Anthony Del Col

Early life

Del Col attended the Sundance Institute New Frontier Story Lab, and is a graduate of the Canadian Film Centre.

Career

Anthony has produced feature films in Canada, including exec producer on the Nelly Furtado Loose Live Album CD.

Anthony is also an accomplished film pitch consultant; He won the Telefilm Canada Pitch This contest in 2006 and 2010. Anthony also served as a coach for the contest in 2011 and 2012.

Kill Shakespeare

Del Col is currently serving as a Co-President of Kill Shakespeare Entertainment, a transmedia entertainment company. Along with Conor McCreery, Del Col is the co-creator and co-writer of Kill Shakespeare, which debuted in comic book format in April 2010. Kill Shakespeare is described by the New York Times as, "gripping, violent and dark fun, even if you’re not fully versed in Shakespearean lore". As of 2011, more than 50,000 copies in more than a dozen countries.

Under Del Col's co-presidency, Kill Shakespeare Entertainment. has developed the Kill Shakespeare franchise into a variety of media. In addition to its publication as a comic book, Del Col and McCreery, along with Soulpepper's artistic director, Albert Schultz, have staged a theatrical production of Kill Shakespeare, called "Kill Shakespeare Live!". The theatrical production of Kill Shakespeare has been performed in Toronto by Soulpepper, in Montreal at the 2012 Montreal Comiccon, in Chicago by Strawdog Theatre Company, as well as at MEFCC 2013 in Dubai. Del Col and McCreery are also working with Katie Musgrave, an academic, and Brian Kelly, a teacher, to create a teacher's guide for Kill Shakespeare in an effort to encourage teachers to use Kill Shakespeare as an educational tool. The Kill Shakespeare board game was successfully crowdfunded via Kickstarter and was released on February 19, 2014. Del Col and McCreery have also discussed plans to release a Kill Shakespeare mobile app game.

Del Col has also given lectures on comic writing, adapting Shakespeare, and Shakespeare in education. In May 2015, Del Col spoke at Shakespeare's Globe in London as part of the theatre's Shakespeare Inspired special event series.

Nancy Drew & The Hardy Boys Reboot

In March, 2017 Dynamite Comics released Del Col’s reboot of classic characters Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys with NANCY DREW & THE HARDY BOYS: THE BIG LIE. Del Col has been a lifelong fan of the characters and was successful in working with Simon & Schuster to secure the comic book rights and then pitch to publishers.

Inspired by Archie Comics’ Afterlife with Archie, Del Col is quoted as saying, “So, then I started to think, 'Huh, I wonder what other characters are out there that are well-known that could be rebooted like that,'" Del Col said. "That's when I started to look around and I looked in some properties, and then I thought, 'Wait a minute. Nancy Drew. Hardy Boys. Oh, that would be really cool to do a hard-boiled noir take on them.' ”

The series, a hardboiled noir take on the characters, finds characters Frank and Joe Hardy accused of murdering their father, Fenton Hardy, and turning to a femme fatale-esque Nancy Drew to clear their names. The series features artwork by Italian artist Werther Dell’Ederra with covers by UK artist Fay Dalton. Del Col credits editors Matt Idelson and Matt Humphreys with helping him shape the direction of the series.

The series debuted to amazing reviews. Comics blog Readingwithaflightring.com declared it, “the best “modern” approach to updating a franchise like this that I’ve seen. It works on every level and still fully embraces the heart of who they are." Aintitcool.com reviewer Lyz Reblin stated, “The strength of the series thus far is Ms. Drew, who was absent for most of the first issue. She is a pitch-perfect modernized femme fatale, who could hold her own up against any present-day Sam Spade, Philip Marlowe, or the like.”

Created First Female Lead in Assassin's Creed

Del Col, along with his Kill Shakespeare co-writer Conor McCreery, was hired by Titan Comics to launch a new comic series based on the successful Assassin’s Creed video game franchise. The series was the first to star a female modern-day lead character, Charlotte de la Cruz and garnered a great amount of positive reviews. Leading comics site TheMarySue.com said, “It’s a fantastic video game based title; it really captures a lot of spirit of Assassin’s Creed…captures your imagination from the get-go.”

Del Col and McCreery’s run on the series ran from 2015 – 2017.

Personal life

Del Col currently lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife, Lisa.

Awards