I bought "The Hobbit" Graphic Novel from a seller in America and was sent this instead.
I got a refund and they told me to keep the book.
I'm really not surprised.
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Bilbo looks like Russell Grant.
And Gollum, my god the artist has made no effort there, looks like a bloke in a cheap mask.
The text inside is the original, but I couldn't go through the book picturing the two characters like that.
Notice at the top it tells us that this is "The Authorized Edition" - I presume it tells us that so we don't assume, from the artwork, that this is a cheap knock off.
This picture is NOT canon.
I actually found your blog while doing a Google search for this book cover. I had wanted to show my brother that this actually existed. When I was a kid, one of my friends, the "odd girl" in the class, told me I should read The Hobbit, but, when I saw the cover (this cover) at the library, I almost didn't. It just looked so dumb (and creepy). But, I slogged on, and now this is my favorite book, dumb cover or no. Still, I just had to find a picture of this to show the bro, because I feel like this is something that must be seen to be believed, haha. Thanks for posting this; you gave me a good laugh. :)
ReplyDeleteI was looking through Google trying to find this exact cover cause it seems like a fever dream haha! I was in the mental hospital and this is the version of The Hobbit that they had
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