CoverArt & WB Stuff

[Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer]

No: HPFGUIDX 8244

Hi --

Scott wrote:

> Eggplant wrote
> "I'm I the only one who HATES the cover art, particularly the way it
> depicts Harry? He looks like he's never been scared or angry or sad
> or thoughtful in his life, in fact he looks like a grinning imbecile.
> I know Harry Potter and that jerk on the cover is not Harry Potter."
>
> I don't think that the American cover are all that bad, but they
> certainly aren't my favourites. I agree with Carole that GoF is the
> best cover of the American ones so far. It at least has Harry wearing
> robes as opposed to the red capes that he has on in the others...

I agree with Eggplant.  I really dislike the American coverart for the
most part, and I personally think that GoF is the worst.  Just my 2
galleons.

I don't like the German covers at *all* either.  Harry looks ... weird.
<shrugs>  I like the Danish & Swedish covers the best so far.  The
British covers are better than the US & German but perhaps not quite as
nice as the Danish & Swedish in my judgment.  The Italian covers get the
award for being the least relevant (or most puzzling).  The Icelandic
covers are the worst (again IMO).

> I was at the WB store yesterday and I was looking at all the Harry
> stuff (and fuming that Hermione was a blue eyed blonde, but I blame
> Penny for pointing this out to me) and I was trying very hard not to
> go off into an angry tirade at the store clerk in the section. (Did
> you know that these artist have most likely NEVER read the books?) I
> resisted asking this however.

Sorry 'bout that Scott!  <g>  In some of the merchandise, she does have
arguably light brown hair (rather than blonde), but she does always have
blue eyes.  I'm quite happy with my glass Hermione ornament.  It's
clearly not blonde but not exactly "brown" hair either.  It is "bushy"
(or what I think of as bushy anyway -- which is *not* tight curly
ringlets that some picture).

LOL at the conversation that you overheard!  I think you should have
approached them.  <g>

Happy New Year everyone!  (I guess it's already there in the UK, eh?).

Penny


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