Romeo Montague has always been a little awkward. His cousin, Benny, doesn’t help, often tossing him into situations unprepared; like dragging him to a Renaissance Faire in the middle of Wine Country.
Julien Capulet, a respected festival promoter, has his own quirks. While dealing with his crazy parents and goofy gay uncles, he holds out hope of meeting the one who’ll see past all the frills.
Romeo X Julien is a sexy homage to Will Shakespeare, with more comedy than tragedy. Entertaining and tender, it shows how the course of true love may never be smooth, and that the LGBTQ community has come a long way in a short time.
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Book: Romeo X Julien
Getting to Know the Creators
Author: Mary Dumas
Artist: Bettina Kurkoski
- Describe yourself using… ( a food, a book, a song, a movie, an animal, a drink, a place etc)
Mary: I am a Manhattan with extra maraschino cherries.
Bettina: A content well-fed house cat, Pumpkin Spice coffee with sugar and cream and all around New England gal! I love the Fall and would love to completely skip Summer.
- Do you have any strange writing habits or superstitions?
Mary: I try not to, but if I don’t have a deadline I cannot get anything finished.
- If you could create a new holiday, what would it be?
Mary: Original People Day – celebrating the Aztecs and others who were here before the Europeans invaded.
- If you were stuck on a desert island all alone with only three things, what would they be?
Mary: A supply of vodka (because it can be mixed with anything), the collected works of Will Shakespeare, my husband (because he can cook).
Bettina: My drawing/painting supplies, an endless supply of coffee with cream and sugar and a good friend.
- What action would your name be if it were a verb?
Mary: Merry
Bettina: To smile and be sunshiny happy.
- What fantasy realm would you choose to live in and why?
Mary: Star Trek – showers and toilets
Bettina: One of my own creation
- What fictional speculative fiction character would you like to spend an evening with, and why?
Mary: Steve Rogers, but only to have drinks and talk. … that’s a lie.
Bettina: Someone of my own creation.
- Which of your own characters would you
- Kill? Bettina and I agree we’d like to kill Ty…
- Fuck? Bettina wants to Fuck and Marry Romeo
- Marry? And why? I would Marry Charles Montague because he’s terrific and rich.
- Would you visit the future or the past, and why?
Mary: I would like to go 100 years into the future. Just to see if the species has advanced enough to get over the need to label themselves.
Bettina: I think the future, as I’d like to know whether or not things turn out for the better and can then make the right changes for a better outcome, whereas I know if I went to the past and changed anything, it’d completely affect and/or change the current time.
- How does the world end?
Mary: The star called Sol explodes, but humans are already all over the universe. Like ants at a picnic.
- Star Trek or Star Wars? Why?
Mary: Star Trek. There’s a feeling of striving toward better, not just putting up with current and status quo.
Bettina: BOTH! They both have their own merits of like and dislike for me.
- What’s your drink of choice?
Mary: I like so many! Fruity with alcohol.
Bettina: Coffee, with lots of sugar and flavored creamer.
- What’s in your fridge right now?
Mary: I have no idea. My spouse does all the shopping and cooking. This was well thought out on my part… I can burn spaghetti while the water is boiling around it.
Bettina: Leftovers from the past few nights, several flavored coffee creamers(so I don’t have to add additional sugar to my coffee), vitamin water, milk, mayo, ketchup, mustard, an assortment of salad dressings, sour cream, fruits and veggies, sandwich meats and cheeses, butter, real maple syrup(again, I’m a New Englander), jelly, eggs…well, you asked and I answered! LOL!
- What food(s) fuel your writing?
Mary: Merlot and dark chocolate. And silence!
Bettina: Chocolate, raw almonds and cashews and COFFEE!
- What are you working on now, and when can we expect it?
Mary is working on an anthology of short stories, and has a contribution in to a short stories erotic anthology that is about Hanukkah.
Bettina has returned to her first love, knitting, and is tied up in a few projects.
In 2015 this friendship became a partnership in creating the comic series, RomeoXJulien. Following this comic creation lead them to Artists Alley in many Fan Conventions for the next five years. In 2019, with the finish of the story they decided to give the comics a bright new life in full color as a graphic novel.
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