Kate Beaton posted a wonderful comic about a summer job (and The Lord of the Rings)

At her Patreon.


And speaking of The Lord of the Rings (there's more in the thread):

If you’re a Gondorian soldier your experience with hobbits is a tiny guy shows up with a wizard and is immediately taken in the Steward’s counsel. He saves Faramir when the Steward goes mad. A second tiny guy arrives with the Rohirrim and kills the Witch King. The first one then goes on campaign …

— Vituperative Erb (@vituperativeerb.bsky.social) August 1, 2026 at 9:44 AM

…where he slays a troll. A giant eagle then brings two more tiny guys, who as far as you can tell personally defeated the Dark Lord. All four on on nickname-basis with the long-prophesied king who arrived around the same time as the first one

— Vituperative Erb (@vituperativeerb.bsky.social) August 1, 2026 at 9:46 AM

I’m having just done a rereading: (1) he shows up with Gandalf (2) they know he’s from way up North, so he’s like insanely well-traveled (3) the Westron in the Shire has dropped what was essentially a tu/usted distinction so he is speaking to Denethor the way like Prince Imrahil does

— Vituperative Erb (@vituperativeerb.bsky.social) August 1, 2026 at 12:01 PM

The Balrog still looks fabulous

Custom Thorin action figure inspired by Tove Jansson's art

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The Witch King of Angmar by Greg Ruth

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Lego Fell Beast (Lord of the Rings)

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Custom figure of Krang and his android body in the Lord of the Rings universe

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Fun Lord of the Rings illustrations from 1961

picked up this beautiful book of LotR illustrations by dutch painter Cor Blok, from the early 60s

i love illustrations of very popular stories made before a certain version reified visuals in our collective imagination, in this case John Howe and Alan Lee's, and later the movies pic.twitter.com/VWUoxWpbtH

— nico🏳️‍🌈 (@nicodelort) February 22, 2024

More in the thread, and the books is available at Amazon.

Spine dress inspired by Dream's helm; Puzzle armor, UpsideGown

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IT’S DONE! 😭

I told myself to not post anything before this is done to stay motivated and I FINALLY finished the spine dress inspired by Sandman’s helmet (by Neil Gaiman) pic.twitter.com/na9MvLyqJM

— Lie | Disguised Trash Panda (@Lie_chee) March 15, 2023

A few more designs showing her range, including space adventurer Princess Peach, and the Eye of Sauron, but make it fashion:

Lego diorama of Shelob's attack

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A few more Lego dioramas:

Lee Pace/Thranduil stylized vinyl figure up for preorder (plus a very funny video about filming some of his scenes)

New toy options at the BBTS include Star Wars Hot Wheels cases (including the Mandalorian's Naboo starfighter), new defective item loot boxes, 48% off the pretty cool-looking Lightyear Alpha figures, and Weta's latest "Mini Epics" figure, Thranduil:

This clip about the multiple absurdities of filming one of Thranduil's confrontations with the dwarves is a delight:

Eye of Sauron tree topper; Swolest nativity scene; Gift of coal

Sauron celebrates Christmas too https://t.co/jDyA8wiWi1 pic.twitter.com/yIsqgc6sIJ

— Prison_Health (@Prison_Health) December 14, 2022

An AI draws the contents of Link's and Gandalf's gear bags; If Jodorowsky directed Tron; Lament Configuration jack-in-a-box

HT to the brilliant person who knolled Gandalf's bag yesterday (can't find the link now.)

I had way too much fun knolling random things in #midjourney #v4

Here's the contents of Link's bag from Legend of Zelda#aiart #knolling pic.twitter.com/esco26EoB5

— Gregory Wieber (@dreamwieber) November 9, 2022

Knolling Gandalf's bag, next round.

Interestingly, MidJourney V4 decided to pack into Gandalf's bag a miniature version of Gandalf.#midjourney #aiart #aiia https://t.co/abZg7T1VFH pic.twitter.com/zc4nZWPV3j

— Merzmensch Kosmopol 🚫 (@Merzmensch) November 8, 2022

Lord of the Rings-themed workout

@gardragnarok Boromir is the 🐏 #lordoftherings #lotr #kings #strong #gym #foryou #foryoupage #fyp ♬ The Fighting Uruk-hai - Howard Shore

One of several exercise ideas:

How to make homemade Hobbit feet

Quick PSA for parents of kids who want to be hobbits for Halloween: men’s socks (as close to child’s skin tone as possible) over crocs, then paint. If you want to get fancy you can glue a sole on, but you don’t need to. pic.twitter.com/5CVNeCt3Gi

— tom fowler (@tomfowlerbug) October 17, 2022

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When you co-op with a friend who hasn’t found good gear yet: 🍳 pic.twitter.com/dWJ1kjBasm

— _mostly_ghostly_ (@LowBudgetGhost) May 9, 2022

Adding Samus to Punch-Out; A detailed examination of Nightcrawler's tail; Pyramid mausoleum in Los Angeles; Chubby Balrog

check out this fucking big commission i did for @NotBlackHat0061 with various alts pic.twitter.com/wmKe5sKXnk

— ratboy (putting up some clutter) (@rattyboyslim) May 13, 2021

Custom extreme sports GI Joe figure; Custom Balrog and Gandalf; Custom Landspeeders

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Looking at hotels in Detroit and pic.twitter.com/V5gp25RA0Q

— Sally Elshorafa (@sallykuchar) March 23, 2022

Today's funny posts

some insider tips for you aspiring character designers pic.twitter.com/5yiJ5MkvbJ

— Marlowe Dobbe 🎨 (@marlowedobbe) March 7, 2022

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— Dana Sibera (@NanoRaptor) December 3, 2021