Works inspired by J. R. R. Tolkien to "The Lord of the Rings" in the early 1970s. She sent them to Tolkien, who was struck by the similarity to the style of his own drawings. In 1977, Queen Margrethe's drawings were published in the Danish translation of the book, which was reissued in 2002, redrawn by the British artist Eric Fraser. Tim and Greg Hildebrandt were also well-known Tolkien illustrators during the first decades after the publication of "The Lord of the Rings". In the 1970s, British artist Jimmy Cauty created a best-selling poster of the Hobbit for the retailer Athena. Probably the widest-known Tolkien illustrators of
Reception of J. R. R. Tolkien Society (Eredain) was founded in 1986 and published the "Aglared" journal; it dissolved in 2006 and a second Swiss Tolkien Society (Seryn Ennor) was founded in 2014 and is based in Jenins; an Austrian Tolkien Society was founded in 2002). The DTG organized a seminar on Tolkien studies in Cologne in 2004, in Jena in 2005 and in Mainz in 2006. The conference proceedings are published in their "Hither Shore" yearbook. The Magyar Tolkien Társaság ("Hungarian Tolkien Society") is a registered public benefit organization whose declared aim is to enhance public knowledge on the works and mythology created by J.