Elfquest has been with me since childhood and giving this book a mere three (very weak!) stars feels like a betrayal of old friends, but I couldn't with a good conscience rate it any higher. The drawings in Hidden Years are mostly good, some of them even very good, but the style used in the Wild Hunt story is not Elfquest at all, and the magic for me was completely lost. And it's such a shame, because there are happenings there that I'm sure would have moved me to tears if they were told in Wendy Pini's beautiful art work.

Of course I'm eager to see what happens next to my dear elves, but if Wendy Pini (or someone who masters her style completely) doesn't feel like drawing it yet, I'd rather wait. Because this I didn't enjoy much at all.