Scholastic Unveils First of Seven New Harry Potter Covers
Scholastic revealed today the first of seven new covers for the Harry Potter novels, marking the first time their versions have not featured artwork by series originator Mary GrandPre. The new artist is best selling graphic novelist Kazu Kibuishi (see HI-RES here):
Harry Potter Wizard's Collection: Leaky Review (Part 1)
This past week, Warner Bros. released the ultimate collection of the Harry Potter films: the Harry Potter Wizard's Collection. This box set is the culmination of 13 years of film-making, and everything a Potter fan could hope for. Leaky was able to get a review copy of the boxedContinued...
Pottermore Insider Releases Chapter Three Artwork
The Pottermore Insider has once again updated their blog, this time featuring artwork done by Pottermore users uploaded to Chapter Three, "The Letters from No One." View the different visual interpretations of the chapter at this link.
Artwork from Chapter Four will be posted next week on theContinued...
September Issue of The Quibbler Now Available
The newest issue of The Quibbler, Leaky's monthly publication "for all the news you won't find anywhere else," is now available for you to read and enjoy! You can see the PDF version here, or a zipped version here. To learn how to submit articles to The Quibbler, please go here.
Enjoy!
Rare Harry Potter Sketch by UK Illustrator Up for Auction
A sketch of Harry Potter with the mythical hippogriff Buckbeak drawn by former Harry Potter illustrator Cliff Wright will be up for auction at the end of the month, the Daily Mail reports.
Mr. Wright was the illustrator of the UK Harry Potter book covers for Sorcerer's Stone through PrisonerContinued...
Limited Edition Prints of Mary GrandPre Hogwarts Castle Original Released
A series limited edition prints of the Hogwarts Castle by US Harry Potter illustrator Mary GrandPre have been released by a Washington DC art gallery which represents the official art from the Harry Potter series. ArtInsights will be releasing the print in a smallContinued...
Leaky's 2009 Year In Review: Part One
Happy Birthday Melissa!
Shhhh! Don't tell anyone.. but it's a pretty big day today. She may not want to make a big fuss and hope everyone's still distracted with their relatives and after Christmas sales to notice... But today is a day worth smiling about, as it is now only two weeks until droves of Harry Potter migrate to New York City -Continued...
New Concept Art including Dumbledore's Funeral for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Artist Adam Brockbank has updated his website again with some truly stunning concept art he did for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Most notable and perhaps most moving, is this lovely and sad piece depicting the funeral for the late great ProfessorContinued...
Early Concept Art of Diagon Alley, Chamber of Secrets and The Burrow
With the news of the Ultimate Collector's editions of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets due out on December 8th, readers will note we will be seeing some rare artwork and more for the films included as part of these sets. As such,Continued...
Harry Potter Artist Mary GrandPre Appearance Tonight in Washington DC
Artist Mary GrandPre, who created the cover work and illustrations for the US editions of the Harry Potter novels by J.K. Rowling, will be appearing in person tonight at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. According to the website, Ms. Grandpre "takes to the Corcoran stage to discuss herContinued...
Art Insights Offers New Character Prints from Harry Potter Films
Art Insights, who sell official Harry Potter artwork, have updated with some new character prints from the Harry Potter films. Starting here you can see the new series of character prints which retail at $48.00 each. The website also has some very high end prints of two deluxe covers fromContinued...
Auction For One of Original Pencil Sketches Done for Harry Potter Time Magazine Cover
There is a new auction underway for a rare pencil sketch by Harry Potter artist Mary GrandPre for one of the three drawings she made to be used on the cover of Time Magazine in 1999. As seen here, Heritage Auction let us know this fabulous sketch is framed and signed by theContinued...
Harry Potter: The Exhibition Report
This week, a number of Harry Potter fan sites were given the opportunity to preview Harry Potter: The Exhibition which opens to the general public today. TLC took part in the preview, and spoke to a number of the people behind the exhibit. This editor's report is now online below with additional photosContinued...
Danish Harry Potter Cover Art Up for Action
The seven original cover art work pieces of the Danish editions of the Harry Potter novels are now up for auction. As seen here, work done by artist Per Jørgensen, is up for auction starting this week and running until May 11th. The article on the auction gives some background and insight on how theContinued...