The Hobbit illustrated by Tove Jansson
I just found out that Tove Jansson did illustrations for The Hobbit back in 1960. Some more info and pictures:
https://tovejansson.com/hobbit-tolkien/
https://shop.moomin.com/products/the-hobbit-illustrated-by-tove-jansson
Interesting that she drew Gollum as so large. The page above notes that Tolkien added a note about Gollum's size in later editions of the book because she wasn't the only one that did that.
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Interesting. I like the design of Gollum, but the Lester Abrams character design in the 1977 cartoon was the BEST adaptation IMO. Gollum and the goblins (orcs in the movies) were exceptionally well done.
This was my first introduction to The Hobbit back in the day! I'm looking forward to introducing my moomin-obsessed baby to this crossover in a few years.
Amazing. I'm going to cross-post this.
For those who don't mind occasionally visiting the EE, here are some really cool, unique Russian illustrations:
https://www.reddit.com/r/lotr/comments/1xaqb9k/illustrations_from_the_original_russian/
Oh wow, thanks for sharing this. That is something I very much like to look through.
That's wild!
Probably thought the name came from golem.
hah, dwarves are really nice
Gollum reminds me of The Groke.