Happy Lunar New Year, everyone! I’m still here, staggering gamely into the Year of the Tiger! May it be better than the years of the Rat and the Ox, that’s all I’m going to say. To celebrate, here’s a comic I did a couple years and/or a lifetime ago:
I’ve covered the basics of Chinese New Year before, but this year I thought it would be fun to run through the Chinese Zodiac and give each animal sign a Shakespearean equivalent based on that sign’s supposed characteristics. (Don’t argue with me about any of them. Like astrology, this is entirely arbitrary and for entertainment purposes only.)
Don’t know your animal sign? Find the one that lists your birth year. Shakespeare was born in 1564, so he’s definitely a Rat.
I’m hoping that, with the inspiration and can-do attitude that will come in the year of Richard III, I will be able to figure out how to achieve the goal I have set for myself. Fortunately for everyone involved, that goal is “resume posting fun Shakespearean comics on a sustainable schedule that doesn’t completely burn out my sad and tired little brain” and not “murder most of my immediate family in order to become king of England.”.
Gong xi fa cai!