I believe I was fourteen when I walked into a little shop and picked up my first issue of Elfquest. This was in San Francisco in 1977 and the series was in its infancy. Now thirty years later the creators offer the Elfquest universe for free online. Below is a quote from a press release that I released in March of this year. (I know, it's old but hey, this site didn't exist then so I couldn't exactly post it could I?)

Elfquest's 30th Anniversary Gift: Everything

Thirty years after its first appearance in early 1978, Elfquest is poised to make its biggest online splash ever. Beginning March 14, and every Friday throughout 2008, Warp Graphics presents every Elfquest comic book story from the Original Quest all the way up to 2006's "The Discovery."

With over 6000 pages of material to prepare and upload, the project will easily take the remainder of this 30th anniversary year. The initial offering will start off with an explosion of firsts: There will be the entire first graphic novel, to introduce new readers to the characters and world of Elfquest, plus the first issues of all the spinoff titles produced during the 1990s. Each week will see several more issues added to the collection. Eventually, every published page will make its way to the online archive. A timeline and a catalog of all Elfquest appearances are part of the package, so all readers will be able to experience the complete saga from start to present-day.

The official Elfquest site is http://www.elfquest.com.