It’s been a while, Potterheads. There hasn’t been new content in a long time, so Harry Potter fans will have to depend on the already-extant content to satiate themselves of any cravings for the magical world of Hogwarts. There’s Harry Potter World at Universal Studios, Pottermore, the Wizards Unite app, and, of course, the infinite world of fan art. When all else fails, the best approach is to make your own!
Wizarding is a serious business but fans no how to see its funny side. Here are some Harry Potter fan art pieces so funny that even Voldemort would crack a grin across his pale, Phantom of the Opera-looking face.
Neville’s Patronus
This endearing comic taps into the Harry Potter lore that explains the patronus spell can only be cast with a very strong, happy memory. Neville struggled with conjuring a patronus in the movie, but this comic suggests his first successful casting came from a memory of one of the more beloved book moments. Many fans were outraged at its exclusion from the movies.
In the scene, Snape sneers at Harry to call him sir, but Harry turns the phrase on its head and tells Snape there’s no need to call Harry “sir,” earning him a detention. Neville hated Snape, and the insult likely brought Neville enough glee to cast a patronus.
From Maya Danuta’s Instagram.
Dumbledore Interrogating Harry
There is no book-to-movie change more nefarious than the scene where Dumbledore asks Harry if he’s put his own name into the Goblet of Fire. Michael Gambon famously took Dumbledore in a more intense direction than his acting predecessor, but most fans agree this scene was a bit too far.
This comic exaggerates it to a degree that shows it for the over-the-top line reading it is, with Dumbledore just about throttling Harry to get the truth out of him, while in the book it’s just a calm question.
Art by George Rottkamp and Andrew Bridgman.
Padfoot’s Heist
How did the famous, wrongly-accused criminal Sirius Black go into a broomstick store and buy a high-profile broomstick to send to his godson without getting detected? This hilarious comic imagines it like this: Sirius turns into his Animagus dog form, Padfoot, heads into the shop, and absconds away with the Firebolt. No matter that somehow a dog in a shop would attract more attention. The blundering shop owner hardly seems phased.
On top of that, Harry for whatever seems to think Crookshanks somehow bought him the broom, which is hysterical in and of itself.
Hermione Books
Another widely accepted Harry Potter hot take: Hermione is the real hero here. Even when she’s not the one leading the charge (though she often is), she’s usually the impetus to get Harry to do pretty much anything. Dumbledore’s Army? Hermione started it. Forgiving Ron and forging ahead together? Hermione’s idea.
This comic hilariously and accurately sums up each book from Hermione’s perspective, reminding readers how she’s really the only person who has her stuff together at all.
Harry’s Permission Slip
This comic is here to point out the silly hypocrisy of some of the Hogwarts rules. As a literal tween/teenager, Harry plays in a dangerous sport, travels on moving staircases daily, and interacts with unruly animals in class. Yet when he’s finally old enough, he suddenly needs a permission slip to go shopping!
Poor Harry. But McGonagall means well–even if she just wants her star Quidditch player to lay off the sweets.
Dumbledore’s Goblet of Fire Moment
Okay, maybe the Goblet of Fire joke has gotten old, but this quick comic can still draw a laugh. It implies Dumbledore is a really spectacular gymnast who enjoys high heels, and it should make any Potter fan smile to reimagine this weirdly dark scene as a hilarious moment of histrionics for Dumbledore.
Harry Potter and the Death Note Book
This one is a crossover joke for anime and Harry Potter fans. For those who may not know, the infamous Death Note book is a journal that, if you write someone’s name in it, they die. The artist of this comic had a fun time imagining Harry’s overeagerness to write in Tom Riddle’s journey, only to accidentally sign his own death certificate in the Death Note book.
Knowing Harry’s death-defying luck, he’ll be just fine.
The original creator is unknown.
Dumbledore Gave Harry His Scar
There are a lot of Harry Potter jokes that revolve around Dumbledore’s temperament. After all, he was a complex dude. This joke highlights the phenomenon of Dumbledore constantly giving Gryffindor points merely because Harry did some ridiculous death-defying rule-breaking of some sort.
This comic depicts another reason for Dumbledore’s constant point-granting: he feels a little guilty for being the “real” reason Harry got his scar - he dropped him literally on the Dursley’s steps. While this didn’t happen in the book, it’s hilarious to imagine nonetheless.
McGonagall’s Woes
Imagine McGonagall’s terrors once she hears that Harry Potter now has kids, and worse: they’re of Hogwarts age now. Sweet James Potter doesn’t seem privy yet to all of the grief Harry used to cause McGonagall–albeit unintentionally–and just wants to pass on a hello from his parents.
McGonagall, however, terrified of what the progeny of troublesome Harry Potter might bring, determines it’s time to retire.
Check out more of mechinaries’ art here.
Milky Potter
This piece of fan art is little more than a bizarre pun but is sure to induce a laugh nonetheless. Disregarding the larger canon of Harry Potter, any of the other characters, plot, or magical elements, this fan art truly lets itself free and simply depicts the character of Harry Potter as a milk carton. While this may be some fascinating meditation on the magical world of food and how it relates to the books, but it sort of just seems to be a ridiculous pun.
Got it yet? Dairy Potter.
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