1 {scene: Somewhere near the Orcrift Montains}
1 Mordekai: You know, all these stories you tell about your Uncle Bilbert...
1 Lambert: Yes?
2 Mordekai: And then stories about your ring being coveted by some strange Gollum-like creature...
2 Lambert: Yes?
3 Mordekai: And now a wild story about an army of ghosts who will fulfil an ancient oath to you. It's all a bit fantastic and unlikely.
4 Lambert: Are you calling me an hobbitual liar?
4 Mordekai: I'm just saying you're Tolkien out of both sides of your mouth.

Unfortunately I don't build large custom sets for the comics as often as I'd like to, since I'm usually under time pressure to get them done. But I made a special effort here because I really though it needed it. And I was glad to get a good chance to use the spiderweb pieces.

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2023-10-23 Rerun commentary: The giant spider in The Lord of the Rings expresses a gender identity through the use of preferred pronouns: Shelob/Herlob.