John Howe,
Darn, John, I was totally surprised to visit your place and find I had such a good time. I loved reading about your books...and I must tell you I wanted everyone to read what you said about them. I think I understand, since books have been my "drug-of-choice" for a lifetime(which reminds me of a joke...friend asked me if I had lived in the hills all my life...of course I said: "Not yet.").
Anyway, I have appreciated your art from the first time I saw your work. I've long associated you with Tolkien's masterpiece(s), having read it the first time in bootleg copies when I was in college here in the states. That was 40 years ago(whew!)...you came along with your vision of his world a little later, but I noticed. What you see in Middle Earth I think I saw, too. Funny how some artists appeal to what you had envisioned when reading a book. Maybe I should be too old to still enjoy fantasy, but halefar, like most men I still feel 14 in my head.
Well, this is my first ever fan letter in my life, but I did want you to know I appreciated your work. But, mostly I wanted to say I really enjoyed the writing. You do good, John Howe.
GLRoberts
Darn, John, I was totally surprised to visit your place and find I had such a good time. I loved reading about your books...and I must tell you I wanted everyone to read what you said about them. I think I understand, since books have been my "drug-of-choice" for a lifetime(which reminds me of a joke...friend asked me if I had lived in the hills all my life...of course I said: "Not yet.").
Anyway, I have appreciated your art from the first time I saw your work. I've long associated you with Tolkien's masterpiece(s), having read it the first time in bootleg copies when I was in college here in the states. That was 40 years ago(whew!)...you came along with your vision of his world a little later, but I noticed. What you see in Middle Earth I think I saw, too. Funny how some artists appeal to what you had envisioned when reading a book. Maybe I should be too old to still enjoy fantasy, but halefar, like most men I still feel 14 in my head.
Well, this is my first ever fan letter in my life, but I did want you to know I appreciated your work. But, mostly I wanted to say I really enjoyed the writing. You do good, John Howe.
GLRoberts