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'Denmark is in turmoil. The palace is seething with treachery, suspicion and intrigue. On a mission to avenge his father's murder, Prince Hamlet tries to claw free of the moral decay all around him. But in the ever-deepening nest of plots, of plays within plays, nothing is what it seems. Doubt and betrayal torment the Prince until he is propelled into a spiral of unstoppable violence.
'In this sumptuous staging of Shakespeare's enigmatic play on the page, Nicki Greenberg has created an extraordinary visual feast that sweeps up all in its path as the drama intensifies both on stage and off.' (From the publisher's website.)
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Material Form as a Structural Force in Nicki Greenberg's The Great Gatsby and Hamlet
2017
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— Appears in: Media International Australia , vol. 164 no. 1 2017; (p. 139-150)'Comics or ‘sequential art’ has historically been considered an art of time. Yet, many recent artists privilege comics’ spatial extensions over the dimension of time. This article explores the role played by space in structuring comics. It does so by analysing two comics by Australian artist Nicki Greenberg, The Great Gatsby (2007) and Hamlet (2010). These two adaptations, which marry conventions of comics with a photo album and a theatrical stage, exploit the tension between material forms outside the comic, the material forms that influence the comic’s creation, and the material form taken by the work itself. They are examples of innovative comics made possible when material form is viewed as a structural force. Through analysing Greenberg’s methods for adapting existing works ‘through’ other material forms, I argue that material form is a structural force that can be analysed alongside optional conceptual structures such as the panel and gutter.'
Source: Sage Publishing.
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Into the Frame : Graphic Novels
2012
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— Appears in: Magpies : Talking about Books for Children , July vol. 27 no. 3 2012; (p. 10-13) -
CBCA Awards - Acceptance Speeches : Picture Books
2011
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— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of The Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 55 no. 4 2011; (p. 7-8) -
Picture Book of the Year : Joint Winners
2011
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— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Childrens' Book Council of Australia , August vol. 55 no. 3 2011; (p. 10)
— Review of Mirror 2010 single work picture book ; Hamlet 2010 single work graphic novel -
Book Launch - Nicki Greenberg's Hamlet
2011
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— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 55 no. 1 2011; (p. 28-29)
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Staged for the Page
2010
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— Appears in: The Age , 30 October 2010; (p. 19)
— Review of Hamlet 2010 single work graphic novel -
Untitled
2010
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— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , October vol. 90 no. 3 2010; (p. 35)
— Review of Hamlet 2010 single work graphic novel -
Untitled
2010
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— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December 2010 - January 2011 no. 327 2010; (p. 70)
— Review of Hamlet 2010 single work graphic novel -
Nicki Greenberg's Shakespeare's Hamlet
2010
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— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 25 no. 5 2010; (p. 22)
— Review of Hamlet 2010 single work graphic novel -
Something Blotted in the State of Denmark
2010
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— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 20-21 November 2010; (p. 22-23)
— Review of Hamlet 2010 single work graphic novel -
Hamlet Reborn as a Blot on the Bard's Copybook
2010
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 25-26 September 2010; (p. 16) -
Hamlet Goes Graphic
2010
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— Appears in: The Age , 5 October 2010; (p. 16) -
The Story of My Book
2011
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— Appears in: Writing Queensland , December 2010 - January 2011 no. 201 2011; (p. 8-9) -
Judged By More than Their Covers
2011
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— Appears in: The Advertiser , 16 April 2011; (p. 50-51) -
There's More to the Story
2011
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 20-21 August 2011; (p. 12-13)
Awards
- 2011 shortlisted Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) — Australian Book of the Year for Older Children
- 2011 joint winner CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Picture Book of the Year Joint winner with Jeannie Baker's Mirror.
- 2010 shortlisted Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction — Best Illustrated Book / Graphic Novel
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