How "Much Ado About Nothing" Should Have Ended

I've got a couple busy weeks ahead of me - my annual trip to the Ohio Light Opera, followed by my VERY EXCITING TALK at the Utah Shakespeare Festival's Wooden O Symposium - so as a small filler today I've taken one of my favorite early, pre-Good Tickle Brain cartoons and revised it it a bit:

You can see the original version (and see how my art style has "evolved") over here. 

Upcoming Appearances

I'm giving the opening address at the Utah Shakespeare Festival Wooden O Symposium! Here are all the fun details:

WHO: Me!
WHAT: Opening address at USF's cross-disciplinary Shakespeare conference! I'll be talking about Good Tickle Brain, comics, and Shakespeare! 
WHEN: Monday, August 7, 5:00pm
WHERE: Movie Theatre, Sharwan Smith Student Center, Cedar City, Utah
WHY: Because they asked me!
HOW: My talk is free and open to the public! Just show up!

Murderers Anonymous (part 2)

Let's check back in with everyone's least-favorite support group...

Poor Steve.

(Thanks to Chris Prentice for letting me borrow Steve.)

Upcoming Appearances

I'm giving the opening address at the Utah Shakespeare Festival Wooden O Symposium! Here are all the fun details:

WHO: Me!
WHAT: Opening address at USF's cross-disciplinary Shakespeare conference! I'll be talking about Good Tickle Brain, comics, and Shakespeare! 
WHEN: Monday, August 7, 5:00pm
WHERE: Movie Theatre, Sharwan Smith Student Center, Cedar City, Utah
WHY: Because they asked me!
HOW: My talk is free and open to the public! Just show up!

Murderers Anonymous (part 1)

There are many murderers in Shakespeare's plays, but only seven who are named "Murderer". These are them.

Third Murderer is in charge of the meeting because there is only one third murderer, whereas there are three first murderers and three second murderers. Third murderers are rare.

Romeo and Juliet: One Page Summary

OK, in case you haven't been paying attention for the past however many months, here's basically what happens in Romeo and Juliet:

And that's it! Thanks for taking the time to follow my re-telling of Romeo and Juliet. Tune in on Thursday, when we'll have SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT! YAY! 

Romeo and Juliet: Death & Marriage Totals

So you think "that's all one, the play is done", do you? NOT SO FAST! We still have some important work to do! First, let's take a look at how many people died and how many people got married, so we can scientifically determine if this is a tragedy or a comedy. 

Let me crunch the numbers here... mmmhmm... yeah, this is a tragedy.

Spare a thought for poor Lady Montague, who dies offstage, is mentioned in a throwaway line that nobody pays much attention to, and is hardly ever remembered as having lived, let alone died. 

If you've been too busy or impatient to follow my exhaustive Romeo and Juliet retelling over the past several months, tune in next week for a handy-dandy one-page summary of the entire play! And then we'll be done. 

Romeo and Juliet: Act 5, Scene 3 (part 4)

IT'S FINALLY OVER, GUYS. 

It's all over apart from the crying. And the death/marriage count. And the one-page summary. And then it'll be over, I promise. Stay tuned...

Romeo and Juliet: Act 5, Scene 3 (part 3)

In the previous installment of A Stick Figure Romeo and Juliet, we lost the first half of the titular couple. No prizes for guessing what happens in today's installment.

Now you know what happens in Romeo and Juliet. Stay tuned for the final installment next week, when all the surviving characters will tell each other what happened, in case anyone missed anything!

Romeo and Juliet: Act 5, Scene 3 (part 2)

Let's see what's going on inside the tomb where it happens:

Everything could have been averted IF ONLY Friar Laurence had kept himself in better shape and was a faster runner. RUNNING SAVES LIVES, PEOPLE.