Second Issue of The Quibbler Now Online

The second edition of The Quibbler, our new magazine which prints “all the news you won’t find anywhere else,” is hot off the presses and ready to be viewed. This brand new issue can be read right here. A small diagram of the controls which show how to navigate the issue is also available via this link. This edition contains an expose on the phenomenon that is wizard rock, a fresh bContinued...

Tick Tock, PotterPuppetPals Top at YouTube Awards

Snape, Snape, Severus Snape has people singing along, and singing praises as the popular Potter Puppet Pals video was named a winner at the recent YouTube Awards. The video was a winner for “Best Comedy” as the awards acknowledge the best user -created videos of the year. The video features puppets of Harry Potter characters singing (including the always melodious Professor Severus SnaContinued...

Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger Named Among EW's Favorite Fictional Lovers

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Entertainment Weekly has released a list of Pop Culture’s Best Couples, a ranking of 26 of our favorite true (fictional) lovers. The fictional pairing of characters Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger from the Harry Potter series are included on the list. Along side such iconic fictional couples as Superman and Lois Lane, from the Superman comics; Ricky Continued...

Jingle Spells on iTunes, Amazon

Jingle Spells, this year’s Get a Clue charity item which has raised MORE THAN $30,000 FOR BOOK AID (we’re a little excited by that, can you tell?) is now available on iTunes and Amazon.com, for digital download. It will remain available there forevermore, so if you didn’t manage to get a copy, shuffle on over and grab it now to enjoy the holiday tunes before year’s end. All profits wilContinued...

Gringotts and Lucius Malfoy Worth Billions Says Muggle Magazine Forbes

Forbes has now published their annual list of the wealthiest fictional characters, and coming in at number 14 is a Wizard of wealth and taste: Lucius Malfoy. In this very funny (and spoiler filled) writeup which you can read below, the dashing Death Eater with a wealth of 1.6 billion, has apparently been wreaking havoc with the Wizard Stock Exchange this year. Shocking, we know. ;)

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The End of Harry Potter, Served on a Slate

Will the final chapter in the Harry Potter saga end in the same mysterious manner as the hit cable tv show, The Sopranos? Online magazine "Slate" takes a humorous turn at fan fiction of sorts, as they present their ending to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, complete with our hero Harry (just like Tony in the Sopranos) sitting at the local friendly diner aka The Three BroomsticksContinued...

"Colbert Report" Gets Scoop On Harry Potter? (Satire)

With Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows only weeks away now, reporters from all mediums are going out of their way to get the latest scoop... even when they may not be real reporters. Readers have been emailing in to let us know that recently, Comedy Central's The Colbert Report did a very funny satirical bit that featured "an advanced copy" (prop) of the not available to anyone, fin

NBC's "The Office" References Harry Potter

Many readers have mailed in to let us know that this past Thursday night's episode of NBC's "The Office" featured a number of hilarious references to Harry Potter series. In the episode "Beach Games," a particularly funny moment (to this "Office" fan and many others) was when picking team names for a 'Survivor' like challenge, Hogwarts house "Gryffindor" was chosen and the opposing tea

Time Magazine Satire on Possible Future Harry Potter Books

The May 21 issue of Time Magazine has a satire on possible future Harry Potter books. You can see the scan of these funny covers here in our galleries.
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Comedy, Thy Name is Scribbulus Issue 15

Now that we've recovered from yesterday's mischievousness, we have another bit of fun for you today that Gred and Forge would approve, as Issue 15 of Scribbulus, our essay collection, is now online and features several pieces that look at the world of Harry Potter in a humorous light.
Included in this issue are:

• "The Half-Blood Squib" Petunia’s Secret Revealed Theory by HPNutter, Ghos

A Fuzzy Voldemort

Many readers let us know that Harry Potter was the subject of this Get Fuzzy cartoon today.
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Lemony Snicket Author Talks Harry Potter

As the last and 13th installment of the popular A Series of Unfortunate Events books is due to be published on friday October 13, there are new interviews now online with the Lemony Snicket author Daniel Handler. In a recent interview, the comparison was made again to the Harry Potter books, and Mr. Handler remarked on the books, continuing on to say that he has never actually met auth

McSweeney's Spoofs Harry Potter Quidditch Recruitment

From the Leaky funny files: earlier this month, humor 'zine McSweeney's published an article regarding the "Recruitment of Harry Potter," in which a zealous fictional Quidditch recruiter sends a memo planning how best to snag Harry for the team:

"Tell him we will absolutely pull Snape's season tickets if that's any concern at all. Hell, go ahead and do that anyway. Guy gives me the will

Poppy Pomfrey Publishes Study in Medical Journal

Madam Poppy Pomfrey is listed as one of the authors of a study recently published in Annals - Academy of Medicine Singapore. This is a real article, published in the journal's "free papers" issue.
The article's title and abstract read:

Interesting In- and Outpatient Attendances at Hogwarts Infirmary and St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies

Abstract
Ailments afflicting wizarding folk a

House-Elves Hit the Quidditch World Cup in GoF DVD

It would seem that the new Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire DVD reveals not just the deleted scenes and bonuses, but allows for some closer inspection of things that we might have missed when seeing the film in movie theaters; things such as two House-Elves riding on camels at the Quidditch World Cup. Yes, you are reading this right, and no, this editor hasn't lost her mind... yet :