Classics Illustrated #5: Hamlet
by Shakespeare, William; Grant, Steven; Mandrake, TomEdition: Reprint
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2009-05-26
Publisher(s): Papercutz
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Summary
William Shakespeare's Hamlet is one of the most revered and loved plays of all time. The story of a young man who strives to avenge his father's death has been performed and read constantly ever since it first debuted at London's Globe Theatre over four hundred years ago. Madness, family, and revenge are only a handful of the universal themes found in this tale that still hold great meaning to us today. Artist Tom Mandrake's art combined with Steven Grant's adaptation truly realizes the dark nature of this story. Each character from Laertes to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern is recreated in this adaptation in a truly unique form, making it a wonderful graphic novel for readers old and young alike.
Author Biography
Tom Mandrake currently draws DC Comics' “JLA Destiny,” Marvel Comics' “Call of Duty: The Precinct,” and “Creeps” for Image Comics. He is best known for his work in the horror genre.
Steven Grant proposed and wrote the original “Punisher” comicbook series for Marvel Comics. He has also written for DC Comics and other independent comicbook companies.
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"...The retelling puts the play's original language center stage as events unfold in the vividly detailed panels. A panorama of changing emotions play across the characters' expressive faces and are also revealed through their body language and echoed in the atmospheric backdrops. Fight scenes are presented with flair, the ghost is particularly dramatic, and the image of the drowned garland-strewn Ophelia is unforgettable."
-School Library Journal
“Classic Mandrake with an outstanding script by Grant. I really, really like these Papercutz reprints.”-Lee Nordling, platinumcomics.com
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