New YA Graphic Novel TRAGIC Puts New Modern Spin On Classic HAMLET Story

Legendary Comics released a trailer to go with their upcoming YA graphic novel Tragic. Written by Dana Mele, art by Valentina Pinti, and color by Chiara Di Francia, Tragic redefines the classic characters from Hamlet into a new queer narrative that weaves together lovely and unsettling perspectives. Here’s the official synopsis:

Tragic is a retelling of Shakespeare’s Hamlet told through the eyes of a 17-year-old who has just lost her father.

After her father Hamilton Hayes dies a mysterious and tragic death, Harper Hayes is convinced that he was murdered and her first suspect is her uncle Clayton, who has been sleeping with her mother, Greta. With the help of her ex-girlfriend Talia and her best friend (sometimes with benefits) Holden, Harper is determined to find her father's killer. But when Caius, Talia's father, and Hamilton’s business partner, is found dead, Harper realizes the answer to Hamilton’s murder is more complicated than she had initially realized. And when Harper starts seeing his ghost in the form of a teenage Hamlet everywhere and slipping into hallucinations of his murder that end with blood on her hands, one thing becomes clear--in order to uncover the truth about what happened to her father, Harper has to confront her own demons and ones that haunt the Hayes family.

It sounds like a cool thriller that should really keep you questioning what is and isn’t real from the very beginning just like Hamlet. Volume 1 is set to release on September 13, 2022 and you can check out the trailer for it below.