Literary secrets come alive when Harold Sakuishi, creator of the all-time-classic rock 'n' roll manga BECK, tackles a different kind of legend: William Shakespeare. He's said to be the greatest playwright and poet in history, the author of Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and Macbeth, but just who was William Shakespeare? Harold Sakuishi unlocks the secrets behind the writer you only thought you knew! Volume 1 comes in a special, 520-page 2-in-1 edition.
Having managed to gain an audience with Queen Elizabeth, the theater war resumes! The Admiral's Men, the number one playing company in London, have a cast of brilliant and dazzling actors, sets, and costumes, as well as Marlowe's scripts. Up against them are the Lord Strange's Men, with Shakes at the helm. In addition to his scripts, they come up with all sorts of schemes to whip audiences into a frenzy! Their trump card is his new play, the comedy Love's Labor's Lost! And during the course of its composition, Shakes and Joan grow closer... The full-scale historical epic of a nobody from the country rising up to become the greatest poet in the world! The heroes strike back in v10 of the brand-new manga from Harold Sakuishi, author of BECK and Gorillaman!