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David T. Wenzel (; born November 22, 1950)^[1] is an illustrator and children's book artist. He is best known for his graphic novel adaptation of J.R.R.

The Hobbit Comics adapted by Chuck Dixon and illustrated by ...

Tolkien's The Hobbit.

Career

Wenzel's first ambition had been to work for one of the big animation houses in California, but his early career path led him instead to work at an advertising agency and as a penciler in the mainstream comic book industry.^[2] From the mid-1970s to the early 1980s he worked on such Marvel Comics titles as Avengers and Savage Sword of Conan.

He penciled part of The Avengers "Korvac Saga" story arc which won a 1979 Eagle Award for Best Continued Story.

Segueing from comics to children's literature in the 1980s, Wenzel illustrated Robb Walsh's Kingdom of the Dwarfs for Centaur Books, and then illustrated a series of books about American colonial life for Troll Associates.

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