Elf Life is a fantasy webcomic by Carson Fire (a pseudonym of Eric Gustafson) that is hosted on Keenspot. It debuted on June 11, 1999 and ran until December 21, 2004. Three spin-offs followed the original series: Elf Life: Babes in the Woods, Elf Life: Wedding Night, and Sprite Life. In December 2005, the author put all of his Elf Life universe strips on hiatus to work on Winger, a comic with a political focus.^[2] An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article or the like. ... This page as shown in the AOL 9. ... June 14 is the 165th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (166th in leap years), with 200 days remaining. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The webcomic genres are the types of themes a webcomic can take. ... // For other meanings see Fantasy (disambiguation) Fantasy is a genre of art that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. ... Webcomics, also known as online comics and web comics, are comics that are available on the Internet. ... A pseudonym (Greek: false name) is a fictitious name used by an individual as an alternative to his or her legal name. ... Keenspot claims to be the largest publisher of exclusive webcomics on the Internet. ... June 11 is the 162nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (163rd in leap years), with 203 days remaining. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... December 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → 31 December 2005 (Saturday) 25-year-old Scottish human rights worker Kate Burton and her parents are freed unharmed in the Gaza Strip by the Palestinian gunmen who kidnapped them two days earlier. ... Winger is a webcomic by Carson Fire (real name Eric Gustafson). ...

Series

The original series

Drawn in an economical, stylized cartoon style, Elf Life involves the love-hate relationship between the elves Baughb (pronounced Bob) and Filis (pronounced Phyllis).^[3] Some of the daily strips were occasionally replaced by prose chapters. A small forest elf (älva) rescuing an egg, from Solägget (1932), by Elsa Beskow An elf is a creature of Norse mythology which survived in northern European folklore. ...

Baughb, short for Baughbberick Lindel, is well-meaning but infuriatingly eccentric. His mental confusion is compounded by the fact that he spent a long time traveling through time and trying to get home, and when he finally succeeded it was several generations after his original time. Time travel is a concept that has long fascinated humanity—whether it is Merlin experiencing time backwards, or religious traditions like Mohammeds trip to Jerusalem and ascent to heaven, returning before a glass knocked over had spilt its contents. ...

Filis's ambition is to be a warrior. Over the course of the story various people kidnap and threaten Baughb, including an evil corporate executive version of himself from the future, and Filis finds herself reluctantly trying to save him. Eventually they become lovers, but — in the grand tradition of comedy — that does nothing to stop them from fighting.

Other characters in the story include Airek, Baughb and Filis's half-ogre friend, the multi-dimensional Sprite, the fairy Glynhial (Glee), who alternates bursts of violent insanity with periods of sickening sentimentality, and the buxom mermaid queen Leukothea. The Ogre from Tom Thumb illustrated by Gustave Doré An ogre (feminine: ogress) is a large and hideous humanoid monster. ... by Sophie Anderson A fairy, or faerie, is a spirit or supernatural being that is found in the legends, folklore, and mythology of many different cultures. ... The statue of The Little Mermaid, a monument to Hans Christian Andersen, in Copenhagen harbour. ...

The web site also incorporates "Biff Notes: Help for the lost, confused, and somewhat misguided", (a pun on CliffsNotes), which help to explain what is going on in each day's strip and how it relates to the story as a whole. CliffsNotes for Romeo and Juliet CliffsNotes (often, incorrectly, CliffNotes) are a series of student study guides available primarily in the United States. ...

Elf Life: Babes in the Woods

Elf Life: Babes in the Woods is a full-color prequel to the original story.^[4] It began on February 5, 2005 after the original series had finished the previous December. Babes in the Woods follows Baughb's early adventures. February 5 is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Gustafson provides offline issues to buy, with each issue containing approximately 20 comics from the archives.

Elf Life: Wedding Night

Elf Life: Wedding Night is a full-color series that continues the primary storyline of the original series.^[5] It began on October 21, 2005. October 21 is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 71 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Sprite Life

Begun on October 6, 2005, Sprite Life features the character Sprite in a gag-a-day strip with simplified art.^[6] It does not share the universe or continuity with the other strips. October 6 is the 279th day of the year (280th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The gag-a-day format is a common form of comic strips and webcomics. ...

Awards

In 2001, Elf Life received the Web Cartoonist's Choice Award for Best Fantasy Comic, and was nominated for Best Comic, Best Male Character (Baughb), Best Female Character (Filis), Best Other Character (Sprite), and Best Serial Comic.^[7] In 2003, it received another nomination for Outstanding Fantasy Comic.^[8] The Web Cartoonists Choice Awards (WCCA) is an annual event, since the summer of 2001, in which online cartoonists nominate and select outstanding webcomics in a variety of categories. ...

Notes and references

1. ^ First Elf Life strip. Retrieved on 2006-04-01.
2. ^ Winger. Retrieved on 2006-04-01.
3. ^ Index of Elf Life: the original series. Retrieved on 2006-04-01.
4. ^ Index of Elf Life: Babes in the Woods. Retrieved on 2006-04-01.
5. ^ Index of Elf Life: Wedding Night. Retrieved on 2006-04-01.
6. ^ Index of Sprite Life. Retrieved on 2006-04-01.
7. ^ WCCA 2001 Winners and Nominees. Retrieved on 2006-04-01.
8. ^ WCCA 2003 Outstanding Fantasy Comic nominations. Retrieved on 2006-04-01.

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External links

• Elf Life
• Official Guide