Harry vs. Hairy?

##From USA Today

One is a Harry while the other is merely hairy-footed. But both are the brainchildren of teachers-turned-authors who prefer to go by initials, J.K. Rowling and J.R.R. Tolkien. These unlikely heroes of British fantasy fiction share a common mission: to cast an unbreakable spell at the box office and spark what are hoped to be flourishing franchises…

This article is about how different the stories are so completely different, it doesn’t make any sense to compare them. So why are so many people insisting on making it a competition between the two? I have no idea.