MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
"Emma Vieceli brings her trademark elegance, warmth and charm to this Shakespearean comedy... backdrops drip with familiarity and loving detail, helping to anchor the play in a real setting that Shakespeare would have no doubt approved of... Vieceli's style leans heavily towards Shoujo, and this flowery grace lends itself well to the romantic comedy plotline. A beautifully illustrated romantic comedy from a master of words and a mistress of art"
- Amanda Young, NEO Magazine (July 2009)
"Emma Vieceli brings sparkle to Shakespeare's witty romantic comedy, featuring jealousy, trickery and romance"
- NEO magazine 'The Best Manga of 2009' feature (February 2009)
“SOME CUPID KILLS WITH ARROWS, SOME WITH TRAPS”
In this popular comedy of society and romance, two couples fall in love despite the scheming of the embittered Don John and the comic incompetence of Constable Dogberry. This is one of Shakespeare’s most enduring and exhilarating plays, featuring the romantic leads, Claudio and Hero, and their comic counterparts, Benedick and Beatrice. Unlike Vieceli’s Hamlet (SelfMadeHero, 2007) which was set in a futuristic cyberworld, Much Ado About Nothing is set during Risorgimento – the political and social movement that between 1815 and 1871 created modern Italy.
Emma Vieceli is a professional comic book artist and illustrator from the UK. Since becoming one of the winners of the first Tokyopop Rising Stars of Manga UK and Ireland competition, she has worked with publishers including: SelfMadeHero, Image, Tokyopop and Random House. She is also a key member of independent publisher and manga-styled comic collective, Sweatdrop Studios. This is her second book in the Manga Shakespeare series, after Hamlet.
DETAILS
Series title:Manga Shakespeare
Book title:
Much Ado About Nothing
Original author:
William Shakespeare
Adapted by:
Richard Appignanesi
Illustrated by:
Emma Vieceli
UK Publication date:
May 2009
Format:
148 x 210mm
Extent:
208
Colour:
Black & white,
9-page colour section
Binding:
Paperback
Price:
£7.99
Category:
Manga / Graphic Novels
/ Shakespeare / Children
ISBN:
978-0-9558169-6-3