How Michael Whelan's art wound up in Louis Vuitton ads

Plus some sweet Lords of the Rings art and some Lou Feck discourse

Before we get to the main event, here’s my image of the week: These very well-loved Lord of the Rings trilogy covers, with art by Barbara Remington. Somewhat hilariously, pretty much any covers of these editions that you can find online look like someone took a rototiller to them. Which is about as strong an endorsement as a book can get.

Here’s the ori…