Comics Do Shakespeare: The Tempest, Act 7: Ending on a scene I'm pretty sure Shakespeare would've heartily approved of

from The Dreaming: Waking Hours #12 (DC/Black Label, September 2021), script by G. Willow Wilson, pencils and inks by Nick Robles, colors by Matheus Lopes, letters by Simon Bowland

Comics Do Shakespeare: The Tempest, Act 6: "We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep."

Shakespeare writes a play. His final play, as it turns out.





from Sandman (1989 series) #75 (DC/Vertigo, March 1996); script by Neil Gaiman; pencils by Charles Vess, John Ridgway, Bryan Talbot, and Michael Zulli; inks by Charles Vess; colors by Daniel Vozzo; color separations by Digital Chameleon; letters by Todd Klein
Oh, this a-hole again:




That's pretty much the end of 2022's Shakespeare Day celebrations (well, very nearly), so for at least a year we return to your regularly scheduled comics blog. i hope you've laughed, and cried, and maybe learned a thing or two.



Born on this day (probably) in 1564; died on this day in 1616: William Shakespeare, who wrote some really cool stuff. Happy birthday, Will.

I like to think that if he'd lived during the 1940s, he would've written some really cool comic books.

Comics Do Shakespeare: The Tempest, Act 5: Fans did not respond as positively as DC had hoped to the "Batman vs. Gandalf" arc

from Detective Comics #958 (DC, August 2017), script by James Tynion IV, pencils by Álvaro Martínez Bueno, inks by Raúl Fernández, colors by Brad Anderson, letters by Sal Cipriano

Comics Do Shakespeare: The Tempest, Act 3: And it had a cool robot!

from Robin #34 (DC, October 1996), script by Chuck Dixon, pencils by Jennifer Graves, inks by John Dell, colors by Adrienne Roy, letters by Tim Harkins

Comics Do Shakespeare: The Tempest, Act 2: For heaven's sake, 007, stop interrupting my Shakespeare. And put some pants on.

from The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Tempest #2 (Top Shelf/Knockabout, August 2018), script by Alan Moore, pencils and inks by Kevin O'Neill, colors by Benedict Dimagmaliw, letters by Todd Klein

Comics Do Shakespeare: The Tempest, Act 1: I pity the fool who plagiarizes from Mr. T.

from Man-Thing (1997 series) #5 (Marvel, April 1998), script by J. M. DeMatteis, pencils and inks by Liam Sharp, colors by Christie Scheele, letters by Jon Babcock