Romeo vs. Juliet Delivers a Fantasy Western Spin on a Shakespeare Classic

Romeo & Juliet is 1 of the astir celebrated and beloved stories ever written, but it's harmless to accidental you've ne'er experienced that communicative rather similar it's being told successful the caller graphic caller Romeo vs. Juliet: A Kill Shakespeare Adventure. This bold reimagining is hitting stores conscionable successful clip for World Shakespeare Day, and IGN has an exclusive preview.

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Romeo vs. Juliet is written by Anthony Del Col and illustrated by Stefan Tosheff and is published by Gemstone Publishing. The publication acts arsenic a escaped benignant of sequel to the archetypal Shakespeare play, though it takes rather a fewer liberties with the root worldly arsenic it reimagiens the 2 characters (and different Shakespeare icons) for a phantasy Western setting.

Here's Gemstone's authoritative statement of the book:

In this Shakespearean Western, warrior-for-hire (and pregnant) Juliet Capulet is hired to support a borderline municipality nunnery from the evil forces led by her ex Romeo. As they prepare, she reluctantly reunites with her aged allies, including Hamlet, Othello, Puck (a “Magnificent Shakespeare Seven”) but they soon observe thing rotten successful the authorities of the nunnery and a magical unit that dreams are made on… each portion Juliet indispensable find if the begetter of her kid is Hamlet… oregon the antheral she indispensable kill, Romeo.

“No substance wherever someone’s from, oregon what connection they speak, they cognize Romeo and Juliet arsenic the world’s top lovers. Well, Romeo vs. Juliet provides the eventual twist to that story,” said Del Col successful a statment. “In our 'Shakespearean Western' they find themselves connected other ends of a cause, forcing them to go rivals and culminating successful a precocious noon-style showdown betwixt the two.”

Del Col continued, “I bask the process of playing with well-known characters, peeling them and their stories down to their precise halfway and past gathering upon that.”

Romeo vs. Juliet: A Kill Shakespeare Adventure volition beryllium released connected April 22, 2025. You tin preorder the publication connected Amazon.

This isn't the lone comic that'll beryllium remixing and reimagining Shakespeare for a modern assemblage successful 2025. We precocious got an aboriginal look astatine Disciple, a Hamlet-inspired bid that volition beryllium the archetypal merchandise from Joe Quesada's Amazing Comics.

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