Monday, September 28, 2009

The Many Faces Of Bilbo Baggins: Part Seven

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Today's first Bilbo is from a 1945 Swedish edition. He looks kind of like a genie, or a gypsy, or Jiggs from the old "Bringing Up...
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Sunday, September 27, 2009

The Many Faces Of Bilbo Baggins: Part Six

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These Bilbos are all from foreign editions of The Hobbit . Behold the wonder of Bilbo Baggins filtered through other cultures. The first ...
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Friday, September 25, 2009

The Many Faces Of Bilbo Baggins: Part Five

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All of these Bilbos are by the Greg and Tim Hildebrandt , known when they painted together as the Brothers Hildebrandt . Greg and Tim were...
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Thursday, September 24, 2009

The Many Faces Of Bilbo Baggins: Part Four

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The first Bilbo shown here is from the production design of the Rankin/Bass animated show of the 1970's. Although this design was softe...
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009

The Many Faces Of Bilbo Baggins: Part Three

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This batch of Bilbos could be sub-titled "The Great Illustrator's Series." The first Bilbo is by Michael Hague. His version ...
Tuesday, September 22, 2009

The Many Faces Of Bilbo Baggins: Part Two

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The first picture of Bilbo, by Susan Greenwood Sweeton , is from a magazine ad for silk screen T-shirts that I saw pretty regularly in the ...
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Monday, September 21, 2009

A Vagabond Song: Favorite Poems

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A VAGABOND SONG There is something in the Autumn that is native to my blood-- Touch of manner, hint of mood; And my heart is like a rhyme, W...