Tag Archive | "Shakespeare"

Kill Bill – oh, what a concept….

Thursday, January 20, 2011

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Kill Shakespeare Volume 1: A Sea Of Troubles Created and written by Conor McCreery and Anthony Del Col, Art by Andy Belanger. IDW Some books come at you with great art, some great writing, some both. Then there’s another type of book, the type that comes at you with an absolute, guaranteed hook of a [...]

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Macbeth – the interactive comic

Thursday, March 4, 2010

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Classical Comics has expanded on their well-received range of graphic novel adaptations of classic literature with their first foray into multimedia with an interactive motion comic version of their Macbeth. The motion comic version takes in all three versions of the adaptation (original Shakespeare text or the quick text and plain text for more simplified, [...]

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Behind the scenes on Hamlet

Monday, February 15, 2010

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Over on ComicBits Terry Hooper has a wee chat with Jon Haward about some behind the scenes (or perhaps behind the arras) work on Classical Comics upcoming graphic novel adaptation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, including some of Jon’s character sketches (he’s working as Art Director) and layout ideas as well as pencils from Spanish artist David [...]

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Classical Comics: The Tempest

Monday, December 14, 2009

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The Tempest by William Shakespeare, script adaptation by John McDonald, art by Jon Haward Classical Comics (Covers to The Tempest – from left to right; Original Text, Plain Text, Quick Text.) A while ago, I looked at Classical Comics’ Romeo & Juliet and found it a little uninspiring for my tastes. Which was a shame [...]

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A Manga Merchant Of Venice – Shakespeare would approve.

Friday, October 9, 2009

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Manga Shakespeare: The Merchant Of Venice by William Shakespeare, adapted by Richard Appignanesi, illustrated by Faye Yong. Self Made Hero It perhaps seems strange at first – this idea of Manga adaptations of Shakespeare’s works. But the bard was always a populist writer, crafting entertainment for the masses rather than the high culture it is [...]

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Muties!

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

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Jon Haward posts up a couple of peeks at some Muties for a forthcoming Robbie Morrison scripted Judge Dredd he’s working on for Uncle Tharg. On a related note, have you checked out some of the fab artwork by Jon in Classical Comics’ newly released adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Tempest? (The Tempest graphic novel, art [...]

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