Kill Shakespeare

A bold, swashbuckling reimagining of the Bard’s universe, Kill Shakespeare (2010–2011, IDW) pits iconic characters from his tragedies and comedies against one another in an epic, self-contained twelve-issue saga. Written by Anthony Del Col and Conor McCreery with vivid, moody art by Andy Belanger, the series treats the playwright’s world as a living mythology, where heroes and villains alike must navigate a war-torn land in search of a missing, godlike figure. It matters as a clever, respectful literary mash-up that treats Shakespeare’s canon as a shared universe long before such crossovers were common in comics.