Harry Potter and the the Consumer-Driven Psycosis

"You are presumably looking at the back of this book, or the end of the end. The end of the end is the best place to begin the end, because if you read the end from the beginning of the beginning of the end to the end of the end of the end, you will arrive at the end of the end of your rope.... so if I were you I would drop this book at once, so the end does not finish you."---from the back cover of A Series of Unfortunate Events : THE END by Lemony Snicket

Yes i read the book. It was a good book, and no I'm not going to tell you anything. If you are a fan you probably have already gotten the book either by pre-ordering it like *I* did, fighting the midnight crowds at Wal-mart(or whatever other retailer you went to), mugging a member of either of the first two groups for their copy, or stealing it via one of the many forms of electronic piracy.
If you aren't a fan then you probably think we're all completely nutso, and are backing away very slowly when you catch sight of us. (which is prolly a good idea on your part..we can get rabid)
in any case why am i writing about it?
Who said i was? personally i like the Statesman's take on it. the first one is my favorite.

and the online comic Sore Thumbs had an interesting take on Potter madness as well.