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No Holds Bard, the humorous, irreverent six-issue collection that Gail Simone declared as “…brilliantly written, gorgeously illustrated. That is why I’m in love with comics” is being collected into commerce paperback. revealed by Behemoth Comics by Eric Gladstone, artist Gabrielle M. Kari, colorist Ines Bravo, and letterer Aditya Bidikar, is a binge-worthy Shakespearean superhero story, written partially in iambic pentameter, paying homage to Adam West’s Batman TV Present, and packed filled with jokes that can make one chuckle for extra.
In No Holds Bard, William Shakespeare isn’t just the best actor/poet/playwright of all time, however he was additionally the Elizabethan Period’s biggest crimefighter! This is the synopsis:
“When Queen Elizabeth I is kidnapped, solely the dramatic duo of William Shakespeare and William Web page of their superhero alter-egos, THE BARD and PAGE can save her! On this globe-trotting graphic novel, The Bard and Web page butt heads and are available to blows with contemporaries and fictional characters alike, from Sir Francis Bacon and Equipment Marlowe to Puck and a zombified Richard III. As they get nearer to the reality behind Shakespeare’s world-renowned intelligence, they’re going to discover out the deeper that means behind love, labor, and shedding it!”
No Holds Bard is a literary lampoon that is half love letter, half satire, and all written in iambic pentameter.
This could not be extra true for artist Gabrielle M. Kari who was re-watching quite a lot of the Animated Batman and Moonrise Kingdom through the creation of the collection. She acknowledged, “I wished to painting a crime-fighting duo, however I wished them to be charming and humorous. I used to be on a pointy enamel section so there may be quite a lot of situations the place a personality has sharp enamel for no cause. In case you’re any fan of William Shakespeare and you like enjoyable comedic duos which have quite a lot of homosexual undertones No Holds Bard is the story for you.”
Followers can pre-order No Holds Bards assortment by way of PreviewsWorld Pullbox and their native comedian e-book store, or pre-order copies by means of Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, Guide Store, Indiebound, or Goal for under $19.99.
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