A stick-figure Shakespeare comic by Mya Lixian Gosling
It's St. Patrick's Day! Last year I posted a profile of Shakespeare's only Irishman, Captain Macmorris. However, while Macmorris is the only Irishman to actually appear on stage, Ireland and the Irish do get mentioned in several other plays. Just not... in a very... complimentary... manner...
You show 'em, Macmorris.
It's THE IDES OF MARCH, people! Time to celebrate with everybody's favorite hapless soothsayer.
In honor of the Ides, I've written the following short play:
SOOTHSAYER: Caesar! Beware the Ides of March!
CAESAR: Why?
SOOTHSAYER: Because Cassius and Brutus and a bunch of other people are planning to stab you to death then.
CAESAR: Wow, thanks very much, Soothsayer. I'll get right on that.
THE END
Additionally, if you want to print out your very own feel-good Ides of March mini-comic, check out my Shakespearean What-If mini-comic. Have a happy Ides and, whatever you do, don't let anyone named Casca stand behind you.
I've always had a soft spot for Young Siward from Macbeth. He's got four lines and a swordfight, during which he promptly dies, so one cannot rightly say he is one of Shakespeare's great roles. However, he gets a badass fight scene (usually) and basically kickstarts the entire final bloodbath, so I'm always excited to see him appear.
And so when actor Rodrigo Beilfuss, playing Young Siward in the Stratford Festival's upcoming production of Macbeth, posted this photo of the cover of his script, complete with an alternate subtitle, I felt compelled to do Young Siward justice by making him the star of his very own mini-comic.
As with all my mini-comics, you can print out and assemble your own paper copy by downloading this pdf and following these incomprehensible instructions. Be sure to check out my other mini-comics as well.
As you just might have heard, the U.S. presidential campaign is well underway now. I thought it might be useful to start collecting some of the most appropriate Shakespearean quotes related to politics.
I love the phrase "scurvy politician".
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It's Saint David's Day! As a proud 1/32nd Welshwoman, I am always delighted to have an excuse to celebrate my fractional Celtic heritage.
Today's comic is actually my entry to the Graphic Shakespeare Competition being run in conjunction with this year's Elsinore Conference. For the competition, artists were asked to adapt and illustrate a scene from Shakespeare, either one of several pre-chosen scenes or one of our own choosing.
Naturally, I opted to adapt the scene that would allow me to draw people getting hit by leeks.
If you want to see some of the other awesome entries to the Graphic Shakespeare Competition, check out these links:
(There are a lot more than just those entries, but those are the ones I have links for. Will update it as I get more links.)
I just could not get that Luke figure to properly stab himself. Most uncooperative.
THE END
Thanks for putting up with this somewhat meandering tangent. People seemed to really like this series, and I must admit I had quite a bit of fun putting it together, so there might be more action figure comics in the future. After all, now I can't let my Lord of the Rings action figures feel like they're being excluded from all the fun....
