Kill Shakespeare

All of Shakespeare’s greatest heroes (Hamlet, Juliet, Othello, Falstaff, Puck). All of his most menacing villains (Richard III, Lady Macbeth, Iago). All together in the same world. And all on an adven

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Published: Feb 23, 2024
Pages: 38
Language: English

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COLORS BY Ian HerringLETTERING BY Robbie Robbins EDITS BY Tom Waltz
Page 5THE FUTURE. "ARISE, SHADOW KING..."
Page 6NOW. 33333
Page 7POLONIUS... YOU WRETCHED FOOL... I THOUGHT YOU WERE YOUR BETTER. THE KING... MY UNCLE... I THOUGHT...
Page 8CLAUDIUS HAS DECREED THAT NONE SHALL HARM HAMLET. BUT THE NEW KING HAS BANISHED HIS NEPHEW FROM DENMARK; HAMLET IS NEVER TO RETURN ON PAIN OF DEATH. IT IS THREE DAYS SINCE THE PRINCE ADMITTED TO HIS CRIME AND RETURNED THE BODY TO POLONIUS'S FAMILY.
Page 9M GOODBYE, FATHER.
Page 10WE SHOULD BE READY TO LEAVE WITHIN THE HOUR, LORD HAMLET. THEN PERHAPS
Page 11HAMLET. COME TO ME.
Page 12YOU WERE NOT THERE, FATHER. YOU DO NOT KNOW... INDEED I DO, HAMLET, SON OF HAMLET. AND I KNOW THOU CANST BE A KING IF THOU ARE WILLING. SIMPLY SLIP THE BLADE BETWIXT CLAUDIUS'S
Page 13I AM SORRY YOU DID NOT GET TO SAY FAREWELL TO YOUR CITY. SHE IS NOT MINE ANYMORE. SHE DIED WHEN MY FATHER DID.
Page 14I KNOW, ROSENCRANTZ. I COUNT YOU BOTH AS DEAR FRIENDS, READY TO SUPPORT ME IN ANY FOLLY I MAY SUGGEST. I KNOW YOU WILL NEVER FORSAKE ME-NOT FOR GOLD NOR PROMISES OF POWER. BUT THERE
Page 15THIS LETTER WAS TO BE YOUR DOOM. IT GIVES INSTRUCTION TO THE KING OF ENGLAND TO KILL THEE WITHOUT HASTE OR DELIBERATION. AYE. CLAUDIUS BADE GUILDENSTERN AND I TO GIVE THIS TO HIS MAJESTY PON OUR ARRIVAL.
"FATHER..."HAVE MERCY UPON YOUR SON.
YES. SEEKTHY PEACE. SILENCE THE HAMMERING OF THY MIND... BUT NOT THROUGH YOUR DEATH. NOT YET... .. SHADOW
Page 18WHAT MANNER OF DEVIL HAUNTS ME? FOLLOW ME. FOLLOW ME TO THY DESTINY, SHADOW KING.
Page 19TO ARMS! HAHAHA HAHAHA!
Page 20CLANG CLANG
Page 21XXX BOOM
RRAAARRIDIE WHELP! CHOK
Page 23HNGG AAAAH!
Page 24ROSENCRANTZ! GUILDENSTERN! RRGK!
SPLOOSHHUFF HUFF HUFF
Page 26WHA...? GNNH...
Page 27WHERE -UNH.
Page 28SIR, ARE YOU THE PIRATE CHIEFTAIN? AM I THEN YOUR CAPTIVE? I AM RICHARD THE THIRD, LORD OF THIS LAND AND CERTAINLY NO PIRATE. THOU ART MY MOST HONOURED
Page 29A LIBRARY. HMMMP
Page 30THOU ART MORE THAN THOU REALIZES. I WOULD SAY MY
Page 31NG I'LL HAVE NO MORE OF THIS MADNESS.
Page 32I AM SO TIRED. I ONLY WISH TO SLEEP AND WAKE FROM THIS CRUEL DREAM. AND WHAT OF THY FATHER, SHADOW KING? WILL YOU IGNORE A CHANCE, NO MATTER HOW SLIGHT, THAT HE CAN BE SAVED?
Page 33GR DOST THOU NOT LISTEN, SHADOW KING?
Page 34WATCH. UGGH..
Page 35C FATHER.
Page 36...SHAKESPEARE SHALL DIE AT HAMLET'S HANDS. AND ALL THIS LAND SHALL
Page 37e eyes of the Father shine in the night. The His fury, a tempest, raging in the bloody light, carrying a Shadowed King from beyond the seas.
Page 38KILL SHAKESPEARE