Kill Shakespeare

Series · 4 books · 2010-2014

By Conor McCreery, Andy Belanger, Anthony Del Col

Books in series

Kill Shakespeare

2010

What Fables does for fairy tales, Kill Shakespeare does with the greatest writer of all time. This dark take on the Bard pits his greatest heroes (Hamlet, Juliet, Othello Falstaff) against his most menacing villains (Richard III, Lady Macbeth, Iago) in an epic adventure to find and kill a reclusive wizard named William Shakespeare. All 12 issues, collected in one complete volume

Kill Shakespeare, Vol. 2

The Blast of War

2011

And so the curtain falls... Hamlet, Juliet, and Shakespeare all facing death Can Othello rally the Prodigals to defeat Richard and Lady Macbeth's now-fractured army? But even if he does, will anyone be left alive to celebrate victory? The critically acclaimed series ends its first run in this second volume collection.

Kill Shakespeare, Vol. 3

The Tide of Blood

2013

The critically acclaimed series returns with a new adventure of Shakespearean proportions! With Richard III and Lady Macbeth defeated, Hamlet, Juliet, Othello, and Romeo face an even greater danger - Prospero, a rogue wizard who plans to destroy all of creation! Hamlet must embark on a perilous journey 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, Vol. 4

The Mask of Night

2014

Volume 4 of 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 the new terror on the water, Titus Andronicus' forbidding war ship The Lavinia.

Authors

Andy works out of the Toronto-based Royal Academy of Illustration & Design and has done work for comic book publishers D.C. Wildstorm, Devil's Due, and Boom! He is currently the artist on IDW’s “Kill Shakespeare”. He is the creator of D.C.’s Comics' "Bottle of Awesome" and Transmission-X’s “Raising Hell".

Anthony Del Col

Author · 9 books

Anthony Del Col is the co-creator and co-writer of the acclaimed IDW Publishing series KILL SHAKESPEARE, which has been nominated for Harvey and Joe Shuster Awards. The series has also been adapted into a stage show, board game and is currently in development for television with Universal Cable Productions. He is also the writer or co-writer of ASSASSIN'S CREED, ASSASSIN'S CREED: ORIGINS (Titan) and the neo-noir reboot NANCY DREW & THE HARDY BOYS: THE BIG LIE (Dynamite Comics). His first audio drama, UNHEARD: THE STORY OF ANNA WINSLOW, a found footage thriller, debuted at #1 on Audible in the US and the UK in late 2017. His latest book, the controversial WWII graphic novel SON OF HITLER, debuted in late-June 2018 with Image Comics, exploring the legend of Adolf Hitler's illegitimate son. Publishers Weekly called it a "firecracker espionage tale" while NPR exclaimed, "few war stories are this much fun." Del Col's next book is LUKE CAGE: EVERYMAN (Marvel Comics), debuting digitally in August, 2018 and will be released in late-2018. In addition, Del Col has been involved in music, film and television industries, most notably as the producer of two feature films and serving as a manager for international pop star Nelly Furtado. Though a proud Canadian, Del Col lives in Brooklyn with his amazing wife Lisa.