Although Jane Austen is known for her novels set in the Regency period, it happens that she really, really hated the regent himself, Prince George (later George IV). But a new discovery in the Royal Archives suggests that he was among her first readers. Image Via New York Times A bill of purchase from 1811 was recently unearthed in the Royal Archives at Windsor Castle, where an effort is underway to catalogue over 350,000 papers relating to King George III and his household. It shows a charge of fifteen shillings to the Prince Regent for a copy of Austen’s …
Over the years, the Harry Potter books have worn too many beautifully illustrated covers to count. At San Diego Comic Con over the weekend, three of the artists who’ve had that honor convened for the panel ‘Harry Potter: 20 Years of Magic’ to share their processes. Here’s what we learned from each of them! Image Via In Between Book Pages Kazu Kibuishi is the artist behind the 15th anniversary covers. Every cover went through about 100 variations! Scholastic was very impressed with the Prisoner of Azkaban cover – after seeing it, they asked Kibuishi to …
At San Diego Comic Con last weekend, Warner Bros unveiled a new, longer trailer for Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, the second in a planned five-movie series from J. K. Rowling. The first film, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, was set in 1920s New York, providing our first-ever glimpse of wizarding society in the US. Crimes of Grindelwald will be set a year later in Paris. The new trailer suggests that the new movie will be more closely tied to the Harry Potter series. Where Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them was largely a fun adventure in the same world as the …
Natalie Dormer, who played Margaery Tyrell in HBO’s Game of Thrones until her untimely death, claims to know how the show will end. Image Via The Telegraph “I was told the ending by someone on the show,” she says, which is impressive given the extreme security measures taken to keep spoilers to a minimum. However, she isn’t talking. “I’ve been disciplined in keeping secrets for a good five years, when I was part of the show.” But apparently, knowing hasn’t spoiled the suspense. “Even though I know how it does, I am just dying to see how they get there. I’ll …
Last year, Canadian singer-songwriter Lights released a six-part comic book series called Skin&Earth in conjunction with her album of the same name. Now, Entertainment One has secured the rights to adapt the series for television, as well as for gaming content. Image Via Wikipedia Skin&Earth tells the story of a girl living in a post-apocalyptic world. It is very closely tied to the album, as Lights wrote them simultaneously. The album will presumably provide much of the soundtrack for the TV series. Image Via Dynamite Entertainment Featured Image Via The Nerdist
