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By Drew Grant 9/26/12 5:03pm

Graphic Novels

Veritgo's 'Prince of Cats'

West Side Story Meets Wu Tang Clan in Vertigo’s Prince of Cats

When it comes to Shakespeare, there are basically two settings for an adaptation: New York City, and outer space. From Ethan Hawke’s Hamlet to Men of Honor (in which John Turturro plays an Italian mobster whose rise to power resembles the story of a certain Scottish play), to West Side Story, the Bard’s work has often been played against the backdrop of bustling NYC.

And while the conceit of a modern take on Shakespeare might be worn in theory (O, anyone?), Veritgo’s new comic book, Prince of Cats, found a way to update the most cliched classic–Romeo and Juliet–without it coming off as kitschy. Read More

By Drew Grant 9/21/11 4:01pm

Graphic Novels

maus

Art Spiegelman Gets MetaMaus With New Book Trailer [Video]

Maus, Art Spiegelman‘s graphic novel series where Nazis are cats and Jewish people are mice (and the Swedish are inexplicably reindeer) is still the only comic book to have won a Pulitzer. As the story progresses, the art in Maus gets pretty meta — Mr. Spiegelman inserts himself into the narrative by interviewing his Holocaust-surviving father, who is a mouse, (as is Mr. Spiegelman) but at certain parts his character lifts off his mask and behind it there a person. But that isn’t Art Spielgman either, just another facsimile of his persona that he created in attempt to understand his relationship with his own story. Read More