Comics and graphic novel publisher ABLAZE dives into the life of one of fantasy and literature’s most famous creators – J.R.R. Tolkien – in TOLKIEN: LIGHTNING UP THE DARKNESS, a new hardcover graphic novel release that debuts on January 23rd.
The biography vividly explores the youth of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, the author of The Lord of the Rings saga, and his traumatic experience of the battlefields of the First World War, which forged the imagination of his later literary works. TOLKIEN: LIGHTNING UP THE DARKNESS also serves as a useful visual aid for educators teaching the works of Tolkien.
TOLKIEN: LIGHTNING UP THE DARKNESS also will be available digitally on major platforms.
TOLKIEN: LIGHTING UP THE DARKNESS Hardcover Edition, story by Willy Duraffourg, art by Giancarlo Caracuzzo · SRP: $16.99 · 112 Pages · For Teen Readers · ISBN: 978-1684971879 · Available January 23rd
For fans of The Hobbit & Lord of The Rings looking to learn more about the genius behind their favorite epics.
JRR Tolkien was not always the old Oxford professor, pipe in the mouth, refining his extraordinary work.
In 1915, at age 23, he left for the front with his high school friends, whom he loved like brothers. They take part in the Battle of the Somme which will kill 450,000 people. The horror of war will brand his relationship to friendship, love, and creation.
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