Scholastic, the US publisher of the Harry Potter novels, unveiled the sixth and penultimate cover artwork for the 15th Anniversary editions yesterday at San Diego Comic-Con. The new cover for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince portrays Harry and Dumbledore, as the original US cover does, but the setting appears to be outside the cave…
Those of us in the “Harry Potter generation” understand what it’s like to wait for a novel. We’ve counted down months, weeks, days, and even minutes as midnight on “release day” approached. While I came late to Harry Potter (after Goblet of Fire was already released), I remember waiting, often impatiently, for Order of the…
If you had the opportunity to ask J.K. Rowling one question, what would it be? On June 21st, a website called Goodreads.com announced that it would give Rowling fans just such an opportunity. However, there’s a catch: the one question must be about her novel The Casual Vacancy, which was released in hardcover worldwide on…
It has been nearly three months since the release of Chapters 8-15 on Pottermore. As I wrote in the Chamber of Secrets review article, I really only visit Pottermore to experience the artwork and sounds that each new Moment brings, and to read new information written by J. K. Rowling. Included in the first Prisoner…
I was so excited when I heard that Jon Cozart was coming to LeakyCon 2013 in Portland. Jon Cozart is among my favorite YouTube personalities. He has an excited quirkiness about him. He has a pure, unadulterated talent—in writing lyrics, in singing and creating spot-on harmonies, and in entertaining millions. His channel (Paint) has had…
Are you new to Wizard Rock? In this second installment in my “New to Wrock” series, I give you an artist who is also relatively new to Wizard Rock: Kirstyn Hippe. She is a 17-year-old singer-songwriter from Cincinatti, Ohio. At LeakyCon 2012 in Chicago, she won the first ever LeakyStars competition. As a prize for…
Harry and the Potters may be widely considered the originator of what we now call Wizard Rock (or Wrock for short). However, I have chosen a one-man band known as Oliver Boyd and the Remembralls for the first article in my “New to Wrock” series. I have already written an article about Ministry of Magic,…
While Hogwarts may feel like home for so many, the first generation of Harry Potter fans are now old enough to have graduated from Hogwarts and own their own homes now. I myself just bought my first house back in October. However, I am not a wizard. I did not graduate from Hogwarts. But if…
While my LeakyCon 2013 review is forthcoming, I wanted to feature a few of my favorite events individually. Not Literally, Literally Live! was one of those favorite events. Even though they were at LeakyCon in 2012, I must have been busy at the time of their event, because I don’t remember them. I was working…
Not many Harry Potter fans have the opportunity to tour Warner Bros. Studios, particularly because traveling from the states to London is not an inexpensive endeavor. However, now one piece of that Studio Tour has come to us via Google Street View. Some might recall how Google Street View also played an instrumental role in…