A fun post for you today — a series of illustrations for a Russian edition of The Hobbit, 1989. The artist Belomlinsky portrayed the characters in a funky manner. The book was published at 300,000 copies and it was a success — I had itas a kid and it had me scared. I could never get over the fact that someone needs to leave their wonderful cave full of jars with pickles!
See how you like Bilbo, Gandalf, Gollum, the Trolls, the Big People and the Dragon — let us know if it makes you smile.
The Hobbit, by J. R. R. Tolkien. The cover.
The Hobbit, Or There and Back Again. 
The Map — from Hobbiton to the Lonely Mountain.
Merry Gandalf, isn’t he?
The Trolls
Gollum, plotting riddles with deadly stakes.
The giant eagles.
Big People — Bilbo’s encounter with humans.
Giant spiders in the black forest of Mirkwood.
The dragon battle
The dragon battle
Back cover. Published by Children Literature.