Romeo and Juliet

Perhaps the greatest tragic love story of all time, Shakespeare’s tour de force of emotional and literary power, this play needs no introduction. My graphic novel adaptation underscores the universality of the drama by bringing a multiracial cast to the setting of historical Verona. The art is strongly influenced by classic European comics, with intense manga-style action scenes, as reckless young love plays out in the exquisite rhymed verse of the Bard at his best.

2013, Candlewick Press, 128 pp., full color – ORDER A SIGNED COPY
paperback $12.99 ISBN 978-0763668075
hardcover $21.99 ISBN 978-0763659486

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“Shakespeare’s tragic lovers receive star treatment in this spellbinding graphic-novel production. … As thrilling and riveting as any staging.”
Kirkus starred review

“Expertly pacing the drama with varied frames, often with sharp, action-propelling angles, Hinds explicates and amplifies Shakespeare’s story on every page, including wordless fight scenes that highlight pivotal details. … From swirling action to subtly delineated emotion, he delivers the play’s essence and beauty, its glorious language, furious conflict, yearning love, and wrenching tragedy. This is not only a wonderfully accessible introduction to a full text or (better yet) theatrical production; it’s a visual delight for anyone.”
The Horn Book starred review

Romeo & Juliet is a YALSA 2014 Great Graphic Novels for Teens, a Kirkus “best teens books 2013” selection and a Junior Library Guild Selection.

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Digitally inked in MangaStudio, painted with watercolor.

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NY has a nice Common Core aligned guide for teaching the play here.