The most recent issue of Entertainment Weekly magazine (one of my guilty pleasures) had the upcoming Fantastic Beasts movie on the cover. I didn't care about that too much, but it turned out the issue contained page after page of interesting material on various aspects of the Harry Potter movies and books.
The most interesting of all was this map, hand-drawn by J.K. Rowling years ago to explain the area around Hogwarts:
From this map, I finally realized how the road from the train station runs around the lake, past Hogsmeade, and then to the gates of Hogwarts. What a silly way to build a transit node!
The other coolest thing was a pair of sketches of the first book's cover. First, the cover they used:
The magazine layout shows the way the illustration wraps the spine, and it keys several parts of the art to call out the story elements portrayed.
The magazine also included this alternate cover sketch for the first book, featuring the three-headed dog:
Mary GrandPré, the illustrator of the original U.S. book series, added a lot to the success of the books and I'm happy to see her recognized for that.
Thursday, October 18, 2018
A Look Back at Harry Potter
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