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''SnarfQuest'', drawn and written by Larry Elmore, is a fantasy comic strip with sci-fi and modern elements. Its epic fantasy-adventure context, along with its black-and-white art style, quirky humor, twinge of satire, and anachronistic elements, have earned it comparisons to Jeff Smith's acclaimed ''Bone'' series.〔Hogan, Daniel. http://www.magicofeyri.com/author.html. Retrieved on March 1, 2008.〕 It is the only comic series by Elmore, who is more widely known for his fantasy art paintings.〔McElhatton, Greg. "SnarfQuest Review" http://icomics.com/rev_111500_snarfquest.shtml. Retrieved on March 1, 2008.〕 The strip was originally serialized from 1985–1989 in the role-playing magazine ''Dragon'', and, due to its popularity, subsequently spawned several collected volumes, tabletop games, and full-color followups by Elmore in 2000 and 2011. ==Publication history== SnarfQuest originally ran in ''Dragon Magazine'' from 1983–1989, debuting in issue #75 and running until No. 145. The first story arc, detailing Snarf's quest to become king, was collected into a single 144-page book,〔 entitled ''SnarfQuest: The Book'', published by TSR in 1987; this edition also featured several never-before-published pages in full color including a story set five years after the previous story arc ends, in which Snarf and his friends confront a werewolf.〔Elmore, Larry. ''SnarfQuest: The Book'' Feb. 1987.〕 Due to popular demand, Elmore created a special one-shot episode, in color, which appeared in ''Dragon'' #200 (December 1993).〔 In it, Snarf and Telerie help remove the curse a wizard has placed on a forest.〔Elmore, Larry. "SnarfQuest" ''Dragon Magazine'' Dec. 1993: 155–159.〕 A 224-page collection, ''SnarfQuest: The Graphic Novel'', was released in 2000, published by Dynasty Presentations;〔http://www.sjgames.com/pyramid/sample.html?id=1696. Retrieved March 1, 2008.〕 it reprinted the material from the 1987 edition as well as the remainder of the ''Dragon Magazine'' Snarf story arc (minus the 1993 one-shot). The material which was full-color in the 1987 version is greyscale in this newer compilation. A second edition was released 2002, this one by Larry Elmore Productions. The cover was changed, but this is the only difference between the two versions. The ''SnarfQuest RPG Worldbook'' appeared in 2003. It featured stats, episode guides, character backgrounds and histories, and suggestions and mechanics for role-playing in the world of SnarfQuest. The book also included comments and analysis by Elmore as well as generalizable advice for adding humor to role-playing games.〔Preusser, Bill. "SnarfQuest RPG Worldbook" April 15, 2003. http://www.gamingreport.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Reviews&file=index&req=showcontent&id=564 Retrieved on March 1, 2008.〕 An all-new, full color ''SnarfQuest'' story appeared as a bimonthly feature in the now-defunct magazine ''Games Unplugged'' beginning in 2000.〔Flemming, David. "Games Unplugged Magazine" Jul 2002. http://www.fbshq.org/rev/gamesunp.html Retrieved on May 2, 2009.〕 The strip was gradually given fewer pages per issue until the magazine went out of business. In 2011, Elmore began republishing the strips from ''Games Unplugged'' on the newly updated (official SnarfQuest website ). Once he reached the end of the ''Games Unplugged'' content, Elmore planned to create new strips for the foreseeable future.〔http://larryelmore.com/snarfquest/the-saga-continues/ Retrieved on 2011-8-20.〕 The classic strips from the original ''Dragon'' magazine run were also being gradually posted on the site, updated twice weekly. Soon after beginning the project, Elmore ceased to update the page, and the strips were taken down in 2012. In January 2013, Elmore's blog announced that the ''Games Unplugged'' strips, originally slated to be republished on the website, would now begin running in the comic book ''Knights of the Dinner Table'', beginning with issue #195.〔Larry's Blog. "SnarfQuest Invades KODT!!!" http://larryelmore.com/larrys-blog. Retrieved on January 4, 2013.〕 The reprinted strips would be in grayscale, although the original ''Games Unplugged'' strip had been in color. In December 2013, Elmore launched a Kickstarter campaign to publish an all-new full color Snarf adventure, consisting of the existing ''Games Unplugged'' storyline, which Elmore would finally finish. The campaign exceeded its goal within one day. 〔 http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1488741362/snarfquest-snarfs-new-adventure. Retrieved on December 10, 2013.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SnarfQuest」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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