Another of my favorite illustrators is Tove Jansson who created the Moomin comics and wrote one of my top five favorite books "The Summer Book." I enjoy her work so much that I've toyed with the idea of naming my daughter Tove. It was a fleeting thought but Aaron detests the name with such vehemence that it's become a really tempting option.
Anyway I was pleased to find that Tove Jansson created both a cover and interior illustrations for the Swedish translation of The Hobbit. You can see the illustrations here.
Speaking of Tolkien, on Saturday I learned that Tolkien got a fair amount of material and inspiration from the Finnish epic saga The Kalevala. Not familiar with it? Turns out there's a multi-hour, made-for-Finnish-tv movie created in the 80s which will catch you up. (This info is also from the Finnish embassy) Unfortunately netflix doesn't have it in stock so I won't be renewing my subscription.
2 comments:
I hope her name will not be Tove.
Tove is an awesome name!
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