Full HBP cover artwork

[hickengruendler]

No: HPFGUIDX 127069


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "mfterman" <mfterman at y...> 
wrote:
 
> 
> Now logically, unless we're recreating a specific scene from the 
book,
> we'd expect the most significant characters of the book to appear on
> the cover along with Harry. The most significant five characters as 
of
> the end of book five, besides Harry and Dumbledore are Ron, 
Hermione,
> Ginny, Neville and Luna, in approximately that order.

Hickengruendler:

Well, I would say Hagrid, Snape or Voldemort are pretty significant, 
too. As are a few others, but I won't arguing with you, since I agree 
with your basical point that Ginny certainly is important enough to 
be on the backcover. In OotP even Tonks was on the backcover, and 
she's much less important than Ginny.
> 
> The simplest and best fit is Ron and Hermione on one side
> and Ginny on the other.

I agree, but...
> 
 > 
 
> 
> In short, I think a lot of people are trying to read too much into
> this. This is just showing some of Harry's closest friends, his 
inner
> circle, and the simplest and cleanest fit without any elaborate
> explanation is that it happens to be those three. Sometimes a cigar 
is
> just a cigar, and in this case I don't think there's any mystery or
> surprise here. Some people may want there to be one, but in this 
case
> I think there's less here than meets the eye.

Hickengruendler: 

This contradicts every Mary Grand Pré Cover art. So far she never has 
drown just a few characters, but always a scene. I think on this 
poster are two scenes, one with Harry and Dumbledore (which will be 
on the cover on the book) and the other one, with Ron, Hermione, inny 
(and probably a few characters hidden behind the pilar thing on the 
poster) looking at the Dark Mark.

Hickengruendler
> 
> mfterman