Frank Frazetta's Lord of the Rings illustrations.
 

Weird, maybe, but interesting to see the Conan artist's vision of Middle-earth http://io9.com/5911710/frank-frazett...o-middle-earth

Can't help wondering about his conception of the Rohirrim if that is Eowyn disguised as a man :eek::p

Why does Gollum look like Tor Johnson with Yoda's ears?

Gandalf looks more like a goblin than a goblin does.

He gave Eowyn some nice...ummm...attributes. :D

Rather funny how he gave Conan-like muscles to the orcs.

And I do believe that he thought of Eowyn's armour as "femail."

Oh my! :D:D:D

At least he's consistent. Back when I was younger, I had a 4 volume illustrated set of Jack Vance's Tschai series; I think this guy did one or more volumes of that The figures certainly look vaugely familiar (there is something very Chasch-like about his orcs and, with a few extra clothes, Zap210 could be Eowyn's body double).

Ha, the Witch-king must have scared the pants off of Éowyn!

Par for the course for Frazetta, who was a fan of bare bottoms on his male and female figures both. I'm surprised there isn't one of a muscular Aragorn in a breechclout and winged helm atop a pile of dead and dying orcs.

I'm a fan -- not many fantasy artists can match Frazetta for dynamic scenes and the evocation of a certain (admittedly narrow) kind of tone. His imagery all but visually defined sword-and-sorcery/sword-and-planet fiction. But he was a specialist. In some alternate reality, Frazetta ran a legendary custom van-painting shop in Venice Beach.

Some of the pictures in the old Tolkien Bestiary weren't far off this.

The Hobbits are totally off of course, though one looks a bit like a Jawa which is funny. I really do like the Witch King though, and there's no reason why Gandalf shouldn't look a bit like Roy Wood with farmer arms. I'd imagine Gandalf was a bit sinewy anyway.

I actually really like the illustration of the hobbit squaring off with the wolf/warg. Roy Wood? Haven't heard that name since the 70s.

Spend Christmas in the UK and Roy Wood is ubiquitous! :cool:

Roy Wood
 

I have to agree with Lalwendë here! :D When Christmas draws near in the UK, this song is played, played, and played...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoxQ4Ul_DME


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