Deadpool: World's Greatest, Volume 7: Deadpool Does Shakespeare

Things still kinda suck for Deadpool. But this was a much more enjoyable volume. 

Love is in the air. Madcap has decided to make it a Valentine's Day to remember. Receiving an actual human heart in your box of chocolates can really make for a bad V-Day gift. (Do you know what blood can do to caramel?) 

Seeking the help from Agent Preston and the Russian mob, it looks like the Merc with a Mouth might finally have the upper hand.

Then in a team-up with Phil Coulson, Deadpool is summoned to Washington DC. A trio of time travelers have taken the Lincoln Memorial hostage and threaten to reveal the truth about Captain America. It’s a thrilling prelude to Secret Empire!

This volume wraps up with Deadpool’s take on Shakespeare. Wade has tackled movies, American literature, and the multiverse. So it’s kinda a no-brainer that he’s skewering the Bard- literally!

I am in no way a fan of Shakespeare. I never really understood him, his use of iambic pentameter, or about half of the vocabulary he would use. While I am still not a Shakespearean, I actually have a better understanding of his works and it’s all thanks to Deadpool! Honest! Whoever said that comics weren’t educational?!

The Deadpool/Shakespeare segment was great fun and actually funny. It was great getting Coulson in on the action and the Deadpool vs. Madcap saga was thrilling. It’s how I like my Deadpool- upbeat without still knocking the mutant merc down a peg or two.

Worth Consuming!

Rating: 9 out of 10 stars.

William Shakespeare's Star Wars

Fan fiction and parody is very popular these days. It's all over the Internet, and some of it can be quite pornographic, like Spock doing Kirk while eating Gorn eggs and Tribble sliders, or so I hear. In fact, it's what spawns other work of fiction, like the 50 Shades of Grey books, which were written by a woman who first was trying to write erotic Twilight fan fiction. Fan Fiction is even coming to theatres; along with 50 Shades, there's Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. That means even classic books are not safe from this sort of fan worship.

   This book is something I wouldn't want to see in film, but I'd love to see it arranged as a play. It combines the iambic pentameter of Shakespeare's works with the classic George Lucas Star Wars Trilogy. This covers only Episode IV: A New Hope. Yet, I have a feeling Empire and Jedi are going to be getting the same treatment very soon.

    For someone who is a die-hard Star Wars fan and an adamant hater of Shakespeare, this was brilliant! I even loved the illustrations which combine A long Time Ago, Far, Far Away chic with Elizabethan Era costumes. (Note the cover below.) For the devoted fan of Star Wars or the fan of a bawdy good time with Romeo and Juliet, this is the book for you.

WORTH CONSUMING! 

Rating: 10 out of 10 stars.