Missed Manners Pelennor FieldsThanks to Ringer Mike for alerting us to some very creative ‘building’ that took place over the Holidays. The family that runs the Miss(ed) Manners Blog have re-created the entirety of The Battle of Pelennor Fields using candy. It really defies explanation, so check it out for yourself! They also created a Helm’s Deep with Candy Last year. [Pelennor Fields] [Helm’s Deep]

Fox Trot Still Going Geek
The LOTR films may have come and gone, but for Bill Amend and his Jason character on ‘Fox Trot‘, it feels like December 2003 all over again!

mudo pointed us to a web comic that we haven’t covered before, “Lord of the Rings is more or less the foundation of modern D&D. The latter rose from the former, although the two are now so estranged that to reunite them would be an act of savage madness. Imagine a gaggle of modern hack-n-slash roleplayers who had somehow never been exposed to the original Tolkien mythos, and then imagine taking those players and trying to introduce them to Tolkien via a D&D campaign.” DM of the Ring

LoTR OrigamiOstadan sent us the link to Eric Joisel’s page where he explains how to create origami versions of Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas. It is incredible, even if it doesn’t quite match your vision of the characters. [More]


Pearls Before Swine Goofs Gollum
The Halloween edition of Pearls Before Swine’ ‘Pearls Before Swine’ goofs on Gollum. Thanks to Arian for the heads up!