The Tempest wins an IPPY award.

Congratulations to the Classical Comics team for another award to add to their collection. The Tempest won another Bronze at the IPPY awards this year. Last year's Macbeth success is mirrored again. We all worked very hard on this book so it's nice to get recognition for all our efforts. Well done to Jon Haward for his wonderful pencils, John Macdonald for adaptation of Shakespeare's original work, Nigel Dobbyn for his magical colour and Clive Bryant for keeping the book focused and on schedule.



Graphic Novel/Drawn Book – Drama/Documentary
Gold (tie): Hatter M: Mad With Wonder, by Frank Beddor (Automatic Pictures) and Ars Memoria: The Art of Memory, by Menton J. Matthews III (Prudentius Publishing)
Silver: The Vampire Conspiracy, by Marc Morgenstern and Adam Gorham (Five Strangers Press)
Bronze: The Tempest, by William Shakespeare (Classical Comics Ltd.)

Macbeth wins an IPPY award.

Classical Comics graphic novel adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth picked up a gong at the Independent Publisher’s Book Awards, tying with Michael Pearl’s Good and Evil for the Bronze award in the Graphic Novel/Drawn Book – Drama/Documentary category. Frank Beddor and Liz Cavalier took the Silver for Hatter M, while the Gold spot went to The Red Star: Sword of Lies by Christian Gossett.

Congratulations to Jon Haward on a sterling pencilling job on the book. It was a great opportunity to work with him inking his pages. Further recognition to John Macdonald, Nigel Dobbyn for his wonderful colouring and Clive for his stewardship on the series.

The Tempest.

The Tempest is released by Classical Comics and was written by William Shakespeare. This graphic novel was scripted by John McDonald and pencilled by my colleague and friend Jon Haward. I provided inks on this book and after the award-winning success of the Macbeth release we are hopeful for similar interest in this edition. Nigel Dobbyn is the colourist and does some sterling work on the story.

As before with the Classical Comics releases there are three editions (for each reading level) PDFs are available on the site and will explain the available formats much better than I can do here. More books are planned and the future brings other classic authors to the graphic novel treatment soon.

You can see more of Jon Haward's art on his site here and includes a lot of his Panini Marvel Comics work too.