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It had been a while since I read The Hobbit and had quite forgotten a few things, so I figured it was time to dive in. Would today's reviewers criticize the character of Bard for popping up out of nowhere to play such an important part? My only criticism of this graphic novel is that the whole book is extremely detailed and then it skims over the battle really quickly. And I particularly appreciated the precise use of punctuation, with inverted commas always correctly placed, and use being made of semi-colons.
It took so long to find Rivendell because the path they were following had been marked where to go, but it was hard to see because moss had grown over the path and covered the marks. Wenzel illustrated the three volumes that eventually were compiled into one book, and has remained busy over the years doing upgrades. The characters are very honest with each other, but sometimes it just doesn't matter and wastes time. After serving in World War I, he embarked upon a distinguished academic career and was recognized as one of the finest philologists in the world. He also wrote the Ruse spin-off Archard's Agents one-shots in January and November '03 and April '04, the last released shortly before CrossGen's complete collapse forced the cancellation of all of its comics, before which Dixon wrote a single issue of Sojourn (May '04).
His drawings at a Simsbury gallery drew the attention of a publisher, who asked him to redo the illustrations for Middle Earth, the World of Tolkien Illustrated. It is perhaps as well to remember that this graphic novel was created a good decade before Peter Jackson’s first film of “The Lord of the Rings” and far, far before any of his films of The Hobbit. The rest of the tale tells of Bilbo’s cunning to rescue the dwarves from captivity and lead them to the mountain to slay the dragon Smaug and reclaim their rightful treasure.
David Wenzel credits both Arthur Rackham and Edmund Dulac as two of his influences, and this is quite evident in his work.He had been away over The Hill and across The Water on businesses of his own since they were all small hobbit-boys and hobbit-girls. I'm sure most of us hardcore Hobbit/LOTR fans will appreciate this format, to some degree, but NOTHING beats the original imho. Sure, it tells you information about the Dwarves and was semi-apologetic for what was previously said, but as the reader it just doesn't matter. The Hobbit is the story of Bilbo Baggins, a quiet and contented hobbit whose life is turned upside down when he joins the wizard Gandalf and thirteen dwarves on their quest to reclaim their stolen treasure. The door opened on to a tube-shaped hall like a tunnel: a very comfortable tunnel without smoke, with panelled walls, and floors tiled and carpeted, provided with polished chairs, and lots and lots of pegs for hats and coats—the hobbit was fond of visitors.
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