author: Conor McCreery
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.54
book published: 2013
rating: 3
read at: 2014/01/16
date added: 2014/01/16
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
Kill Shakespeare is an interesting idea for a comic book series. Take a bunch of fictional, well known characters and put them in a place where they meet, interact and have conflict. It's been done with fairy tale characters in Fables and the Brothers Grimm characters as well. The difference here is using characters that are well rounded, studied and written about in works by William Shakespeare. The characters would seem to have to act in accordance within their inner guidance and motives. It works here somewhat.
In a land where William Shakespeare is the all powerful creator, his characters all exist together. This book has Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet and Othello all teaming up to fight a crazy plot by Prospero hatched on his crazy island backed up by Lady Macbeth. Prospero is trying to draw Shakespeare back so he can steal his powers. What he finds out is a lesson in the true cost of creating things.
It's an interesting idea that left me a little conflicted. Since the characters are so well known, I wanted them to be somewhat truer to their nature. This is the third volume, so it's possible that was dealt with in earlier volumes. The speech is a passable dialect giving nods to original work while maintaining readability for modern readers. The art by Andy Belanger is really superb and I found myself poring over the details on the pages.
I was given a review copy of this book by Diamond Book Distributors and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for letting me review this book.
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