A Dream of a Stone Arch

I grabbed 2 different graphic novel adaptations of Midsummer from the library recently. Lots of elements went into that decision — looking to make sure I have enough material to carry me through NaBloPoMo, being inspired by the concatenation of my comics and ShakesMOOC experiences, trying to gain new habits of seeing what resources my library card and Netflix subscription can get me, instead of always buying books and DVDs that catch my eye. Obviously, the atavistic shopping impulse that happened when I saw Brick Shakespeare shows I have some progress yet to make in that latter score, but hey: any step in the right direction is a good one, right?

Anyhow, both these books are due on Tuesday, so I wanted to make sure I could at least return one of them on time. So today, in addition to my “domestic duties” and beginning to read King Lear (our next ShakesMOOC play), I spent a bit of time looking through Stone Arch Books’ graphic novel adaptation of Midsummer Night’s Dream.

I’ll have more detailed discussion below the jump, but here’s the headline:

Now, that is how you do an on-ramp text.