book covers of OoTP

[Alex]

No: HPFGUIDX 54091

> on the Right handed v. Left handed discussion:
> >
> >Phyllis wrote:
> >As for the US cover - is there anywhere in canon that says that Harry
> >is left-handed? Grand Pre has Harry holding his wand in his left hand.
> >
> >Richelle wrote:
> >It's in canon that Harry is right handed. In Olivander's selecting his
> >wand, Olivander asks which is his wand arm, Harry says, well, he's
> >right handed.
> >
> >Sophie wrote:
> >Looking at the other US cover, Harry is holding the wand in his left
> >hand also on GoF, and catching the Snitch with his lefthand in SS.
> >The chapter illistrations also show him favoring his left hand, while
> >most other people are shown using their right hand.  It all seems too
> >deliberate to me.
> >
> >aesob/Alex wrote:
> >... cover art is not art-directed by JKR, ... GrandPre is only
> >interpreting what she reads into something for us to see. Just because
> >Harry is holding his wand in his left hand doesn't mean that he's
> >looking in a mirror or that he's suddenly left-handed. GrandPre
> >probably chose to put the wand there because it just looked better
> >that way. Artist's choice doesn't necessarily fit into canon.
> >
> >Loony Loopy wrote:
> >I agree with aesob/Alex.  The backcover (?) for PoA shows a partial,
> >not full, moon and a wolf (okay, maybe it's a dog).  So there's a
> >possible error.  On the GoF cover, Harry is holding an Egg in his
> >other arm, so maybe that's why he switched his wand from one hand to
> >the other for this "pose."  As for the PS/SS cover, isn't Harry
> >clutching his broom with the other hand?  I am right-handed and I
> >throw with the right hand and catch with the left hand, so the cover
> >of PS/SS makes sense to me.  IIRC, in there's a little chapter picture
> >of Harry conjuring the Patronus with his left hand, which contradicts
> >canon.  It's all artistic choice.
> >
> Now I, Mr. Ed writes:
> I'm in 'the cover is a mirror image' crowd.  Take a look at the scar on 
> Harry's head and the representation of that scar (presumably) on the P in 
> Potter in the title.  They're mirror images of each other.

aesob again:
I have to disagree. The Harry Potter logotype has always looked 
that way, and Ms. GrandPre has always portrayed Harry's scar 
zagging the opposite way. Look at the covers! I just looked at 
them, and on the new OoP cover, Harry's scar is represented the 
same way as it always has: at the end, it zags to the left. If it were 
mirrored, it would be opposite. Plus, it's just silly, why would Harry 
be turning around and looking at himself in a mirror? The simplest 
explanation is usually the correct one.

~~aesob