📗 Libro en inglés THE MYTHMAKERS

From New York Times bestselling award winning creator John Hendrix comes The Mythmakers a graphic novel biography of two literary lions C S Lewis and J R R Tolkien following the remarkable story of their friendship and creative fellowship and how each came to write their masterworks Through narrative and comic panels Hendrix chronicles Lewis and Tolkien s near idyllic childhoods then moves on to both men s horrific tour of the trenches of World War I to their first meeting at Oxford in 1929 and then the foreshadowing action and aftermath of World War II He reveals the shared story of their friendship in all its ups and downs that gave them confidence to venture beyond academic concerns fantasy wasn t considered suitable for adult reading but the domain of children shaped major story theme ideas and shifted their ideas about the potential of mythology and faith The Mythmakers also shows the camaraderie and the importance of the social literary circle of friends called the Inklings and how the friendship of these two great men fell apart and came together again Hendrix concludes describing how the writings of C S Lewis and J R R Tolkien had re enchanted the 20th century after two World Wars In writing aimed at scholars adults and young people