Richard Pini

(1950 --)

Richard Pini was born in New Haven, Connecticut. After an outstanding academic career at school, he was accepted into MIT, where he received a degree in astrophysics.

A longtime fan of SF, while in college he began reading comic books.

He met Wendy Fletcher through the letter column of a comic book, they eventually married, and together they created the Elfquest series of comics and books.

After college, Richard took a position at Boston's Charles Hayden Planetarium. Later, he taught high school astronomy, and then worked for IBM until Elfquest became a full-time occupation. He was a member of CAPA-alpha.

He and Wendy both received the Inkpot Award for their work on Elfquest.

Awards, Honors and GoHships:

• 1982 -- InConJunction II, Coastcon 5
• 1983 -- Questcon, Texarkon 1983
• 1984 -- Nova 9, Maplecon 6, Circle Con, Western Re-Con II
• 1985 -- Maplecon 7, (Coveted) Balrog Award
• 1987 -- Dreamcon 2, OKon 10
• 1989 -- toastmaster at Czarkon 6
• 1990 -- AggieCon XXI
• 1997 -- NJAC 13
• 2000 -- Balticon 34
• 2013 -- Convolution 2013
• 2021 -- Astronomicon 13 (withdrew due to Covid-19)

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