Elf Life... returns?
One of my favourite comics, Carson Fire’s Elf Life, is making a modest return from well over a year of tottering on the abyss; the last story strip back in 2005(!) had Filis’ shoulder angels heading into the town church.
Currently, the story has jumped to after the apparently disastrous wedding, where we know:
- Valencia was battling a madness, which was once Glynhial’s shoulder angel;
- Filis had challenged the Frothian general Phlint to a duel;
- Airek was seeking Great-Grandfather’s permission to marry Leukothea, once queen of the mermaids;
- Ar-Roogah, Baughb’s “bad-luck barbarian”, got new glasses;
- Glynhial made Filis Queen of the Faeries;
- The goblins Artemis and Mondrian were attempting a parley;
- Natully Vanooten, bride-to-be, wasn’t as sickeningly sweet and stupid as she appeared;
- Robin Hood, who apparently run into Baughb in his evil phase, was here thinking she had to kill him;
- Evil Baughb’s goons Monsoon and Bernie were lurking;
- etc.
You can see why it got skipped, aside from eye problems and financial worries.
Now, apparently, Glynhial is or was trying to redo Frederica’s rather battered shop when the Sprite crashed into it, levelling the whole place and setting up a striking revelation about what broke Glynhial’s bottle. Unfortunately, the local constabulary appear to have other ideas about manic faeries on the loose.
But what’s surprising is how battered Filis is looking after the wedding. I was expecting her arm in a sling, but an eyepatch?
Anyway, because of all of this, I am preparing to set up the Elf Life Guide again. I’m not entirely sure how I’m going to do it, but I have a few ideas.
One more thing: If you didn’t like Winger, that doesn’t mean you cannot enjoy Elf Life. Not that such will stop you, since the level of political tribalism in the US often beggars my imagination.
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