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Cleaving to Shakespeare’s words and his dramatic arc, Hinds (The Merchant of Venice, rev. 7/08) creates another splendid graphic novel, tracing each scene in taut, coherent, and expertly deployed dialogue. Hinds’s characters, in period array modified by a few more contemporary touches, are poignantly specific yet as universal as this tragic tale of young love demands. Romeo, African, is big-eyed, appealing, impetuous, inno­cent; Juliet, a patrician In...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Cleaving to Shakespeare's words and dramatic arc, Hinds (<i>The Merchant of Venice</i>) creates another splendid graphic novel, tracing e...Log In or Sign Up to Read More