Old Maggoty

Few characters in independent comics carry a name quite as unforgettable as Old Maggoty — a figure who crawled out of the Bronze Age in 1980, debuting in the pages of Wendy and Richard Pini's landmark ElfQuest #6 from WaRP Graphics. Over an extraordinary span of more than four decades, this character has surfaced across ElfQuest, Kings of the Broken Wheel, and Hidden Years, proving that the rich, sprawling world the Pinis built has always had room for figures who linger in the memory. Sharing pages with beloved ElfQuest mainstays like Cutter, Skywise, Strongbow, and the troll Picknose, Old Maggoty inhabits some of the most cherished corners of that saga — including at least one collector-recognized key issue. For fans who love independent fantasy comics at their most imaginative and enduring, Old Maggoty is exactly the kind of deep-cut discovery that makes diving into the ElfQuest universe so rewarding.