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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows cover art released!

mugglenet.com — Scholastic and Bloomsbury both revealed today the covers for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows!

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  • mullens4mac, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2The dude on the Today show said he was sobbing at then end! SOBBING!
    • anidal, on 10/12/2007, -5/+7Dumbledore dies on page 596!

      oh wait.. wrong book.
    • nixonrichard, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2"Hey, hey . . . Harry gets killed. NOOOOOO . . . YOU BITCH!"
    • mandeepm, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1A little rabbit is happily running through the forest when he
      stumbles upon a giraffe rolling a joint. The rabbit looks at
      her and says, "Giraffe my friend, why do you do this? Come with
      me running through the forest, you'll see, you'll feel so much
      better!" The giraffe looks at him, looks at the joint, tosses
      it and goes off running with the rabbit.

      Then they come across an elephant doing coke, so the rabbit
      again says, "Elephant my friend, why do you do this?
      Think about your health. Come running with us through the
      pretty forest, you'll see, you'll feel so good!"

      The elephant looks at them, looks at his razor, mirror and all,
      and then tosses them and starts running with the rabbit
      and giraffe.

      The three animals then come across a lion about to shoot up...
      "Lion my friend, why do you do this? Think about your health!
      Come running with us through the sunny forest, you will feel so
      good!" The lion looks at him, puts down his needle, and starts
      to beat the ***** out of the little rabbit.

      As the giraffe and elephant watch in horror, they look at him
      and ask, "Lion, why did you do this? He was merely
      trying to help us all!"

      The lion answers, "That little ***** makes me run around
      the forest like an idiot for hours every time he's on ecstasy!"
    • oOLiquidNightOo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3direct link to the US high res version: http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/dhusfull.jpg
  • mynameiscal, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7The artwork looks awesome, although I have to admit, the US version looks a bit less weird than our UK one...

    The British one looks like a poster for the Goonies movie!
    • Anrkist, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I'm so getting the adult version. Are "adults" in the UK really that boring?
    • mynameiscal, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Pretty much! it's mainly commuters on the Tube who don't want to be seen reading a kids book!
      Also it's bought by kids who think that the "adult" version has more sex in it..
    • EricCiccone, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Have to say, I think the American cover art is much better that England's.
    • oOLiquidNightOo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4huh, i just noticed (on the uk adult version) that jk rowling is not hard to look at, she's got a casual sexy thing going.
    • nixonrichard, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Scholastic > Bloomsbury
  • lcswimmer09, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0i luv the US version is really awesome!!!
  • mgarc084, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0it looks really really good, the US version, i am not very sure about the UK, it's way to colorful for the title of the book
  • quidditchmom, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3If you go to scholastic, they have the full cover with Voldemort in the scene. It kind of looks like a Jedi standoff.
    • BattleOnHamish, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1And there's an arena! Whether it's an actual arena or just a reference to the metaphor at the end of HBP, Chapter Twenty-Three, that kicks nine kind of ass.
  • sofaKing812, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1I am feeling the covers, but I still think I like the HBP US and UK covers the best out of all of them.

    By the way, Trust Snape Mother *****!
    • BattleOnHamish, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Snape is an opportunist through and through, and for those who don't realize that soon, I'm afraid lightning will strike in the same place twice.
  • orientis, on 10/12/2007, -16/+4I hate the Harry Potter series. Rowling has written the same formulaic book over and over again.

    (See if some people got their way, I might be banned for this comment - due to the number of times I'll be dugg down.)
    • anidal, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4With the percentage of diggers below the (mental) age of 12, you have most certainly committed online suicide. ;)

      How dare you make fun of Harry Potter! Heresy I say. Burn the witches!... no wait.
    • Junkyarddawg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4How can you hate what is basically a standard series of youth books with a standard Mary Sue in the lead?
      Books don't get more inoffensive than that.

      Actually I find the Harry Potter series interesting because it turns some Mary Sue conventions upside down; usually Mary Sues are downtrodden and have to struggle against and unfair world, but Harry Potter spends a few chapters of the first book downtrodden before wreaking terrible vengeance on his tormentors, then spends the rest of the books as a sort of Prince Harry on steroids: the richest person in the world, the most famous person in the world, the best athlete in the world, has unique superpowers, a cool scar, being mentored by Gandalf... I mean Dumbledore, the headmaster of the most prestigious magical school in the world, and he's repeatedly attacked by the biggest evil in the world (which he through his immense courage and resourcefulness repeatedly defeats).

      Mary Sues are generally underdogs, to make you cheer for them, but Harry Potter is an overdog, to make you want to be him.
    • BattleOnHamish, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Wild guess: you read the first two books, at most.
  • Junkyarddawg, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1World News?
    • anidal, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4You'd be surprised at the number of people more eagerly awaiting the release of this book than awaiting troop pullout from Iraq.
    • ashwinder, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Yeah.. US and UK are not the only ones that read the english books :P
    • BattleOnHamish, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Well, keeping that "eagerly" modifier in mind, that can't be anything but good.
    • teachingrocks, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Anidal,
      At least there is an end in sight for the Harry Potter Series. The same cannot be said about US involvement in Iraq. And when the world is a messed up as it is, an escape into the fantasy world of Harry Potter is a very welcome relief.
  • Smurfysmiles, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0Why are you hatin on Americans?
    It IS because the font size is smaller, it's on all the websites.
  • raowen, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I really like the artwork for both versions! But.. on the US.. where is his scar??????
    • etandrib, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It is there. You just have to zoom and it looks like it is under his hair a little bit.
  • uvagirl, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1God, i'm SO excited for this!
  • AndyButz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0YES!!!!!! I can't wait!!!!!!!
  • BookMasterJMV, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Awesome news! All the covers look great, but I think the British adult one is my personal favorite. :)
  • Quellman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Where' s the cover for the illustrated version? Heh still working on it I guess.
  • ashwinder, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Looks like he's wearing the locket on the US cover!
  • heidimarie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I think its a little pouch thingy, it has a drawstring, and thats just his hair, his scar IS gone! I KNEW it! And what are voldy and harry reaching for??? and what is all the broken wood at the bottom.... and are those deatheaters in the background?
  • quaoce, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Harry's scar is missing!! I knew it!! It was a horcrux!!
  • som1cool, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Scar was not a horcrux that is I am sure about, Harry and voldemort are reaching for something I think they are in the ministry of defense where Black died, may be they are on the other side of the veil, or may be they are near that door when never opens as there is also a lot of broken wood... also there is a locket around his neck. I can't wait for this book anymore Julaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyy........

    In the next picture with all the gold and stuff you can see Hermoine, Ron and Harry with a house elf, may be Kreacher on his back with a sward in its hands, and Harry has a scar in this one.
  • raowen, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0It looks more like they are summoning something. And I zoomed WAY in.... That's just hair.. There's no scar there!!
  • supertrombone, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Oh my gosh!! I've been waiting forever for this announcement!! The color and picture on the US edition are completely amazing! Please make July come quickly!
  • liz0loves0you, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I actually like the British covers a lot more than the U.S. Same with the last book as well. Our covers just seem very cartoony while the British covers actually seem to convey a bit of the story line. The UK Adult covers especially. They look really sophisticated and let you in on a whole lot of the plot.

    They're all lovely, though. Except for the horrid yellow color. I'm not looking foward to having that on my shelf ;)
  • africansk8er, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Wow, I don't really like the American version, too bright for me.

    But the British version is fantasic. So many clues...
  • snowwrestler, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1My $0.02.

    The U.S. cover depicts the Death Chamber in the Ministry of Magic - to which the title refers. This will be the where the climax of the book occurs.

    Harry is shown throwing the Horcruxes through the curtain, which we (the viewers) are looking out the bottom of. (It's easier than destroying them each individually.) Voldemort is reaching to stop him. Harry's "missing" scar is simply hidden by his hair in the way this is painted.

    The end game will be Harry vs. Voldemort, and after Voldemort kills a couple people, someone important will sacrifice themselves to take Voldemort through the curtain with them--again, easier than winning a direct wizard duel. We the readers will go with them and in doing so see the process by which a person becomes a ghost. My money's on Harry for the sacrifice and ghost. That way it's a tragic ending but Harry remains a character through to the last page (and forever presumably). It allows him to say goodbye, while at the same time firmly closing the door on the series, which Rowling has always been very firm about.

    RAB is Regulus Black but it's not that important--he just happened to get one of the Horcruxes out of the cave because the key to get past the Horcrux defenses is the Dark Mark. He was killed unceremoniously after re-hiding the Horcrux among his family's possessions, where Harry will find it despite Kreacher's treachery.

    Snape uses his Dark Mark to help retrieve another Horcrux or two from behind their defenses. But as always he acts alone and secretly, and Harry does not know and/or believe Snape helped him at all. Snape survives but in the end is trusted by no one--an outcast.
    • Melenna, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Alright, Jo. Come out now. Lmao. Good theory, I guess. But very few people know for sure at this point... ;)
    • BattleOnHamish, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1If that last paragraph is so, then Harry will never stop looking for those missing Horcruxes. And I really can't see a way for him to trust Snape at this point.
  • Dagreenman, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2The US version looks awesome (kudos to Grandpre), the UK adult version looks kinda bland but it gets the job done. the UK children's version looks like an old Atari 2600 game box. for a really ***** game. like ET.
  • AeirethAmara, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0I thought the US version was much better than the other two. I have a feeling it has more clues about the contents inside. I may be making a wild guess here, but I think the drawn back curtains are more than likely the veil, so naturally the structure and the shadows of people (Sirius!) are what will be found behind the veil. It is interesting that neither of them have a wand. I'm definitely going out on a limb here when I say that it looks like Harry himself is summoning something, with a somewhat certain look, while Voldemort seems a little less certain, and looks like he is forcing whatever Harry is summoning away. *shrugs* I could be completely wrong, but I hope I'm at least somewhat right.

    I was also a little confused when I saw the UK children's version, for a couple reasons. I'm going to assume that all of that "treasure" is a clue as well, but I've got no freakin' clue why. And, secondly, Who is that clinging to Harry's back, holding the sword? Dobby?
  • AeirethAmara, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Bah. Part of my comment got cut off:

    I was also a little confused when I saw the UK children's version, for a couple reasons. I am going to assume that all of that "treasure" is also a clue, but I have no freakin' idea what. And, secondly, who is that clinging to Harry's back, holding the sword? Dobby?
  • richbai90, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Im soooooooo excited!!!


    "Harry has been burdened with a dark, dangerous, seemingly impossible task: that of locating and destroying Voldemort's remaining horcruxes. Never has Harry felt so alone, or faced a future so full of shadows. But harry must somehow find within himself the strength to complete the task which he has been given. He must leave the warmth, safety and companionship of the burrow and follow without fear or hesitation, the inexorable path laid before him."
  • blahpro, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1OMG.

    They have a Stargate...
  • mugglemom, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0So, is that the horcrux around Harry's neck? Or what? And, where is the scar?
  • ManlyChef, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Judging by the UK cover, I'm guessing one of the Horcruxes is in Gringott's, and Harry, Ron and Hermione will have to break in to get it. As to Snape, I'm guessing he's playing both ends against the middle - "Those cunning folk will use any means to acheive their ends".
    • teachingrocks, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I hadn't thought of Gringots. Interesting idea. I was thinking of the Room of Requirement, where all those items: junk, jewels, treasure, books, bottles, swords, cups, lockets, etc are hidden safely away. Dobby's pretty handy at acquiring needed objects.
  • SybilSE, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Of course his scar is still there. It just looks like a shadow. I am not sure if anyone has thought of this yet or not but my first thought upon seing the colors in the US cover was "A new day is dawning" I think it is pretty obvious from the cover that Voldythingy will be defeated. I also think it signifys a new beginning for Harry. I think this cover is telling us that Harry is going to have a chance for a new life, free of scorn, free of being hunted, free to be happy and to love Ginny, to walk in the sunshine with Ron and Hermione. I really hope I am right.
  • tymeg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0US Cover -
    Looks like Harry has something around his neck in a pouch. Maybe a horcrux? Also, it appears in the full-res cover that Harry is summoning his firebolt as Voldemort is reaching towards him. I don't see any wands. Is Voldemort trying to get what's around Harry's neck, or keep him from getting his broom? Some curtains are behind Voldemort (maybe where Sirius fell through?), and it appears there has been some destruction of wherever they are ( broken wood & pillars on the ground) They are inside some kind of arena, as it appears there are people watching the conflict in a row behind them. Looks like they may be in the room in the Department of Mysteries. And - is Harry's scar gone?!?

    UK children's cover:
    All those jewels - are they in Gringott's? Also, it looks as though Dobby, or some house elf (Kreacher? - doubtful) is on Harry's back brandishing the sword (thought it was Ron's hand at first). Is it Gryffindor's sword? Wherever they are - they look overwhelmed by the flying jewels & gold - thought Ron would be happier in that situation.

    UK adult cover:
    Obviously Slytherin's locket - the one that is missing. Evidence points to it being at Grimmauld Place (which fits in with RAB being Regulus Black), but was it one of the items that Mudungus pinched & sold?

    Also - it has been confirmed that the UK version will have less pages because of font size - not because the version is shorter.
  • goobe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Yes, there is a scar on the US and the UK version of the book; after all, the scar makes Harry Potter.

    When I first glanced at the US cover, I thought, b/c of how both Harry's and Voldemort's arms were positioned, that voldemort was controlling harry - but obviously this can't be right. If you look carefully at Harry's face, there is a small (mild) look of triumph. As for the way Harry's arms are positioned, I can only guess that he might be summoning something or catching something that may be falling, or throwing something into the air. Well, I am 95% sure that Harry is wearing the locket showed to us on the adult version of the book. Both Harry and Voldemort are in some kind of a Colosseum - that may explain the curtains. Harry and Voldemort are showed in their final battle - it only makes sense that they have it in a field with onlookers... Overall, the scene looks somewhat ethereal and kind of heavenly - it cannot be more obvious that the end is near.

    I really like the UK children's cover. It shows 3 best friends together ending the series - thus leaving a message of love, togetherness and teamwork. I also like the fact that it is so colorful XD Also, the cover gives a sense of adventure: there's gold/treasure, friends, and danger (showed by the cuts on harry's, ron's and hermione's arms. Also, I (think I) see Dobby!!! And what does my eye spy??? It (probably) spies Godric Gryffindor's sword in Dobby's hands! This connects the 7th book to the 2nd one where Harry saves Dobby and fights w/ the sword. There must be other horcruxes in the picture as well.

    Slytherin's locket is gorgeous, to say the least for the adult version. And it is eminent that the locket will play a major role in the novel - exactly like the way the picture of the advanced potion book did on the cover of Half Blood Prince.

    Can't wait to read Deathly Hallows!!! XD

  • Keakealani, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0On the one hand, I'm really glad that the cover art was released, and I'll have plenty of time to mull over exactly what is so significant about it (or at least guess) between now and the time that I actually finish the book. On the other hand, it worries me slightly. It seems, quite honestly, a bit too /happy/ for the context of the book. There's no doubt that DH will be sad and emotional; everything that's been released so far points to something with a bittersweet end at the most. Yet the warm colours and triumphant look on Harry's face seems to contradict that information. Thus, I'm not sure what to think, exactly. Is this art just to prevent younger kids from being scared of reading the book before it begins? Is it a hint that it's really a very happy ending and everything turns out well? I don't know, and I'm sure we won't know.

    Otherwise, it's very interesting to compare this cover art with the British version, which is a very different scene...I don't know what comments I have on that yet, though.
  • phillysixers357, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I'm shocked that no one has yet noticed this. . . either that or you just haven't bothered posting it . . but hasn't anyone seen the UK Childerns Cover? Notice toward the bottom of the front cover, there is a shiny blue-colored object with a phoenix or dragon on top, i couldn't decide what it was. Anyway, if you look farther left, directly under Ron's foot, there is another shiny blue-colored object. It took me a minute or two to realize what this was. It is armor, probably a chest/back guard. On the chest guard, there is some sort of an animal, but whether it is a phoenix or snake, I'm not sure. That lead me back to the original item, which I then quickly recognized to be a helmet. Also, the jules on the helmet match those of the sword. Could this be the armor of Godric Gryffindor? That would make sense, but I could be wrong.
    Another thing i noticed is how the medallion on the UK adults cover (which is undoubtably Slitheren's) had the S on it. But the S looks like a two headed snake. This theme repeats itself constantly through the books. The two headed snake is shown again in the UK childrens cover, on the side flap. In an orb, there is a two headed snake. Harry and Voldemort are almost like a two headed snake, in that they have a very strong connection.
    I could be wrong on all this, but it's very interesting . . .
  • abbs866, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Seriously, they talk about all this in MuggleCast. If you aren't a big enough fan to listen to that, then you have no right to make assumptions.
    (Just kidding)
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