William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet, and actor whose works are among the most widely read, performed, studied, and adapted in the world. His plays include Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest, Henry V, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. More than four centuries after his death, Shakespeare’s tragedies, comedies, histories, and sonnets remain central to literature and theater classrooms around the world.

John McDonald is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company and has adapted Shakespeare titles for the Classical Comics graphic novel series. He is married, with two sons and lives in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK.

Will Volley is a comic artist with a strong sense of fine art and a natural talent for capturing emotion, movement, and pacing in his linework. He lives in Northampton, UK. His titles for Classical Comics include Romeo & Juliet and An Inspector Calls.

Jim Devlin is a comic artist and illustrator known for his visually rich, full-color adaptations of William Shakespeare's plays, most notably coloring Romeo and Juliet in collaboration with artists Will Volley and Jim Campbell.

Jim Campbell is a professional comic book letterer and has lettered many titles in the Classical Comics range including A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo & Juliet, Great Expectations, and The Canterville Ghost. He lives in Nottingham, UK.

Joe Sutliff Sanders is a prominent children's literature scholar and an Associate Professor at the University of Cambridge. He is a former junior high school English teacher in Japan and he edited the American English text for four of Classical Comics’ US adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays as well as many classic texts in the series.

Clive Bryant is the founder of Classical Comics and has served as Editor-in-Chief for the series.