Poor Paris. He seems like such a decent guy. A chump, certainly, but a decent guy.
Nobody remembers Paris.
Happy Chinese New Year!
Chinese New Year starts today! Put down that broom, put on a new red sweater, and eat some noodles!
I forgot to mention the bit where everyone sings this one really annoying song over and over again. I'll let Malaysian cartoonist Lat (one of my all-time favorite artists) sum it up for me:
Xin nian kuai le everyone! Regular Shakespeare comics will resume next week.
Do You Bite Your Thumb At Us, Sir?
Everyone's familiar with this opening scene from Romeo and Juliet, right?
I don't think you can actually bleed out from a thumb bite, but you never know.
Shakespearean Valentines, part 1
Valentine's Day is this Saturday. What better way to celebrate than with a card from your favorite, totally non-dysfunctional Shakespearean character?
Seriously... don't date a Shakespearean character.
All You Need To Know About Love's Labour's Lost
2015 is shaping up to be the year of Love's Labour's Lost. First we have the Royal Shakespeare Company's current production, which is due to be live-streamed to cinemas around the world tomorrow. Then, later this year, I'll be off to see a production at the Stratford Festival in Canada. Finally, this summer there are plans to film a version of Love's Labour's Lost set in a boarding school. (To help support this project, check out their Indiegogo campaign.)
With all that Love's Labour's Lost floating around, I thought it was a good time to put together a handy-dandy one-page guide!
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Shakespearean Snowmen
It's snowed a lot where I am recently. And when life gives you snow, you make snowmen!
...unfortunately the kind of snow that life gave me was the dry, powdery kind, so I couldn't actually make any snowmen. Oh well. Maybe next time.
The Shakespeare Birthday Book
One of my best friends was visiting town last December and I went over to her parents' house to hang out with her. Her parents were getting rid of stuff and, knowing my interest in Shakespeare, had set aside a little book for me.
I will take roasted crabs over Hamlet angst any day.
Super What?
It's almost here! The television event of the year! This calls for a special Bonus Comic!
As I mentioned in the last issue of The Weekly Tickle Brain, today sees Shakespeare Uncovered return to PBS for its second season! I'm so excited. At 9pm Hugh Bonneville will be taking a look at A Midsummer Night's Dream, and at 10pm it will be Christopher Plummer expounding upon King Lear, a role I was lucky enough to see him play at the Stratford Festival. I thoroughly enjoyed the first season of Shakespeare Uncovered, and am really geekily excited about this.
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