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Two Graphic Novels of Verona for William Shakespeare ’s Birthday - Kill Shakespeare : Romeo Vs Juliet and Richard The Third by way of Dogman
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Today is St George ’s Day , also the celebrated day of bothWilliam Shakespeare ’s birth and death . Yesterday , Gemstone Publishing lastly published themuch - delayedRomeo Vs Juliet : A Kill Shakespearegraphic novel byAnthony Del ColandStefan Tosheff , which also had a Free Comic Book Day issue last year . Bleeding Cool has the opening enactment as well as four additional page from the graphic novel to read right here , which is very much Shakespeare viaQuentin Tarantino …
Romeo vs. Juliet : A Kill Shakespeare Adventureby Anthony Del Col , Stefan TosheffThe world ’s most far-famed lovers are now sworn enemy duel to the last ! In this Shakespearean Western , warrior - for - hire ( and significant ) Juliet Capulet is take to protect a edge town nunnery from the evil forces led by her ex-wife Romeo . As they train , she reluctantly reunites with her old allies , let in Hamlet , Othello , Puck ( a " Magnificent Shakespeare Seven " ) but they shortly get a line something rotten in the state of the nunnery and a magical power that dreams are made on … all while Juliet must determine if the father of her child is Hamlet … or the man she must drink down , Romeo . Pulitzer Prize - winner writer Anthony Del Col ( Luke Cage : Everyman , I Escaped a Chinese Internment Camp ) and creative person Stefan Tosheff bring reboot Kill Shakespeare with this fantasy Western that ’s tailor - made for devotee of Neil Gaiman , Fables and Lore Olympus .
" No matter where someone ’s from , or what language they talk , they have sex Romeo and Juliet as the world ’s expectant lover . Well , Romeo vs. Juliet ply the ultimate twist to that taradiddle , " say writer Anthony Del Col . " In our " Shakespearean Western " they line up themselves on polar ends of a cause , forcing them to become challenger and culminating in a high noon - style showdown between the two . "
" Told in Five Acts , Romeo Vs . Juliet finds Juliet Capulet has survive her trial by ordeal with Romeo Montague and has reinvent herself as an independent warrior - for - hire . Juliet is also carrying a arcanum : she is expecting a nestling but is unsure if the sire is Romeo or a past flame , Hamlet . When Juliet unexpectedly finds herself at a pocket-sized nunnery and learns of its trouble she vows to protect it and the women who live there . To battle the invading forces – which include her ex - lover Romeo – Juliet must reluctantly reunite with old allies , let in Othello , Puck … and Hamlet . "
Also for Shakespeare ’s natal day , Kev F Sutherlandis set in motion a color variant of hisRichard The Thirdadaptation in the manner ofDav Pilkey’sDogman . Though theAmazon price is so high , you might do well with theblack and white paperbackor goingdirect to the author .
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