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Check out these fun work in progress sketches from artist Fernanda Haiabe for our series Infinite Jest!

Comrades! It's here at Infinite Jest and today's random fact is a tale of a very mischievous Shakespeare! At a young age Shakespeare was caught poaching deer from the estate of Sir Thomas Lucy of Charlecote near Stratford.

Lucy allegedly had Shakespeare beaten for this and it is said that Shakespeare wrote a ballad in retaliation that he stuck to the gate of Sir Thomas' estate! The ballad goes:

Sir Thomas was too covetous To covet so much deer; When horns enough upon his head Most plainly did appear.

Had not his worship one deer left? What then? He had a wife Took pains enough to find him horns should last him during life...

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Comrades! Next month it's the Bard's Birthday Month, and Infinite Jest's creator Thomas Brazzle will be speaking with other artists and authors about Shakespeare's influence on themselves and our series! Hosted by the wonderful people at HarkJournal.com, join us as we toast Shakespeare and chat with an amazing group of creatives about the way in which Shakespeare has inspired their stories, passion projects, and careers.

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