We here at Club Jade always appreciate a fine piece of parody, and Maya comes through with a sidesplitting take on the “Order of the Phoenix” film. Click for a whole new world of “HELL NO.” (You’ll see.) No “Deathly Hallows” spoilers, but as most spoilerphobes are probably aware, there are no guarantees when it comes to the comments, so tread carefully.
Harry Potter Week: Fan Art
Hogwarts batik by Johnathan Roberts.
Media notices that cat is out of bag
The news that somebody uploaded photos of (probably) every page of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” several days before its official release date did not stay as buried as Scholastic and Bloomsbury might have liked: It was on the front page of the New York Times site, for one thing, and the AP picked it up as well. Spoilerphobes had better head to the back of the cave. Where is Sir Dan with his blindfolds when you need him?
Potterdämmerung Morning Bulletin
Why is Harry so big? Been asking this for years, but I’m not sure Gannett here has all the answers… Online fandom, certainly, has a lot to do with reader base and the growth of the internet, but is Jo Rowling really the best author of the age?
The series is also adding to the chaos of the Middle East. Harry.
- Dissecting the Deathly Hallows leak.
- UK issues Potter stamps. And here we waited thirty years.
- Advice for parents: Helping kids deal with character deaths.
- For the clueless: a character cheat sheet and the loose ends.
- Adults like HP, too. Shocking!
- It must be everyone loves Natalie Portman month.
- And of course no phenomenon is complete without recipes.
The more you tighten your grip…
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, or at least a version of it, is indeed online… And the torrent is linked on Boing Boing. (No spoilers, just link.) Wonder how long that’ll last? I’m just not obsessed enough to squint my way through 400+ JPGs, but to each their own.
Harry Potter Week: Fan Art
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Lord Voldemort by the illustration team of Tania Juárez and Carlos Vélez. They also have several other Potter characters in their gallery, including Sirius Black and Professors McGonagall and Dumbledore.
Growing up with Harry
One of our own recently had a wonderful essay published in the Time Argus about having grown up along side Harry Potter. (There are no spoilers in this article.)
Kudos, Caroline!
Harry Potter Week: Morning newsblast
Jim Dale, who reads the Harry audiobooks, knows how it all ends, and he can’t even tell his grandkids. Meanwhile, elsewhere in the NYT, a look at the directors of the HP films. Or simply keep up with their Harry Potter index. (Thanks, Liz!)
Meanwhile, no one has any business being surprised that Order of the Phoenix is tops at the box office, making about twice as the nearest competition, Transformers.
Also…
- The leak is out there. Spoilers at every turn!
- No Potter for ASDA supermarket chain. ASDA is the second largest retailer in the UK – and a subsidiary of Wal-Mart. Ha-ha.
- Deathly Hallows is as green as an almost 800 page book could possibly be.
- Booksellers gird their loins.
- Books still under warehouse guard.
- HP release sure to effect workplace productivity. Hey, we’ve all been there.
Harry Potter Week: The Marauders
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We’re kicking off our weeklong HP fandomfest with a quick look back at the beginning – the Marauders by pro fantasy artist Jenny Dolfen. Be sure to thumb through her DeviantArt gallery for more artwork based on HP and a few other fandoms we’re rather fond of.
HP spoilers have been sighted
Now might be a good time to leave the internet, spoilerphobes! There’s a scanned copy of most of the book circulating… Yes, it could be fake, but why take the chance?