100 signatures! Our first milestone. Thank you all for making this possible. The issue of how the creative licensing of Tolkien's work is handled matters and, in truth, is important to artists everywhere.

Author Terry Pratchett once said, “J.R.R. Tolkien has become a sort of mountain, appearing in all subsequent fantasy in the way that Mt. Fuji appears so often in Japanese prints. Sometimes it’s big and up close. Sometimes it’s a shape on the horizon. Sometimes it’s not there at all, which means that the artist either has made a deliberate decision against the mountain, which is interesting in itself, or is in fact standing on Mt. Fuji."

Indeed, in literature as a whole, as a work of art, and, if I may, a national mythology, Tolkien's work stands as a towering monolith and casts a long shadow. In the appendicies for The Lord of the Rings films, Tolkien is credited as having the most read book of the 20th century after The Bible. His work will live on like the Eddas of the Norsemen or the works of Shakespeare. Yet, so young in their lifespan it is important that we make it known to corporations and modern "Sarumans" how the people would have these works handled. And, such a beacon as J.R.R. Tolkien is, he may well stand as a great line of defense for future artists whose work will be in a similar position. Now is the time to act! Thank you for your support thus far!

But we are not done yet. A petition on Change generally gets 1 signature for every 25 views. We are performing incredibly well at roughly 1 every 16 views! People care about this. Now is the time to share, and if you haven't, sign it! Your voices matter.

We can make this happen! Thank you all! #stopropcovers