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Hey Hobbit book fans, look what I found!

Kilidoescartwheels
Valinor


Jun 19 2016, 12:31am

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I found "The Hobbit" illustrated edition by Charles Dixon and David Wenzel at Sam's Club today:



I don't know if this is a reissue of a graphic novel mentioned by Otaku-Sempei and others, but it looks pretty cool. I thought I'd get it as a collector's item. Anyway, I'm so attached to the movies that it looks a little weird to me, but I'm pretty sure this will follow the original book very closely. If you want your own copy, you might check out your local Sam's Club - good luck!

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Otaku-sempai
Immortal


Jun 19 2016, 1:24am

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I don't know if this is a reissue of a graphic novel mentioned by Otaku-Sempei and others, but it looks pretty cool. I thought I'd get it as a collector's item. Anyway, I'm so attached to the movies that it looks a little weird to me, but I'm pretty sure this will follow the original book very closely. If you want your own copy, you might check out your local Sam's Club - good luck!


Yes, that is exactly what you found, reissued with a new cover when the movies started coming out. Eclipse Comics serialized The Hobbit as a three-issue comic-book series in 1989 and 1990 and it was collected as a graphic novel in conjunction with Ballantine Books. There have been numerous printings with several different covers. It's a bit wordy by comics standards, but it makes extensive use of Tolkien's original text.

"He who lies artistically, treads closer to the truth than ever he knows." -- Favorite proverb of the wizard Ningauble of the Seven Eyes, the "Gossiper of the Gods"

(This post was edited by Otaku-sempai on Jun 19 2016, 1:26am)


Eldy
Tol Eressea


Jul 11 2016, 7:27pm

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Every time I see a version of this I wonder if it's the graphic novel adaptation again or the original book with illustrations from the comics artists (which is more what I think of when I hear the words "illustrated edition"). Although Otaku-sempai seems to have cleared things up in this case. Smile



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