comics founded 1977 founder wendy and richard pini headquarters poughkeepsie new york key people wendy and richard pini divisions apple comics father tree press website www.elfquest.com warp graphics later warp graphics is an alternative comics publisher best known for creating and being the original publisher of the elfquest comic book series . it was created and incorporated in 1977 by wendy and richard pini . the company title is an acronym formed from the founding couple s name wendy and richard pini . in later years the capitalization was changed from warp to warp a mostly aesthetic move . in addition to elfquest warp also published several other comic book series including mythadventures and related titles by robert asprin and thunder bunny created by martin greim . warp was also the original publisher of a distant soil by colleen doran until doran left under acrimonious circumstances alleging that publisher richard pini was attempting to claim copyright on her work which pini denied . 1 2 the pinis later sued licensee publisher starblaze graphics claiming publication of unauthorized elfquest reprints as well as for attempting to secure the rights to the a distant soil series . warp alleged breach of warp s contract with doran . warp in breach of their contract with doran claimed full copyright and trademark interests in doran s work and later claimed to have created the entire series themselves 3 starblaze countersued ; the dispute was settled in 1988 . 4 5 warp ceded the full rights of a distant soil to doran and dropped its claim to having created the series in a written public statement and release . contents 1 history 1.1 apple comics 1.2 father tree press imprint 1.3 partnership with dc 1.4 partnership with warner bros. 2 titles 3 notes 4 references 5 external links history edit apple comics edit from 1978 through 1984 warp graphics published the 20 issue original elfquest series . when elfquest subsequently went on hiatus publisher richard pini began to contract the work of other writers and artists to establish a line of generally fantasy oriented comics titles . in 1986 pini turned warp s publishing and marketing duties over to michael catron s apple comics so that warp could concentrate on editing its comics titles . 6 titles packaged by warp for apple included the anthology series fantasci vietnam journal and lee marrs s unicorn isle which only ran to 5 of a projected twelve issues . in 1987 apple comics took over editing duties on all the other titles and warp concentrated solely on producing new elfquest series . in 1990 warp and apple parted ways . in 1992 warp launched the first of several new elfquest spin off series hidden years . shortly thereafter warp for the first time invited other writers and artists to join in . 7 beginning in 1997 warp also published some elflord comics by barry blair and colin chan who had also written for elfquest . from 1992 to 2002 warp graphics worked with several dozen free lance artists and writers to produce and publish a number of elfquest related titles . in 2002 the company downsized to its original owners wendy and richard pini . father tree press imprint edit warp also launched a book publishing imprint father tree press named after the wolfriders original tree home in elfquest primarily reprinting elfquest stories . the imprint also appeared on chroma a book on the artwork of alex schomburg and law and chaos a chronicle of wendy pini s early attempt to adapt michael moorcock s stormbringer saga into an animated film . warp and father tree press still exist ; while they are not currently publishing new elfquest books in printed comic or book format they continue to publish both existing and new elfquest material digitally online . they also published from 2007 to 2010 both in print and digitally wendy pini s non elfquest graphic novel masque of the red death a futuristic reimagining of the edgar allan poe short story . partnership with dc edit in 2003 the pinis licensed the worldwide publication and media rights in elfquest to dc comics . 8 dc put out two series of manga style digest reprints now complete the first four volumes of an archive reprint series one new graphic novel and a four part comic series entitled discovery which has since been collected . dc and warp split in 2007 . partnership with warner bros. edit in 2008 warp graphics licensed the media rights in elfquest to warner bros. 9 with the aim of turning the comic book series into a motion picture . to date the project is in development and a screenwriter and director have been attached . titles edit titles published include blood of the innocent 4 issues 1986 a distant soil 9 issues 1983 1986 elflord 4 issues 1997 elfquest 1977 present ; many mini series and specials fantasci 9 issues 1986 1990 mythadventures 12 issues 1984 1986 mythconceptions 8 issues 1986 1988 return to centaur or what kind of foal am i 1990 thunderbunny 12 issues june 1985 november 1987 unicorn isle 5 issues 1986 notes edit the battle for a distant soil the comics journal 108 may 1986 pp. 7 12 . doran warp dispute now settled the comics journal 110 august 1986 p. 17 . newswatch warp files 4 million lawsuit the comics journal 115 april 1987 pp. 11 12 . donning sues warp the comics journal 123 july 1988 p. 8 9 . newswatch warp & donning settle the comics journal 125 october 1988 pp. 15 16 . warp titles now under apple aegis the comics journal 110 august 1986 p. 17 . newswatch hirings and firings barry blair joins warp graphics the comics journal 167 april 1994 p. 32 . http www.elfquest.com news eqdc.html http www.elfquest.com news movie3.html references edit warp graphics at the grand comics database warp graphics at the comic book db external links edit official website v t e comic book publishers in north america active major boom studios dark horse comics dc comics dynamite entertainment idw publishing image comics marvel comics active minor aardvark vanaheim ac comics action lab comics ait planet lar alias enterprises alternative comics another rainbow publishing antarctic press arcade comics archaia entertainment archie comics aspen mlt avatar press azteca productions beyond comics black mask studios bluewater productions bongo comics group creative impulse entertainment conundrum press darby pop publishing devil s due publishing drawn and quarterly eureka productions fantagraphics books first second books hermes press kodansha usa last gasp legendary comics milestone media mirage studios nbm publishing oni press papercutz platinum studios radical comics radio comix rip off press seven seas entertainment shadowline sirius entertainment slave labor graphics tokyopop top cow productions top shelf productions udon entertainment valiant comics vertical viper comics viz media warp graphics zenescope entertainment former aircel comics all american publications american comics group atlas comics atlas seaboard comics awesome comics blackthorne publishing caliber comics catalan communications centaur publications chaos comics charlton comics harry a chesler comico comicsone continuity comics crossgen defiant comics dell comics del rey manga disney comics ec comics eclipse comics eternity comics fantaco enterprises fawcett comics fiction house first comics fox feature syndicate gladstone publishing gemstone publishing gilberton gold key comics harvey comics highwater books holyoke publishing hyperwerks innovation publishing kitchen sink press mainline publications malibu comics millennium publications nedor publishing now comics pacific comics print mint crestwood publications quality comics renegade press revolutionary comics skywald publications standard comics timely comics topps comics tundra publishing vortex comics warren publishing wildstorm retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title warp graphics & oldid 740076073 categories warp graphicscompanies based in dutchess county new yorkpublishing companies established in 19771977 establishments in new yorkamerican companies established in 1977 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschportugu s edit links this page was last modified on 18 september 2016 at 22 45 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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