:D Congratulations! I hope it's a good one. I know you love the artist,but you know, I hope the writing will be good, too - that's always a wild card, unless they keep the same writer all through the run. Good art only goes so far!

I have read The Hobbit, though it didn't engage me as Lord of the Rings did. I remember it had a LOT of dwarves. Oh my. I couldn't keep up with the dwarves at all. I'll probably only start remembering their names and personalities after these two films.