Enric
Jardi

Perhaps the most surprising element of the Catalan cover of Harry Potter i la pedra filosofal is that the Hogwarts Express is... blue! Of course, many of these editions came long before Harry and the wizarding world were depicted onscreen, and it’s fascinating to see how illustrators interpreted scenes from the book. This was published in November 1999 by Editorial Empúries . Looking back, illustrator Enric Jardíc says, ‘This illustration was made before the image of the Harry Potter as we know him today began to spread, even before the movies. At the time of the illustration we knew that he was a boy of a certain age, wore glasses and had a lightning-shaped scar on his forehead, but nothing more. Today it is strange to see his character illustrated in this way.’