Thursday, March 24, 2011

check out this awesome Gandalf


It kinda looks like the dude looted a keffiyeh and a string of beads off some wandering hipsters, but I still dig the look.  The above sketch is by Sam Bosma, found via Comics Alliance.  Don't miss this fetching elf lass and his unbelievably dapper hobbits.

7 comments:

  1. I'm pretty sure that guy in the picture works in the toll booth I go through every morning.

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  2. That's perfect! I like my wizards scruffy and pipe-weed-addled.

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  3. Why is he wearing an Owlbear skin coat?

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  4. Great stuff and very timely. I'm bearing the end of my re-read of the Hobbit to the kiddies.

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  6. Why is he wearing an Owlbear skin coat?

    Why wouldn't he? It's what every dapper wizard-about-town is wearing this season.

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  7. Surprisingly bird-like, but I like it (as well as the others). Alternative visions of characters we associate strongly with a style of artwork are always interesting.

    There was also this recent link to illustrations used for the Хоббит at http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2010/05/27/russian-lord-of-the-rings/

    Check that stuff out.

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