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One of my two entries for this year's ElfQuest Fan Art Calendar; it was chosen for July. 
The entirety of the calendar can be seen here ([link]), which also has desktop versions available; and it can be purchased in print form here ([link]), with all proceeds going to WolfPark. I should mention that folks who see this and are interested in the concept of the fan calendar, and who might like to participate in the future, should check out the forums at the first link.
The theme for this year was "Hidden Moments", and the title here is "His First Wolf-Friend" (with the tagline/description "Nightrunner was a pup once? No way!"). We were supposed to choose a moment that was hinted at somewhere in the comics, but that was never actually shown. Nightrunner was a vivid wolf character from the Original Quest, but we never did get to see the moment of him and Cutter bonding, so there you go. The other characters here, witnessing the moment, from left to right: Brownberry, Nightfall, Longbranch, Skywise, Joyleaf, Bearclaw and Blackfell.
Black Prismacolor pencil linework, Copic marker coloring, effects in Photoshop.
The entirety of the calendar can be seen here ([link]), which also has desktop versions available; and it can be purchased in print form here ([link]), with all proceeds going to WolfPark. I should mention that folks who see this and are interested in the concept of the fan calendar, and who might like to participate in the future, should check out the forums at the first link.The theme for this year was "Hidden Moments", and the title here is "His First Wolf-Friend" (with the tagline/description "Nightrunner was a pup once? No way!"). We were supposed to choose a moment that was hinted at somewhere in the comics, but that was never actually shown. Nightrunner was a vivid wolf character from the Original Quest, but we never did get to see the moment of him and Cutter bonding, so there you go. The other characters here, witnessing the moment, from left to right: Brownberry, Nightfall, Longbranch, Skywise, Joyleaf, Bearclaw and Blackfell.
Black Prismacolor pencil linework, Copic marker coloring, effects in Photoshop.
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In my opinion, Rouge's Challenge was a serious disservice to Cutter's character. I can't imagine what the hell the writers were thinking! Everyone (even the damn Preservers) is murderously out of character in this issue, and even Rayek states early on in the fight why this doesn't work and why this is OOC for Cutter. We see him stomping around and throwing rocks in a stone-age temper tantrum. He's an elf not a gorilla!!! He even gloats about how he just fractured Rayek's rib and seems more then content in strangling him in front of everyone. This is the same character that wanted Greymung's death to be quick and clean, despite all of the things the old bastard did to his kind! Yet now he is 100% opposite of this and is all but sadistic. I know Cutter was pissed at Rayek and he has every right to be, but they're breaking point should have ended with them having a similar fight like Strongbow and Cutter had after Cutter let the humans who stumbled into Sorrows End leave alive: a mental battle of pure sending. Rayek could have started out by letting Cutter know that Cutter himself was the one who started their grudge match by straight up raiding his home and trying to carry off Leetah. Cutter could have countered by saying it was Rayek's bruised ego that prevented the 3 of them from having a shared relationship, and so on. It should have ended with them beating each other up mentally since the mind is capable of being a more powerful weapon then fists. That would have been more in tune with what Elfquest is, its tone, and how the characters think and react to things. I can't imagine why they chose to have the issue just have them pile-driving each other onto stalagmites. I'd go as far as saying this is a disgrace to the series and its stopped me from reading the series and now I flat out hate it!