Classical Comics is a British

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of the great works of literature, including

Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...

Charlotte Brontë Charlotte Brontë (, commonly ; 21 April 1816 – 31 March 1855) was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters who survived into adulthood and whose novels became classics of English literature. She enlisted i ...

and

Dickens Charles John Huffam Dickens (; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian er ...

Overview

All of the volumes will be published as graphic novels. Art is being provided by British artists, most of whom have a long history of working in British comics. Some of the releases, in particular the Shakespeare, will come in three different versions: the original text, plain text and quick text, designed to allow readers with different needs to pick the version that bests suits them. Classical Comics chairman, Clive Bryant has stated "We want to make Shakespeare as energetic and colourful as Spider-man" The aim is not just to aid in English literature classes but also in other areas: Karen Wenborn, the managing director, has said "We, and the teachers we’ve consulted, can visualize huge benefits within the education process using the books, not only for literacy and literature, but also drama, art and history." In April 2008 Classical Comics signed a distribution deal wit
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to cover Australia and New Zealand. In June 2008 they announced two further distributions deals.

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will be releasing British English and American English versions of Classical Comics' titles in the US and Canada and Ittosha are going to be translating the books into Japanese. Classical Comics are also adapting their comics into other media and have turned their ''Macbeth'' graphic novel into an

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with actors like

Derek Jacobi Sir Derek George Jacobi (; born 22 October 1938) is an English actor. He has appeared in various stage productions of William Shakespeare such as ''Hamlet'', ''Much Ado About Nothing'', ''Macbeth'', ''Twelfth Night'', ''The Tempest'', ''King ...

and

Juliet Stevenson Juliet Anne Virginia Stevenson, (born 30 October 1956) is an English actor of stage and screen. She is known for her role in the film ''Truly, Madly, Deeply'' (1991), for which she was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leadin ...

voicing the roles.

Jon Haward Jon Haward (b. 1965 in Norwich, UK) is a British comics artist. He has illustrated ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'', ''Judge Dredd'', ''Sinister Dexter'' and ''Biker Mice from Mars'', among others. Biography Haward was born in Norwich and, whi ...

, the artist on ''Macbeth'' and ''The Tempest'', moved into the role of art direction for the ''Hamlet'' adaptation, providing character designs and rough page outlines for pencilled David Lorenzo to work with.

Reception

The

National Association for the Teaching of English The National Association for the Teaching of English (NATE) is a UK association mandated to support effective English language teaching skills and to give teachers a voice at a national level. Structure NATE has several committees and standin ...

is supporting the project. "This is a fun way of getting into the stories", the director Ian McNeilly said. "Plays are not meant to be read, but to be seen. The illustrations in these books are an easy way of following what is going on". Wenborn has also reported that

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s were "incredibly enthusiastic"Shakespeare gets comic treatment

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