The Comics
Launched by IDW Publishing in 2010, the comics were an immediate success, with the first issue receiving acclaim from NPR, The New York Times and CBC. Combining amazing action sequences with a sprawling, emotional, adventure, Kill Shakespeare was nominated for a Harvey Award for Best New Comic Series and Joe Shuster Award for Best Comic Writing.
The series has spawned two sequels and a prequel, with more coming in 2023/24.
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KILL SHAKESPEARE: VOLUME 1: A SEA OF TROUBLES
Conor McCreery & Anthony Del Col (w), Andy Belanger (a), Ian Herring (c), Kagan McLeod (cover)
Hamlet washes ashore on Illyria and is given the opportunity to resurrect his dead father. But in order to do so he must battle with Juliet, Othello, Falstaff and Puck. Will he survive, or join his father in the afterlife?
KILL SHAKESPEARE: VOLUME 2: THE BLAST OF WAR
Conor McCreery & Anthony Del Col (w), Andy Belanger (a), Ian Herring (c), Kagan McLeod (cover)
Hamlet has teamed up with Juliet’s Prodigals and they embark on the journey to find Shakespeare… but Richard and Lady Macbeth have placed a traitor in their midst. Even if Hamlet and Juliet survive, what they find when they get to Shakespeare may not be what they hoped.
KILL SHAKESPEARE: THE BACKSTAGE EDITION
Conor McCreery & Anthony Del Col (w), Andy Belanger (a), Ian Herring (c), Kagan McLeod (cover)
This (currently) sold out volume collecting the first two volumes also includes annotations from Shakespeare scholars around the world, original sketches and designs, and a new short story.
KILL SHAKESPEARE: VOLUME 3: A TIDE OF BLOOD
Conor McCreery & Anthony Del Col (w), Andy Belanger (a), Shari Chankhamma (c), Simon Davis (cover)
Hamlet, Juliet, Othello, and Romeo face an even greater danger — Prospero, a rogue wizard who plans to destroy all of creation! Hamlet must lead a perilous mission to a remote island whose inhabitants have gone mad and want the Dane's blood... if they aren't beaten to the chase by one of Hamlet's allies.
KILL SHAKESPEARE: VOLUME 4: THE MASK OF NIGHT
Conor McCreery & Anthony Del Col (w), Andy Belanger (art & cover), Shari Chankhamma (c)
The award-winning series returns with a high seas tale of pirate battles, vengeance, and lost love. Hamlet, Juliet, Othello, and Shakespeare become pawns in a deadly game of survival between the legendary masked pirate Captain Cessario, his first mate Viola, and an even greater terror on the water, Titus Andronicus’ forbidding war ship The Lavinia.
KILL SHAKESPEARE: VOLUME 5: PAST IS PROLOGUE
Conor McCreery (w), Corin Howell (a), Shari Chankhamma (c), Simon Davis (cover)
Juliet Lives! It is five months after the death of Romeo, where an angry, heart-broken Juliet still mourns. When another death, this time a murder, again strikes close to her heart, the young woman must work to uncover who the murderer is–lest she become the next victim. This prequel to the main story is a perfect place for new readers to start Kill Shakespeare.