{"id":35073,"date":"2018-07-02T23:25:45","date_gmt":"2018-07-03T03:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=35073"},"modified":"2018-07-02T23:27:39","modified_gmt":"2018-07-03T03:27:39","slug":"celebrating-20-years-of-harry-potter-with-brian-selznick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=35073","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating 20 Years of Harry Potter with Brian Selznick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/HP_20th.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/HP_20th.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35074\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/HP_20th.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/HP_20th-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This session was just for fun \u2013 and was so crowded, I had to wait in line and sit on the floor.  Sadly, I didn\u2019t even try to get into the mad crush for free signed copies of Harry Potter #1 (new edition with Brian\u2019s cover).  I\u2019d just shipped my loot that morning, anyway.<\/p>\n<p>Brian Selznick came to Harry Potter late \u2013 only a few years ago.  (Of course he loved it.)  When he was asked to create new covers, he meant to say no, but was willing to project curiosity.<\/p>\n<p>He ended up deciding to make it so all 7 covers would line up to make one single image.<\/p>\n<p>He wanted something to draw all 7 covers together, and his initial sketch had a looping line.  Of course!  It looked like a snake!<\/p>\n<p>The most important part for him was the relationship between characters and the battle between good and evil.<\/p>\n<p>He pointed out some details in his work.  To him, Umbridge is the very most terrifying villain.  <\/p>\n<p>Harry Potter fans are activists.<\/p>\n<p>Can you do anything to stop people loving Harry Potter?  No.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the covers, photographed on posters in the Convention Center:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/HP1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/HP1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/HP1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/HP1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/HP2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/HP2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35077\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/HP2.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/HP2-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/HP3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/HP3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35078\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/HP3.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/HP3-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/HP4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/HP4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35079\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/HP4.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/HP4-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/HP5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/HP5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/HP5.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/HP5-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/HP6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/HP6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35081\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/HP6.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/HP6-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/HP7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/HP7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35082\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/HP7.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/HP7-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This session was just for fun \u2013 and was so crowded, I had to wait in line and sit on the floor. Sadly, I didn\u2019t even try to get into the mad crush for free signed copies of Harry Potter #1 (new edition with Brian\u2019s cover). I\u2019d just shipped my loot that morning, anyway. Brian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[207],"tags":[394],"class_list":["post-35073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conference-corner","tag-alaac18"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35073\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}