From Canada.com: “Hobbits, wizards and orcs are helping draw so many tourists to New Zealand that travellers are about to vanquish dairy farmers as New Zealand’s No. 1 export earners.” [More]
Day: April 8, 2004
Mithfiniel wrote that she’s found another yet another comic reference to LotR, in the strip Sylvia. [More]
Amy writes: I found another Ring parody in a comic strip. The strip, Monty, has had a LOTR-inspired storyline running for a few days now, with yesterday’s comparing Gollum to a well-known figure. The comic can be read here: [More]
Ringer Spy PippinSparrow sent in this cartoon scanned from Finnish magazine Suosikki. An explanation for non-Finns appears below the scrapbook image. [More]
Liz writes: Hello! I saw in the your news that there’s a Tolkien class at Drew University, and I was inspired to let you know that there’s a similar class at Michigan State University. I’m in it right now, it’s called “Myth and Tolkien”… It’s been a very enjoyable class … and one of the best days was actually yesterday when Mr. Douglas A. Anderson (author of “The Annotated Hobbit” and “Tales Before Tolkien”) visited us and gave a wonderful lecture about all the different versions of illustration seen in different editions of The Hobbit. [More]
The LET THE HOBBIT HAPPEN campaign website (thehobbitfilm.com) has posted its first listing of partner websites. Over 60 sites have responded to the call to see Peter Jackson lead the charge into Middle-earth again! Have a website? Join the effort and let’s get this film made! [More]