kill shakespeare: tide of blood #1
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The critically acclaimed series returns with a new adventure of Shakespearean proportions! With Richard III and Lady Macbeth defeated, Hamlet, Juliet, Othello and Romeo face an even greater danger—Prospero, a rogue wizard who plans to destroy all of creation. Hamlet must embark on a perilous journey to a remote island whose inhabitants have gone mad and want the Dane’s blood… if they aren’t beaten to the chase by one of Hamlet’s allies.TRANSCRIPT
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KILL SHAKESPEARE: THE TIDE OF BLOOD #1. FEBRUARY 2013. FIRST PRINTING. Kill Shakespeare: The Tide of Bloodis © and ™ 2013 Kill Shakespeare Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved. All logos, character likenesses and relatedelements featured in this publication are © and ™ Kill Shakespeare Entertainment, Inc. © 2013 Idea and Design Works,LLC. All Rights Reserved. IDW Publishing, a division of Idea and Design Works, LLC. Editorial offices: 5080 Santa Fe Street,San Diego, CA 92109. The IDW logo is registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Any similarities to persons livingor dead are purely coincidental. With the exception of artwork used for review purposes, none of the contents of thispublication may be reprinted without the permission of Idea and Design Works, LLC. Printed in Korea. IDW Publishing does not read or accept unsolicited submissions of ideas, stories, or artwork.
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WRITTEN BY
Conor McCreeryand
Anthony Del Col
KILL SHAKESPEARE: THE TIDE OF BLOOD #1:
“The Winter of Our Discontent” ART BY
Andy Belanger
COLORS BY
Shari Chankhamma LETTERING BY
Chris MowryEDITS BY
Tom Waltz
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Cover ASimon Davis
It is three months since the armies of Richard III and Lady Macbeth were defeatedon the fields of Shrewsbury by Juliet Capulet’s Prodigal rebellion and theappearance of the Wizard-God William Shakespeare.
The Prodigal rebels have begun the process of building a new nation led by anewly-formed Council of Thirty-Seven but find themselves facing threats from Titus’army massing at their border.
With Shakespeare still missing Hamlet, Juliet, Othello, Romeo and the rest of thepeople of Delphos find their position as precarious as ever...
Cover BAndy Belanger
Silver Snail Comics Exclusive CoverMaya Nord
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