ABLAZE Publishing is exploring the life of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, author of The Hobbit, in Tolkien: Lighting up the Darkness, a new bio-comic by Willy Duraffourg and Giancarlo Caracuzzo.
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.
Tolkien: Lighting Up the Darkness has a cover price of $16.99 and arrives on January 23, 2024.
