
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.
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.
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