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Parmastahir · 03-17-2010, 04:05 PM

Posted another classic for the March Calendar of the Month feature at:

www.tolkiencalendars.com

Thanks for looking in!

Happy Spring to all!

Away from The (soon to be) Green Hill Country,

Parmastahir

Pitchwife · 03-17-2010, 04:47 PM

Thanks for posting this, Parmastahir! I find I quite like Kirk's style (except for his hobbits, who border a little too much on caricature for my taste); Smaug and Galadriel are two highlights in this selection for me, but what I find most interesting is the architecture of Esgaroth on the picture for March - I think I can see a nod to Norwegian stave-churches in some of those buildings, but the whole ensemble wouldn't seem terribly out of place in any culture between Scandinavia and Japan (the curving gables!). Beautiful!

Parmastahir · 03-18-2010, 07:29 PM

Hello Pitchwife -

Am pleased that you visited and enjoyed the 1975 Ballantine. Tim also did the first calendar (the 1969 LASFS issue.) I have corresponded with him and he was very generous with his time and comments (and scanned his copy of that calendar so that I could post the images associated with that entry.) I find that I am drawn to the "Cracks of Doom." The scale is not certain until one notices the tiny figure (Frodo?)

Away from The Green Hill Country,

Parm

The Might · 03-18-2010, 10:08 PM

Just checked the calendar and now I know where the "riddle game" drawing comes from.
I also liked Galadriel and the Cracks of Doom and the Centerfold was nice as well. Not a big fan of the Smaug drawing, just not how I would have pictured him.
Also, is it just me or is Maggot misspelled as Moggot?

Parmastahir · 03-19-2010, 04:40 PM

It was Ballantine who misspelled Maggot. It's a classic error right up there with the 1999 issue in which Alan Lee's Treebeard was printed upside down! Curiously, the same 1975 calendar was published in Canada by Methuen, and they spelled Maggot correctly! How are things with you? Slowly coming out my winter hibernation. Thanks for looking in.

Away from The Green Hill Country,

Parm

Parmastahir · 04-03-2010, 07:44 AM

Posted a new Calendar of the Month for April at:

www.tolkiencalendars.com

This one is a new (2010) issue. Hope you enjoy it!

Away from The Green Hill Country,

Parmastahir

The Might · 04-03-2010, 11:08 AM

Nice one, I especially liked Nimrodel and Arwen and Aragorn. The Entwife is also nicely done, pretty much how I would picture one to look like.

03-17-2010, 04:05 PM	#1
Parmastahir Wight Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Green Hill Country Posts: 196	March CotM Posted another classic for the March Calendar of the Month feature at: www.tolkiencalendars.com Thanks for looking in! Happy Spring to all! Away from The (soon to be) Green Hill Country, Parmastahir __________________ Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise can not see all ends.

03-17-2010, 04:47 PM	#2
Pitchwife Wight of the Old Forest Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Unattended on the railway station, in the litter at the dancehall Posts: 3,329	Thanks for posting this, Parmastahir! I find I quite like Kirk's style (except for his hobbits, who border a little too much on caricature for my taste); Smaug and Galadriel are two highlights in this selection for me, but what I find most interesting is the architecture of Esgaroth on the picture for March - I think I can see a nod to Norwegian stave-churches in some of those buildings, but the whole ensemble wouldn't seem terribly out of place in any culture between Scandinavia and Japan (the curving gables!). Beautiful! __________________ Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI

03-18-2010, 07:29 PM	#3
Parmastahir Wight Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Green Hill Country Posts: 196	Hello Pitchwife - Am pleased that you visited and enjoyed the 1975 Ballantine. Tim also did the first calendar (the 1969 LASFS issue.) I have corresponded with him and he was very generous with his time and comments (and scanned his copy of that calendar so that I could post the images associated with that entry.) I find that I am drawn to the "Cracks of Doom." The scale is not certain until one notices the tiny figure (Frodo?) Away from The Green Hill Country, Parm __________________ Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise can not see all ends.

03-18-2010, 10:08 PM	#4
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	Just checked the calendar and now I know where the "riddle game" drawing comes from. I also liked Galadriel and the Cracks of Doom and the Centerfold was nice as well. Not a big fan of the Smaug drawing, just not how I would have pictured him. Also, is it just me or is Maggot misspelled as Moggot? __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

03-19-2010, 04:40 PM	#5
Parmastahir Wight Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Green Hill Country Posts: 196	No, It's Not You . . . It was Ballantine who misspelled Maggot. It's a classic error right up there with the 1999 issue in which Alan Lee's Treebeard was printed upside down! Curiously, the same 1975 calendar was published in Canada by Methuen, and they spelled Maggot correctly! How are things with you? Slowly coming out my winter hibernation. Thanks for looking in. Away from The Green Hill Country, Parm __________________ Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise can not see all ends.

04-03-2010, 07:44 AM	#6
Parmastahir Wight Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Green Hill Country Posts: 196	April CotM Posted a new Calendar of the Month for April at: www.tolkiencalendars.com This one is a new (2010) issue. Hope you enjoy it! Away from The Green Hill Country, Parmastahir __________________ Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise can not see all ends.

04-03-2010, 11:08 AM	#7
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	Nice one, I especially liked Nimrodel and Arwen and Aragorn. The Entwife is also nicely done, pretty much how I would picture one to look like. __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

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