news culture The name JK Rowling erased from the Harry Potter books. The artist sells them for $170
While the release of the game Hogwarts Legacy is fast approaching, the controversies surrounding the author JK Rowling continue to make noise. In order to (literally) separate the work of the artist, someone even decided to remove the name “JK Rowling” from each Harry Potter book and resell them to a few interested parties.
Summary
- The fight goes on
- Committed fan art
The fight goes on
You could not miss the controversy surrounding JK Rowling, the author of the famous Harry Potter saga. For several years now, the latter has been accused of transphobia following numerous positions taken against trans people, and more particularly against trans women. Supported by some, castigated by others, the author risks continuing to be talked about while only a few days separate us from the release of Hogwarts Legacy.
While the call for a general boycott of content related to the writer continues to run its course and puts some fans of the Harry Potter universe in a difficult situation, an artist seems to have found an original solution to separate the work of its creator. Responding to the name of Laur Flom (@sensitivequeer on TikTok), iel has been offering for a year now to recreate the books of the Harry Potter saga without the slightest mention of the name of JK Rowling on them.
Based in Toronto, Canada, Laur uses her printing and bookbinding skills to completely redo the cover and some interior details of the British author’s books. They also film themselves during the process of modifying the works, and it’s a real work of craftsmanship.
Committed fan art
After gathering a whole audience on his TikTok account, the artist decided to respond to the growing demand for the sale of his works. They have thus opened their own site where you can find the seven volumes of the adventures of Harry Potter for the modest sum of $230 Canadian each (or $170 American, or just over €150). Much more expensive than the version you’ll find in bookstores, of course, but just take a look at the artist’s videos to understand the price.
Indeed, watching the TikTok videos, we can see that Laur Flom meticulously removes the cover and the endpapers to replace them with his own creation, all as cleanly as possible in order to obtain a book that could compete with some collector’s editions. In addition, the illustrations that iel proposes for the new covers are drawn by hand and correspond to a key element of the volume concerned.
In addition to offering readers committed against transphobia a solution to continue enjoying the adventures of Harry Potter, Laur Flom also donates 10% of the price of each sale to associations fighting for the rights of transgender people in Canada and the United States. United. Finally, for those most concerned about the legal aspect of such an undertaking, know that the artist explains in one of his videos that he does not print his own copy of the book (which he buys used ) and only makes changes to it before reselling it, which does not violate copyright laws.
