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Newsarama.com recently posted an op/ed piece about the final Harry Potter novel. The article speculated about Marvel, DC, or the Graphix line getting the rights to create a manga-digest-format-style Harry Potter comic book.
The recent success of Stephen King's Dark Tower prequel comic makes the idea a natural.
If something like this ever happens (though I doubt it will), I'll admit I've long wanted to see fuller stories on the background of the Potterverse.
A series about the founders of Hogwarts, the young Maruaders, the career of Dumbledore, etc all might be fun.
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I am relieved that the "Harry Potter" graphic novel series is a comic book and not Harry running around naked with his horse a la Equus.
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I'd read it! I've read some fan-created works and something about it really worked for me.
In a boarding school setting, there's ton of room for more humourous side adventures or maybe a concentration on minor characters. And of course the history of Hogwarts and that universe is just ripe for storytelling.
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If JK Rowling writes it and Mary GrandPré illustrates it, then yes. Otherwise, no.
Rowling's style and humor and characterization are what make the books for me. I wouldn't enjoy anyone else writing the characters. For me it'd be like trying to read Ender fanfic -- if OSC doesn't write it there's no point.
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Not even a little bit tired of Harry Potter, but ... I don't think I'd read it, unless it was the only book in the bathroom. Definitely wouldn't buy it.
I just don't do well with graphic novels.
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