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Prince of Cats

A hip-hop retelling of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet that focuses on Tybalt (derisively referred to as "the Prince of Cats") and his Capulet crew as they do battle nightly with the hated Montagues. Set in a Blade Runner-esque version of Brooklyn, Prince of Cats is a mix of urban melodrama, samurai action and classic Shakespearean theater...all written in iambic pentameter!.

Ozma of Oz

2012
A graphic novel adaptation of L. Frank Baum's novel Ozma of Oz, in which Dorothy Gale is swept by a storm at sea to the land of Ev, a neighbor to Oz, where she joins forces with a chicken named Billina, the mechanical man Tik-Tok, Ozma of Oz, and other friends to save the royal family of Ev from the Nome King.

Bram Stoker's Dracula

a graphic novel
In this graphic adaptation of Bram Stokers Dracula, the story of the most famous vampire of all time is depicted in action-packed visual sequences that transport the reader from the foreboding landscape of Transylvania to the streets of nineteenth-century London. Jonathan Harker and his band of allies must fight the deadly Count to protect all they hold dear and save London from the curse of the undead.

Macbeth

In graphic novel format, retells the story of Macbeth, who plots to sieze the throne of Scotland.

Julius Caesar

A graphic novel adaptation of William Shakespeare's play about the first emperor of ancient Rome, the conspiracy to assassinate him, and the civil war that follows his murder.

Rudyard Kipling's How the rhinoceros got his skin

the graphic novel
This graphic adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's story relates how the rhinoceros's lack of manners resulted in his baggy skin and bad temper.

Rudyard Kipling's How the camel got his hump

the graphic novel
This graphic adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's tale relates how a djinn punished the camel's laziness by giving him a hump.

Romeo and Juliet

Presents a manga adaptation of William Shakespeare's classic tale of two star-crossed lovers. Romeo and Juliet meet and quickly fall for each other, but their families are feuding, so their relationship is impossible. Their frustrated passion for one another leads to tragedy.

Three kingdoms

Following the collapse of the last reign of the Han Dynasty in 220 A.D., a new group of heroes must rise to save China.

Monkey King

2014
A graphic novel adaptation of the classic Chinese story "The Journey to the West," in which Sun Wu Kong, or the Monkey King, having been born from stone on Spring Mountain and seeking to learn the secrets of eternal life, studies under Master Puti, but, as his powers get stronger, he begins to run afoul of the gods.

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