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Harry Potty and the Deathly Boring
Rick Parker and Stefan Petrucha, get together again, this time taking on Harry Potter!
Following the murder of their mentor Dumb-As-A-Door by the seemingly traitorous Barista Frappe; Harry Potty, Don Measley, and Whiny Stranger must find a way to defeat the nose-less lord Value-Mart (He-Whose-Prices-Can't-Be-Beat) and his followers the Odor Eaters in order to avenge the death of Harry Potty's parents and bring balance to the world of magic.
Following the murder of their mentor Dumb-As-A-Door by the seemingly traitorous Barista Frappe; Harry Potty, Don Measley, and Whiny Stranger must find a way to defeat the nose-less lord Value-Mart (He-Whose-Prices-Can't-Be-Beat) and his followers the Odor Eaters in order to avenge the death of Harry Potty's parents and bring balance to the world of magic.
64 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2010
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About the author
Stefan Petrucha
341 books274 followersStefan Petrucha (born January 27, 1959) is an American writer for adults and young adults. He has written graphic novels in the The X-Files and Nancy Drew series, as well as science fiction and horror.
Born in the Bronx, he has spent time in the big city and the suburbs, and now lives in western Massachusetts with his wife, fellow writer Sarah Kinney, and their daughters. At times he has been a tech writer, an educational writer, a public relations writer and an editor for trade journals, but his preference is for fiction in all its forms.
Born in the Bronx, he has spent time in the big city and the suburbs, and now lives in western Massachusetts with his wife, fellow writer Sarah Kinney, and their daughters. At times he has been a tech writer, an educational writer, a public relations writer and an editor for trade journals, but his preference is for fiction in all its forms.
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May 29, 2018
There are so many negative reviews for this Harry Potter spoof but I loved it! While I expect a lot of die hard fans of the Potterverse will be greatly offended that anyone would dare parody the brilliance of J.K. Rowling it felt to me like someone from MAD magazine had been hired to provide an overview of the series and I laughed from beginning to end.
It is over the top. There’s toilet humour. Cameos include Elmo, Yoda, Larry King and Elmer Fudd. There are jokes that are so terrible I had to laugh at their absurdity. Harry’s scar morphs from scene to scene, from question marks to dollar signs to Prince’s love symbol.
The names of the characters we know and love get a makeover. Harry Potty is friends with Don Measley and Whiny Stranger. Barista Frappe teaches Defence Against the Dark Farts at Nosewarts. Harry is constantly trying to defeat Valuemart and his Odor Eaters. Students use their toilet plungers to cast spells including “REMEMBERALLTHISSTUFFICIS!” and all poor Valuemart wants is a nose.
If your blood boils at the thought of this heresy then this is not the graphic novel for you, but if you’re not horrified that someone would dare poke fun at Harry and his mates then you may find yourself enjoying a good chuckle like I did. I definitely want to read this one again!
It is over the top. There’s toilet humour. Cameos include Elmo, Yoda, Larry King and Elmer Fudd. There are jokes that are so terrible I had to laugh at their absurdity. Harry’s scar morphs from scene to scene, from question marks to dollar signs to Prince’s love symbol.
The names of the characters we know and love get a makeover. Harry Potty is friends with Don Measley and Whiny Stranger. Barista Frappe teaches Defence Against the Dark Farts at Nosewarts. Harry is constantly trying to defeat Valuemart and his Odor Eaters. Students use their toilet plungers to cast spells including “REMEMBERALLTHISSTUFFICIS!” and all poor Valuemart wants is a nose.
If your blood boils at the thought of this heresy then this is not the graphic novel for you, but if you’re not horrified that someone would dare poke fun at Harry and his mates then you may find yourself enjoying a good chuckle like I did. I definitely want to read this one again!
December 13, 2015
lol this harry potter parody graphic novel is inappropriate and immature but admittedly sometimes funny. 2 stars for the effort.
October 6, 2025
Knowing that Stefan Petrucha's text and Rick Parker's images for their 2010 graphic novel Harry Potter spoof Harry Potty and the Deathly Boring reflect Mad Magazine types of parodies, I both accept and also expect bad puns, silly names and massive amounts of toilet jokes, that Harry Potty and the Deathly Boring is thus full full full of adolescent humour, which is not really a criticism but simply a statement of fact (although also a bit of a caveat). And while adult I keeps rolling her eyes more than a trifle derisively throughout Harry Potty and the Deathly Boring (and is also constantly groaning), I do have to albeit a trifle guiltily admit that my inner child has rather enjoyed what Petrucha is textually presenting, how J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger become Harry Potty, Don Measley and Whiny Stranger in Harry Potty and the Deathly Boring, with the Death Eaters now being Odour Eaters, Dobby the House Elf transforming into Robby the Mouse Elf (complete with Mickey Mouse ears), Voldemort being called Value-Mart in Harry Potty and the Deathly Boring, Dumbledore known as Dumb-as-a-Door and so on and so on and so on (admittedly almost a bit too much, but hey, Mad Magazine type of literary spoofs such as Harry Potty and the Deathly Boring, they are generally if not even always like this).
But that being said, I do think Stefan Petrucha might actually be just a wee bit confused regarding his intended audience for Harry Potty and the Deathly Boring. For yes, while the plethora of bad puns, silly names and gross-out humour is suitable (and funny) for an elementary school type of audience, there is also a fair amount of political satire and pop culture references that will probably sail right over the heads of the adolescents for whom Harry Potty and the Deathly Boring has supposedly been penned (and that the adult content of Harry Potty and the Deathly Boring such as for example the references to cross dressing and Dumb-as-a-Door's sexual orientation in my humble opinion feel both unsuitable for Harry Potty and the Deathly Boring and would also likely be pretty uninteresting and a bit strange for the intended audience).
And finally, just to say that pictorially speaking, Rick Parker's artwork for Harry Potty and the Deathly Boring provides a perfect mirror for Petrucha's text and vice versa, and that I do like how rather than draw photo-realistic images of the popular characters as seen in the Harry Potter movies, Parker delightfully caricatures them to good visual effect, creating for example a Dumb-as-a-Door who looks really demented and that Harry Potty, Don Measley and Whiny Stranger sure look like what their parodistic names suggest (and with the sight-gags hidden in the background of Harry Potty and the Deathly Boring making this book also a bit of a search-and-find activity). Not bad, definitely decently enjoyable for my inner child, but much too over the top so to speak, way too many bad puns, jokes and bathroom humour for adult I, and indeed, that Stefan Petrucha's textual confusion regarding who Harry Potty and the Deathly Boring is geared towards leaves a rather generous and also pretty low three star rating.
But that being said, I do think Stefan Petrucha might actually be just a wee bit confused regarding his intended audience for Harry Potty and the Deathly Boring. For yes, while the plethora of bad puns, silly names and gross-out humour is suitable (and funny) for an elementary school type of audience, there is also a fair amount of political satire and pop culture references that will probably sail right over the heads of the adolescents for whom Harry Potty and the Deathly Boring has supposedly been penned (and that the adult content of Harry Potty and the Deathly Boring such as for example the references to cross dressing and Dumb-as-a-Door's sexual orientation in my humble opinion feel both unsuitable for Harry Potty and the Deathly Boring and would also likely be pretty uninteresting and a bit strange for the intended audience).
And finally, just to say that pictorially speaking, Rick Parker's artwork for Harry Potty and the Deathly Boring provides a perfect mirror for Petrucha's text and vice versa, and that I do like how rather than draw photo-realistic images of the popular characters as seen in the Harry Potter movies, Parker delightfully caricatures them to good visual effect, creating for example a Dumb-as-a-Door who looks really demented and that Harry Potty, Don Measley and Whiny Stranger sure look like what their parodistic names suggest (and with the sight-gags hidden in the background of Harry Potty and the Deathly Boring making this book also a bit of a search-and-find activity). Not bad, definitely decently enjoyable for my inner child, but much too over the top so to speak, way too many bad puns, jokes and bathroom humour for adult I, and indeed, that Stefan Petrucha's textual confusion regarding who Harry Potty and the Deathly Boring is geared towards leaves a rather generous and also pretty low three star rating.
January 9, 2012
The title suits it. Deathly boring.
June 22, 2011
The large majority of this book is painful and immature. I wondered throughout the entire book just who this was intended for, thinking that while the references seem appropriate for young adults, the poorly executed potty humor could only entertain an 8-12 year old (and I emphasize poorly executed; I have no objections with well-executed potty humor). It was only when the word "whore" was used that I realized I was reading a book that was meant for my age group but simply failed. HOWEVER, something really turned on in the last ten pages, which I found to be actually really funny. Pros: The ending, which was quite amusing and was more pop-relevant than anything else in the book, and Harry's occasional confusion between his objectives and those of other literary works. Cons: Every other page, drawing, and line of dialog in the only book. The last ten pages are the only thing keeping this from being a one star rating.
January 21, 2016
I read this whole entire thing in the library and you know what I say about it? D- I-S-G-U-S-T-I-NG!!!! It was insulting Harry Potter! You know who I would reccomend this to? People who hate Harry Potter, like, absolutely HATE it! You know what they call dumbledore? Dumb-as-a-door....
February 15, 2017
There are good parodies, and there are bad parodies. This falls under the umbrella of bad parodies.
August 3, 2013
I have to admit, I didn't read this book myself but my seven yr old son did. He read the entire thing cover to cover in one sitting, even made his grandpa wait until he finished before they went and got ice cream! All I know is listening to him laugh out loud while he's reading a book is enough to make me recommend this.
November 22, 2011
Crude, sophomoric humor (perfect for boys who like that sort of thing--Harry carries a plunger instead of a wand), spoofing the Harry Potter series. MAD Magazine-esque. Characters have names like Whiny Stranger and Dumb As A Door instead of Hermione Granger and Dumbledore.
December 2, 2010
Kind've funny. This is basically an extended Mad magazine parody.
February 16, 2011
Pretty clever but definitely for the middle school+ crowd.
May 9, 2011
50 pages of funny potty parody.
May 15, 2011
Pretty clever.
August 28, 2011
Very funny spoof on the Harry Potter series.
December 30, 2018
There were two or three references in this book that were genuinely funny, but overall, reading it was just such an unpleasant experience. I didn't mind that it was a fairly snide parody of a book series that I love—that's fine. Parodies are fine, and can be done really well. I just honestly don't understand why everything in this one had to be so gross and terrible (in the most immature ways possible). Ugh.
October 16, 2017
Hilarious. Very much like Mad magazine.
January 15, 2012
I didn't find this book funny, not even amusing.
A parody of the Harry Potter series, this book failed to be clever.
Unless you count the last ten pages: Now that was funny!
I liked the illustrations, though.
A parody of the Harry Potter series, this book failed to be clever.
Unless you count the last ten pages: Now that was funny!
I liked the illustrations, though.
October 21, 2010
So funny! A little too much on the mad magazine type of humour, but still good - I loved the ending!
February 16, 2011
Very Mad Magazine-esque humor, with several laugh-out-loud moments.
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August 17, 2013If you’re a Harry Potter fan, you might want to avoid Harry Potty and the Deathly Boring. But if you don’t mind poking a little fun, it could be just the thing.
July 14, 2020
My favorite part of this is Harry's scar, which keeps changing, from dollar-sign to question mark, exclamation mark to Prince's symbol, Kilroy, a thumb (or finger), peace sign and lots of others. I also liked the punny alternate names: Whiny Stranger and Don Measley instead of Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, the tree-headed dog Bigsillybus instead of three-headed Cerberus. Several of the spells are interesting too: Rememberallthisstufficis, Cappucino venti, Randomwordicus, Galapagos, Glutimus maximus. The nose-picking and vomiting are straight out of MAD magazine, which this resembles in its sophomoric humor.
Okay if you like this kind of thing.
Okay if you like this kind of thing.
October 13, 2021
I found this book at my university’s library. I knew I would probably hate it but felt the urge to read it anyway so I checked it out. My god, it was awful. I think I laughed out loud like four times but other than that, it was quite ridiculous. I think I would have more respect for the book if the authors had gotten some more key information correct about the characters. I could write a parody of Harry Potter and make it funny while keeping details fairly accurate. For anyone who already doesn’t like Harry Potter, this book is for you but for die-hard fans, this is definitely not it.
July 16, 2017
Parody of the Harry Potter series in graphic novel format. The jokes are all over the place. Harry Potty's forehead scar, which changes shape depending on his mood, is kind of entertaining, but I'm not sure why his Fake Nose and Glasses of Amusement (with mustache) make him look so much like Hitler. Elmo and Yoda have a random cameo. The most of a connecting thread I can find is the characters' names - Harry Potty, Don Measley, Whiny Stranger, Value-Mart, and so on.
August 3, 2017
This book wins the award for :- you should judge a book by its cover. The hint was right there with Deathly boring in the title itself. TBH, I couldn't get to finish it having pushed myself till halfway thinking things will improve. Juvenile humour feels a bit more classier. Credit for the illustrations but zilch on the content especially the way they treated this parody.
June 11, 2017
Some of the most bizarre shit I've ever read. There were some genuinely funny things because they were so DUMB, but they didn't last when they did come up and most of it was *just dumb* in a lazy way and not a funny way. At least not my sense of humor.
April 22, 2024
this book sucks! My daughter read it and burst into tears. she loves harry potter and she felt really offended, it is also quite inappropriate for children. My daughter managed to rip 6 pages off the book before i stopped her. DO NOT BUY.
February 25, 2018
Couldn't get past the first couple pages. Tried too hard to make it funny. Too much.
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September 25, 2019This was so stupid. It wasn't even a funny parody.
August 1, 2020
I'm normally a fan of the amazing Hp series, and this was a really fun read and got a laugh out of me and my whole family!!! :P
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