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‘Cause I’m Leaving On A Red Train
Yeah… soooo, I’m probably going to move to the Harry Potter Amusement Park at Universal Studios when it’s finished. I don’t want to work there, I just want to BE there, to exist in the “wizarding world” surrounded by magic and childlike wonder. This seems like it’s about as close as I’m going to get without some sort of extended hyper-sleep VR simulation situation. I’ll keep updating the comic until the park is ready, but once it is I’m taking the nearest portkey out of here. SUCK IT MUGGLES!
ANOTHER THING: If you want to keep up to date on what I’m, doing, where I am or when the comics will be posted, you should probably FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER. I’m updating it all day as opposed to making long, rambling blog posts.
STILL MORE: It is imperitive to the continued survival of HE that we grow the audience. If you think about it, send your favorite HE comic via, email, facebook, twitter or whatever to a few friends. Remember, you are totally allowed to post HE comics on your blog for non-commercial use. Just please don’t hotlink the images. Thanks! ~Joel
COMMENTERS: What do you hope they include in the HP theme park? What would be your ultimate real life HP experience (within the realm of possibility)?
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September 19th, 2009 at 3:20 am
I can't tell what I love more: Elphaba or Kirby.
September 19th, 2009 at 3:22 am
This will replace Epcot as the worst place on Earth to do hallucinogens at.
I bet you several people will try, though, and it will be the most magical and dangerous time of their lives.
September 19th, 2009 at 4:02 am
But he doesn't have his hip hat!
September 19th, 2009 at 4:07 am
When I read up on it, an article mentioned that park of the Harry Potter business would be a dragon-themed roller coaster. Specifically, it would be TWO dragon themed roller coasters that mirrored each other. That type of thing existed there from the start. So, are they repurposing the Dueling Dragons, or is it being cloned?
Anyway, great comic, Joel!
September 19th, 2009 at 4:19 am
Just keep circulating those JPEGs.
September 19th, 2009 at 4:24 am
Thank you for the Wicked reference.
Also thank you for encouraging misguided muggles to run into brick walls.
September 19th, 2009 at 4:57 am
I just KNEW Denise was the kind of girl to squish a fat kitty into a bird cage!
September 19th, 2009 at 5:25 am
I'm guessing Boxcar Pete hasn't helped you build the brand like you had intended.
September 19th, 2009 at 6:11 am
Love the cat. Especially the look on its face in panel #3. Priceless!
September 19th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
I want a Tunnel of Lovegood. You get to make out with a park-employed Evanna Lynch lookalike. If you'd prefer s/he had a mustache, they've got you covered, too.
September 19th, 2009 at 5:36 pm
It was great all around but the cat's expression took it to a wonderful land of LoL =)
September 19th, 2009 at 6:06 pm
Oh man Kirby stole this comic! lol
September 19th, 2009 at 6:45 pm
Brilliant!
September 19th, 2009 at 10:32 pm
As someone who worked on the construction site that became Islands of Adventure, please translate the muggle construction workers speach to spanish and you'll be spot on! Other than that, Perfect!!!!!
September 20th, 2009 at 2:58 am
"COMMENTERS: What do you hope they include in the HP theme park? What would be your ultimate real life HP experience (within the realm of possibility)?"
Hmm. Ultimate real life HP experience within the realm of possibility…I'm seeing a Hogwarts Hotel sort of thing. You can only get there by train (no roads, ect, though they probably have a massive parking lot outside the station and the ride would be less than an hour). There are feasts in the great hall, sort of an all you can eat affair. Cooks just load up the table with food and then retreat, so it seems like the banquet is always magically stocked. Then, guests get divided into "halls" set up like the great houses, only with more muggle convenience, of course.
Expensive? Yes, very. But also doable.
September 20th, 2009 at 3:17 am
I don't know if it's doable, but a dark ride through the forbidden forest would be cool. You could see giant spiders, centaurs, and grawp!
September 20th, 2009 at 5:35 am
I want to get trashed on butter beer and then ride the whomping willow.
September 20th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
So, was the title of the comic "Cause I'm leaving on a Red Train", a nod to the passing of Mary, from Peter, Paul, and Mary? The group that made John Denver's "Leaving on a Jet Plane" a hit?
September 20th, 2009 at 6:59 pm
Okay. This is an odd coincidence because I got roped into going to a Harry Potter Exhibition by my girlfriend and a couple of our friends. I've never completed the series or seen the movies, but the exhibition consisted entirely of props from the movies and interactive exhibits (You could sit in Hagrid's chair, throw Quidditch balls around…they also had a Sorting Hat Ceremony at the beginning of the exhibition for a few volunteers).
I have to say…although I never really got into the HP world, I had to appreciate the level of detail that was put into all the props and work displayed. It's a traveling affair, so it *might* be coming to a city near you.
September 21st, 2009 at 4:00 am
I also thank you for exactly those things…
September 21st, 2009 at 12:34 pm
25% animatronics and corny actors, 25% gringots bank animatronic adventure cartz, 50% gift shops. Buy a lolipop shaped like Harry's sickly foreheadsflesh! I'm so bitter.
September 22nd, 2009 at 1:35 am
Gay For Dumbledore Broomstick Rides?
You Cannot Be Sirius Tennis match with a dark curtain for the net (that you should never go behind?)
I'm sure there will be some Quidditch related game? A proper recreation of the The Enchanted Maze in the Triwizard Challenge would be brilliant, with full scary attacking opposition and vines
Oh and The Dementors Kiss – the ride!!!
Probably be loads of actors in robes and a few dodge rides, though…would love to see a full version of the dining hall and Diagon Alley though.
September 25th, 2009 at 1:16 am
Sounds more like something to be done in Vegas
September 25th, 2009 at 1:18 am
Who else would have done the work for such a low price during the height of the Bush years?
September 25th, 2009 at 9:06 am
fully functional Probity Probe
for bonus points, they could even make it a ride.