Ryan North’s ‘Romeo And/Or Juliet’ Is Coming In June

Ryan North's To Be Or Not To Be is one of my all-time favorite books, and just to give you an idea of how serious that is, keep in mind that I also own a novel where Batman fights a car that's possessed by a ghost. The Choose-Your-Own-Adventure-style take on Hamlet, built around that simple joke of the title, has an incredible sense of humor, an incredible roster of illustrators, and a brilliant use of the form that involves changing lead characters, a second choosable path adventure hidden within the first, and even a game of chess played against Queen Gertrude, and it's been one of my go-to recommendations ever since it came out.

But if you were a Kickstarter backer for that original campaign, then you might remember that North promised a second Shakespeare-inspired game book. Now, we've finally got an announcement, and it looks like Romeo And/Or Juliet is set for release next June.

Juliet by Kate Beaton

According to the announcement made through the TBONTB Kickstarter, the new book will feature a similar setup to the original, with character designs by Kate Beaton, and each ending featuring an illustration by a comic book artist. Here's the full roster via the announcement:

• Natasha Allegri - Bee and Puppycat 
• John Allison - Bad Machinery 
• Kate Beaton - Hark! A Vagrant 
• Brandon Bird - all the paintings
• Boulet - Bouletcorp 
• Vera Brosgol - Anya's Ghost 
• Emily Carroll - Through The Woods 
• Alex Culang and Ray Castro - Buttersafe 
• Anthony Clark - Nedroid 
• Rebecca Clements - KinokoFry 
• Tony Cliff - Delilah Dirk 
• Becky Cloonan - Gotham Academy 
• Eric Colossal - Rutabaga: Adventure Chef 
• Matt Cummings - Power Up! 
• Evan Dahm - Rice Boy 
• Willow Dawson - Avis Dolphin 
• Lar Desouza - Looking for Group 
• Aaron Diaz - Dresden Codak 
• Raw Fawkes - One Soul
• Jess Fink - We Can Fix It! 
• Michael Firman - Moe! 
• Meags Fitzgerald - Long Red Hair 
• Gillian Goerz - Jerkface A-Hole 
• Dara Gold - all the paintings 
• Zac Gorman - Magical Game Time 
• Meredith Gran - Octopus Pie 
• KC Green - He Is A Good Boy 
• Nick Gurewich - The Perry Bible Fellowship 
• Brice Hall - all the illustrations 
• Dustin Harbin - DHARBIN! 
• Chris Hastings - The Adventures of Doctor McNinja 
• David Hellman - A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible 
• Erica Henderson - The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl 
• Ian Herring - Ms. Marvel 
• Tyson Hesse - Diesel 
• Mike Holmes - Mikenesses 
• Emily Horne - A Softer World 
• Andrew Hussie - MS Paint Adventures 
• Jeph Jacques - Questionable Content 
• Chris Jones - Astronomically Correct Twinkle Twinkle 
• Dave Kellett - Drive 
• John Keogh - all the illustrations 
• Karl Kerschl - The Abominable Charles Christopher 
• Eric Kim - The Complete Plays of William Shakespeare 
• Jon Klassen - Sam and Dave Dig A Hole 
• Lucy Knisley - French Milk 
• Gisèle Lagacé - Ménage à 3 
• Braden Lamb - The Midas Flesh 
• Kate Leth - Kate or Die! 
• Joe List - Freak Leap 
• Sam Logan - Sam and Fuzzy 
• Mike Maihack - Cleopatra in Space 
• David Malki - Wondermark 
• John Martz - A Cat Named Tim and Other Stories 
• Brian McLachlan - Draw out the Story 
• Kagan McLeod - Kaptara
• Dylan Meconis - Outfoxed 
• Erika Moen - Oh Joy, Sex Toy 
• Carly Monardo - all the illustrations 
• Randall Munroe - XKCD 
• Ethan Nicolle - Axe Cop 
• Shelli Paroline - The Midas Flesh 
• Emily Partridge - Adventure Time 
• Justin Pierce - The Non-Adventures of Wonderella 
• Nate Powell - You Don't Say 
• Joe Quinones - Howard the Duck 
• Sara Richard - Kitty and Dino 
• Mike Rooth - all the pictures 
• Jon Rosenberg - Scenes from a Multiverse
• Andy Runton - Owly 
• Marguerite Sauvage - Bombshells 
• Evan “Doc” Shaner - all the illustrations 
• Kean Soo - March: Grand Prix 
• Kevin Jay Stanton - 1001 Knights 
• Rich Stevens - Diesel Sweeties 
• Noelle Stevenson - Nimona 
• Annie Stoll - 1001 Knights 
• Alex Thomas - Star Wars: The Old Republic 
• David Troupes - Buttercup Festival 
• Jeffrey Veregge - all the comics 
• Michael Walsh - Secret Avengers 
• Pen Ward - Adventure Time 
• Zach Weinersmith - Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal 
• Lucie Whitehead - international woman of mystery
• Tony Wilson - Amazing Super Powers 
• Sarah Winifred Searle - Fresh Romance 
• Steve Wolfhard - Cat Rackham 
• Chip Zdarsky - Sex Criminals
• Jim Zub - Wayward

It's a pretty incredible list of talent, but I'm personally very pleasantly surprised by French cartoonist Boulet, who is one of the best creators around.

Romeo And/Or Juliet is set for release on June 7, 2016.