Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Kill Shakespeare: The Mask of Night 3+4

Posted by Geek-o-Rama Admin on 8:00 AM

Juliet, Hamlet and Captain Cesario must escape the clutches of mutinous Viola and her pirate crew or else face an even larger threat - the cannibal Lucius.

Writers:
Anthony Del Col
Conor McCreery
Artist:
Andy Belanger
Publisher:
IDW

It made more sense to review these two issues, not only because #3 leaves little to talk about, but also the last two issues for a sort of mini arc within this mini series. Now that Viola has overthrown Cesario and become captain of the Boreas, we're into a new sort arc of sorts, as we deal with Lucius Andronicus, a cannibal and overall despicable person (you can imagine the artist reading the Game of Thrones series heavily and being inspired by that series' descriptions of it's own brutal sadist).

For long running fans of the series, it ties off the events of the last season and helps resove Hamlet and Juliet's arc leading out of it, as well as dealing in part with the consequences. I'm guessing anyway – I had to wiki it all to gain more than a surface understanding of what large parts of the issues were talking about!

Which leads me to my biggest problem with the series – long term fans will enjoy it for its ongoing development, but it may leave new readers cold. Especially as many of the characters introduced in the series lie dead or vanished at the end of it and none of the ongoing characters bar Juliet could really be considered engaging in eyes.

Still, it was an entertaining spin off from what I assume is the main series, that fans will enjoy. On the strength of the writing I'm tempted to check out the other Kill Shakespeare! series. Which means I guess I like the series after all.

Cover image courtesy of IDW Publishing.

Kill Shakespeare: The Mask of Night is available from Comixology or your nearest comic retailer.



Geek-o-Rama received a copy of this comic for the purpose of this review. All thoughts, comments and opinions are those of the individual reviewer.

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