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Joe Quesada launches shared continuity Shakespeare Comics Universe with Garth Ennis , J Michael Straczynski , Esad Ribic , Ryan Stegman and more
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" Shakespeare ’s stem are as relevant today as they were when he first put quill pen to paper , and by reimagining his work through a advanced crystalline lens , we get to explore those truths in thrilling , unexpected , and emotionally veridical slipway , " saidQuesada . " At its heart , Undiscover’d is about rediscovery — of classic account , of ourselves , and of the strange legerdemain concealment in plain plenty . We ’re not building a new universe — we’re revealing fantastical layers of the one we already dwell in . These are narration of breakthrough and rediscovery , of fantastic imagination grounded in the conversant . "
" Some of Amazing Comics ' Undiscover’d title will draw direct inspiration from Shakespeare ’s original plays , while others will take more unexpected paths — always staying true to the core base that made them timeless , " said Charles Dorfman . " Our launch title , DISCIPLE , sets the tone for the entire slating . It commence with Hamlet as a young boy and serves as a prequel to the authoritative tragedy , declare oneself a overbold entry spot into the world . All Undiscover’d stories take position in our realism — recognizable but reimagined through dissimilar literary genre and eras . "
" approaching Undiscover’d tale will sweep genres like sci - fi , horror , hard - boiled offence fiction , war , and phantasy , " saidQuesada . " These write up may leap across genres , centuries , and — who recognize — even planets , but they ’re all run aground in the same mankind : ours . We ’ve get an astonishing slate of talents already on board , and it ’s just the crest of the berg . In the weeks and month ahead , we ’ll be denote even more creators joining the fold — and soon , the projects they ’ll be fetch to life . " These names will include ;
" Shakespeare was the original master of spectacle and soul — he was blood , betrayal , lustfulness , and dream and , of course , heroics , " saidQuesada . " His plays are timeless because they ’re universally relatable and packed with emotional and story twists . We ’re not doing straight adaptations or Classics Illustrated . We ’re creating sheer high - octane comics with heart — stories designed to preface an entirely Modern multiplication to the Bard . "
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