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Gandalf vs. The Balrog. Old school comicbook vibes. Artwork by me.
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Now do an entire comic series of LoTR and sell it. I’d love to read that.
Edit: and don’t leave out Tom Bombadil
Well, that is utterly fantastic.
Very nice. I thought it was an actual old comic till I read your heading.
Wow, very well made, you absolutely nailed it.
grew up on those 20 cent comics in the late 70s early 80s
you NAILED it
Only one problem: LOTR would not be approved by the Comics Code Authority. Smokeleaf, be it tobacco (as Tolkien said) or Marijuana (as many believe he really meant it to be, but could not say), neither were able to be shown in a positive light in CCA approved comics.
Other than that technical niggle, the art is amazing.
Where can I buy a print of this! Fantastic work, by the way!
I hate to be *that guy*, but “you shall not pass” is a misquote from the book. It’s a subtle distinction, but it’s very important if you’re someone who is interested in the lore.
The original:
*You cannot pass….I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor. You cannot pass. The dark fire will not avail you, flame of Udûn. Go back to the Shadow! You cannot pass.*
Some good (and bad) details about it [here](https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/35262/where-did-you-shall-not-pass-come-from).
Are you selling prints of these? Hell, I would even buy the original from you.
The Balrog doesn’t have wings.
Been listening to the audiobooks again and all of the sudden I keep seeing the coolest LOTR shit all over the place and I love it.
The LoTR pinball machine is considered a classic with a Balrog you have to hit to access the ring. Owners drop tons of money on mods and toys for their machines. You could look into resizing this and printing it onto a translite to sell as a replacement for the existing back glass. Or selling prints for people to display next to their machine.
Well done! I don’t even like Lord of the Rings or comic books but I like that as a novel work of art.
That is amazing!
Anywhere we can buy a print of it? Would love to frame that and put it in my office.
*Edit – Seriously if you have a website or some sort of shop like Etsy pls sent me the link.
It looks awesome. Nice share
Wings on a balrog, always a pity.
Damn, I was hoping this was a real comic. Beautifully done, friend!
*Pushes up glasses*
If you wanted to make this authentic considering the apparent age of the comic and that the movies hadn’t come out yet, the line in the book is actually “You cannot pass”.
‘Nuff said!
10/10 I’d buy it. Nice job.
Takes seventeen issues to get to the Mines of Moria? I guessing ten issues spent running around naked in the woods with Tom Bombadil, just like in the books.
This looks amazing OP, I love the cross blend!
Nailed the style!
That is absolutely fantastic, amazing stuff!
This is incredibly cool.
Wonderful
Well done.
That is EPIC… amazing work
Damn this is cool
I’m not a LotR fan, nor a comic aficionado, but damn, that’s some nice work.
God, I wish good western comic books would come back. I collected so many and enjoyed reading and collecting them. I switched to manga after spending over a year of trying to find a good western comic book series. I can smell the paper in that image.
Stunning. Absolutely stunning.
I do a few old school comic fakes, usually of my friends dickin’ about n’ that. This is DOPE
Awesome. A funny variation would be to have the faces of the fellowship on the top left, like they used to do for team titles (Avengers, X-Men, etc.)
Wow
Balrogs didn’t have wings 😛
I love that so much! As a LoTR fan and old comics aficionado, I need this in my life.
Oh I’m all here for this.
Awesome! You really nailed the style and composition
Oh hell ya
Ok this is really cool
Wow this looks fantastic!!!! You should make this α full comic book. I’d buy it, that’s for sure!
Very authentic art style.