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Comment by franek

> Fun fact: Jansson illustrated The Hobbit and drew Gollum as a giant. Tolkien realized he never described the size of Gollum and made adjustments to later editions.

For those curious like me, here are some low-res images:

https://zepe.de/tjillu/hobbit/index.html

And here an article about the illustrations (haven't read) with a a few images in higher resolution (including Gollum):

https://tovejansson.com/hobbit-tolkien/

parent franek 1 year ago

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