Imagine if all those vintage Shakespearean characters had a chance to come back as super heroes. Two artists/writers Conor McCreery and Anthony Del Col have launched a new fantasy adventure comic book series entitled Kill Shakespeare. The series will feature a mash up of heroes and villains from a dozen plays in a new supernatural adventure.
"In the first number, Hamlet is waylaid on his journey into exile after killing Polonius, then drawn magically into the dark realm of King Richard III, where he is greeted by the witches from Macbeth and enjoined to obtain the writing quill of “the wizard-god Shakespeare” in the company of a bodacious Juliet."
The creators believe that this series will have enduring appeal. “These characters have existed for the last 400 years. More people are taught Shakespeare than Tolkien, and Shakespeare for me is easier to get into.”
Also, "We think Shakespeare would look at what we're doing and think it was kind of cool."
Other possible scenarios for the host of Shakespearean characters? Juliet as girl warrior with dragon tattoo? Lady Macbeth as evil seductress,..again? King Lear gets a handle on his madness? ....
Any thoughts about your favourite comic books as you grew up? The ascendance of graphic novels today?
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