Moomin meets Middle Earth!
Finnish author-illustrator Tove Jansson is primarily known for creating the beloved Moomin children’s series, and we recently discovered that she also illustrated the 1962 Swedish edition of The Hobbit. Take a look below at some of Jansson’s beautiful renditions of J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic fantasy tale. One of our favourite pages is her especially creepy interpretation of the cave-dwelling character, Gollum!

These are just a few of the larger scenes Jansson illustrated for The Hobbit. For more of Jansson’s gorgeous, understated work, check out the rest of her Middle Earth imaginings at the link below.

http://www.zepe.de/tjillu/hobbit/index.html

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