Christina Balit

Graphic story, set in Shakespeare's London, of how an orphan street boy became a star in the role of Queen Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream. In the bustling world of Elizabethan London, Jack is an orphan boy making his living as a street singer. But his beautiful voice attracts attention and he is snatched away to join the Blackfriars...

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 meant death for most of the Roman citizens living in Pompeii. But some people must have survived – and Christina Balit has used this as the starting point for her story. It tells of Tranio, an actor's son, and his friend Livia, the baker's daughter, who witness one of the most terrifying...