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A review by ashkitty93
Kill Shakespeare: A Sea of Troubles by Anthony Del Col, Conor McCreery
2.0
Last night's review didn't do my disappointment justice. This one's better.
I was promisedSix A Pantheon of Characters in Search of an Author to Murder, and yet here I am, vastly disappointed. The premise is cool if you stick to it, okay? This could've been so cool.
I think I must be spoiled by other comics' artwork, because this was Not It.
And while I can totally gel with wanting to write this specifically because you're one of those I Hated Shakespeare in High School sorts of people, that doesn't mean the dialogue can be all willy-nilly. If you're gonna write pseudo-Shakespeare, at least get your thee's and thou's in order, and canst vs dost etc etc. Because when you screw up the menial stuff like that, it loses your (supposed? assumed? aimed-for?) demographic of Shakespeare lovers. *waves*
I did get to see Othello and Juliet though, so that was neat. Cross-dressing Hamlet and Falstaff were not what I was expecting, nor was Lady M, but the inclusion of so many characters in this first volume really was cool.
Same thing only better, pls.
I was promised
I think I must be spoiled by other comics' artwork, because this was Not It.
And while I can totally gel with wanting to write this specifically because you're one of those I Hated Shakespeare in High School sorts of people, that doesn't mean the dialogue can be all willy-nilly. If you're gonna write pseudo-Shakespeare, at least get your thee's and thou's in order, and canst vs dost etc etc. Because when you screw up the menial stuff like that, it loses your (supposed? assumed? aimed-for?) demographic of Shakespeare lovers. *waves*
I did get to see Othello and Juliet though, so that was neat. Cross-dressing Hamlet and Falstaff were not what I was expecting, nor was Lady M, but the inclusion of so many characters in this first volume really was cool.
Same thing only better, pls.