Nov 26, 2024
Angus McBride.
All but one of these are illustrating scenes from the world of Lord of the Rings. Try to spot the odd one out, and then read my newsletter about McBride to see the answer.
I'm realizing now that I should have clarified in my original post that it's not art just from the Lord of the Rings books themselves - it's all from the MERP - the Middle Earth Role Playing game.
It was officially licensed, but expanded a lot on Tolkien's world, and often in ways that Tolkien himself wouldn't have. Basically what I'm saying is that all the women here actually are from MERP!
In fact, here's another Angus McBride illustration depicting some ringwraiths that includes a witch queen:
