The Hobbit is about to be given new life as a graphic novel, illustrated by fantasy artist David Wenzel!
The 144-page book is pre-order priced at $23.00 (U.S.D) from Amazon, so it’s within reach of most Tolkien fans. (Yay!) It will be released on February 27th, 2024.
From Amazon,
“This comprehensive edition collects the three-issue series originally published by Eclipse Comics and thereafter augmented with many pages of additional artwork and improvements. Carefully abridged from Tolkien’s classic novel, and brought thrillingly to life with striking, evocative art by David Wenzel, this graphic novel is a perennial delight to Hobbit fans old and new.”
From our “Did You Know?” file;
The Royal Mint released a UK £2 coin commemorating the life and work of much-beloved author J.R.R. Tolkien. On one side, his monogram, circled by Tolkien's name, the years of his birth and death, and the words "writer," "poet," and "scholar”, with a runic pattern between the text and the monogram. On the opposite side of the coin, a relief of King Charles. The edge inscription quotes the most famous Tolkien line of all, “Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost”
All of which proves that it’s still a great time to be a collector of Tolkien memorabilia!