Wednesday, September 19, 2007

The Many Faces of Potter

The last book may have been published this summer, but you haven't heard the last of Hogwarts. We've still got two movies and countless DVD editions coming down the pipe. DVDActive has specs on a new DVD gift set coming out December 11th (just in time for Xmas, of course). How crazy stupid is it to have this much crap for a series that isn't even complete yet?

Speaking of the books, Philadelphia's City Paper has an article about the numerous editions published around the world. Pity poor Mary GrandPre HERE.

The article links to a gallery of variant covers.

Sweden really knows how to rock a Potter cover:


I'm not sure what book they're reading in Italy:


And in the Irish edition it seems as though poor Harry is struck dead by the train before he even gets to Hogwarts:

Posted by Doug Slack at 5:31 AM

2 comments:

rob! said...

that Swedish cover rocks. it looks like Duncan Fregredo--the art, not Harry.

September 19, 2007 8:43 AM
Doug Slack said...

Yeah, if a comic book adaptation is ever attempted, they should contact that guy. Or Duncan Fregredo.
Or Al Milgrom.

September 19, 2007 11:39 AM

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