The Brothers Hildebrandt have been creating illustrations for several decades. Probably best know for a set of large, elaborate paintings that they created in the 1970s to illustrate three J.R.R. Tolkien calendars published this article looks at how the art of illustration works through their eyes. Thanks to Ringer Kevin for the link. [More]
Day: December 19, 2003
A barefoot, barely dressed Scott Davis scampered on all fours into a Columbus theater, led by a friend holding a clothesline around his neck. Davis, 27, of Newark, spent about $2 at a thrift store on pants and a shirt he tore to shreds, then spent weeks gluing stray strands of hair to a skull cap to play the sniveling creature Gollum. [More]
Here we go again … In a trend that will probably be repeated around the world, Return of the King broke New Zealand’s opening day box office record yesterday, pulling in a total of $919,500. (Doesn’t seem like much until you consider the size of the Kiwi population). Thanks to Ringer Moses for the link. [More]
Ringer Spy Irascian returned from his trip to New Zealand and found the time to upload a few new reports and a whole lot of awesome new pictures to his website. The reports are about the Wellington premiere parade and red carpet-craziness and pictures also include some from our very own Return of the Ringers-party! [More]
Link courtesy of Ringer Mikael. Inside Gloria Jean’s Coffee at Edina’s Southdale Mall, Gandalf was doing what any self-respecting “Lord of the Rings” wizard would do on a frigid Minnesota morning: caffeinating. [More]
The San Francisco Chronicle reports on Trilogy Tuesday. Thanks to Ringer Spy Time Warrior for the scans. [More]