Book, Line and Thinkers » Graphic Novels http://mccwbookworld.wordpress.com Never see a book without doing something about it... Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:21:11 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ en hourly 1 http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/e5b166381f10e5cd20762f330cc50806?s=96&d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png Book, Line and Thinkers » Graphic Novels http://mccwbookworld.wordpress.com Manga Shakespeare http://mccwbookworld.wordpress.com/2008/03/20/manga-shakespeare/ http://mccwbookworld.wordpress.com/2008/03/20/manga-shakespeare/#comments Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:17:45 +0000 mccwlibrary http://mccwbookworld.wordpress.com/?p=84 ]]>

To manga or not to manga? That is the question.  The indecisive Dane lives in the year 2107 on an Earth ravaged by global warming.

Manga Shakespeare is a series of graphic novels adapting from William Shakespeare’s plays. Drawing from inspiration from trend-setting Japan and using Shakespeare’s original texts, this series – edited by Richard Appignanesi and illustrated by leading Manga artists.

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Gary Eason, Education editor, BBC News website, writes an article describing the Shakespeare Manga phenomena. Click here.

Check out the books in the Library and let us know what you think.

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