearclaw's deep hatred of humans. And no one before now can even have guessed at the mortal connection between Wolfrider chief and the slithering terror that nearly destroys the elfin tribe - a nemesis of Bearclaw's own making!
176 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 1999
About the author
Christy Marx
106 books12 followersChristy Marx has had an eclectic career as a transmedia writer, TV and animation series developer, game designer and narrative designer. Over the years, she has worked on live-action television, film, animation, videogames, comic books, graphic novels, manga, and non-fiction educational books.
She began her game design career creating award-winning adventure games for Sierra On-Line, and went on to work on console, MMO, Facebook, and mobile games.
Christy was awarded the Writers Guild of America/Animation Writers Caucus Award for contributions to the field of animation writing. Her TV credits include: Babylon 5, Twilight Zone, Spider-Man, G.I. Joe, Jem and the Holograms, ReBoot, Conan, Beast Wars, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. With her partner, Randy Littlejohn, she has written for X-Men: Evolution, Stargate Infinity, He-Man and others.
She began writing comics with Conan and Red Sonja stories for Marvel. Her credits include Wolfrider, a graphic novel with Wendy Pini in the Elfquest series, and various other stories. She's written for DC Comics on fantasy series Amethyst, superhero series Birds of Prey, and Green Arrow. Her original Marvel/Epic series The Sisterhood of Steel, about a society of warrior-women is available from the author.
After six years providing Narrative Design at Zynga, she has returned to the freelance life to pursue her own projects, including a second edition of her book, Writing for Animation, Comics and Games, and a memoir about creating the animation series for Jem and the Holograms.
She lives on top of a huge ridge of volcanic stuff amidst towering pines, oaks, and cedars with her husband, Randy Littlejohn, and four...no, make that five...no, make that six cats. They're stopping at six. Really. They are.
She began her game design career creating award-winning adventure games for Sierra On-Line, and went on to work on console, MMO, Facebook, and mobile games.
Christy was awarded the Writers Guild of America/Animation Writers Caucus Award for contributions to the field of animation writing. Her TV credits include: Babylon 5, Twilight Zone, Spider-Man, G.I. Joe, Jem and the Holograms, ReBoot, Conan, Beast Wars, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. With her partner, Randy Littlejohn, she has written for X-Men: Evolution, Stargate Infinity, He-Man and others.
She began writing comics with Conan and Red Sonja stories for Marvel. Her credits include Wolfrider, a graphic novel with Wendy Pini in the Elfquest series, and various other stories. She's written for DC Comics on fantasy series Amethyst, superhero series Birds of Prey, and Green Arrow. Her original Marvel/Epic series The Sisterhood of Steel, about a society of warrior-women is available from the author.
After six years providing Narrative Design at Zynga, she has returned to the freelance life to pursue her own projects, including a second edition of her book, Writing for Animation, Comics and Games, and a memoir about creating the animation series for Jem and the Holograms.
She lives on top of a huge ridge of volcanic stuff amidst towering pines, oaks, and cedars with her husband, Randy Littlejohn, and four...no, make that five...no, make that six cats. They're stopping at six. Really. They are.
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Displaying 1 - 7 of 7 reviews
January 18, 2012
The elfquest novel/comics are just wonderful. Wendy and Richard Pini come up with beautiful worlds and relatible characters. Great for the young and old.
June 30, 2025
Read on Elfquest.com as part of my Great ElfQuest Read of 2025. I may have read this before, but I'm not totally sure.
This fills in a lot of the backstory on exactly how the ongoing feud between the elves and humans occurred, prior to volume 1. We get to know Bearclaw really well, flaws and all, and see how Joyleaf influenced him (or didn't, in some cases). We even find out exactly how Madcoil came to be, and it's a sad, tragic tale. It also serves to underscore how important it is that Cutter is a product of both his parents, but chooses his own brand of leadership. Bearclaw could not have done the things Cutter does.
Most of this is drawn by Wendy Pini and is therefore up to the fabulous standard we're used to, and the fill-in artist did a pretty decent job. I'm glad Wendy came back to do the final section.
This fills in a lot of the backstory on exactly how the ongoing feud between the elves and humans occurred, prior to volume 1. We get to know Bearclaw really well, flaws and all, and see how Joyleaf influenced him (or didn't, in some cases). We even find out exactly how Madcoil came to be, and it's a sad, tragic tale. It also serves to underscore how important it is that Cutter is a product of both his parents, but chooses his own brand of leadership. Bearclaw could not have done the things Cutter does.
Most of this is drawn by Wendy Pini and is therefore up to the fabulous standard we're used to, and the fill-in artist did a pretty decent job. I'm glad Wendy came back to do the final section.
February 22, 2020
Intense stories focusing on Bearclaw, Cutter's wild father, the softening influence of Joyleaf, and the disruption of the coming of humans to the forest of The Holt. Not sure if the final section was originally intended, or is retconning of an event from the first series. But we are shown how life was short and sharp, and get a glimpse into the difference in leadership styles between Cutter and his father.
February 7, 2026
Backstory on Bearclaw and how he caused part of the Wolfrider's problems
March 28, 2016
It was nice to see this character finally fleshed out and gave much needed background to the whole tribe. I love that Wendy and Richard refuse to make their good guys completely good and the bad guys completely bad. The world is made up of gray, even the world of two moons.
March 30, 2021
Some of Bearclaw's legendary tales involving humans. Some of his truly bad decisions regarding them, creating generations of angry humans.
I would happily read more Bearclaw tales, about his youth, his relationship with his parents, of the other lifemates and children he had over the ages...
I would happily read more Bearclaw tales, about his youth, his relationship with his parents, of the other lifemates and children he had over the ages...
October 6, 2014
some of the at work was questionable, but the story was great as ever..
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