The Ides of March are on Sunday!
Poor old Soothsayer. He never quite manages to get his message across.
Also, the Roman calendar is really confusing.
Castor the Friendly Ghost
This line from Hamlet always makes me smile:
Of course, a "beaver" in this case is actually the hinged visor of a helmet. But that's not nearly as entertaining.
Don't Riddle Me This
Oh Pericles. You're such a wonderfully bizarre play.
In case you haven't seen Pericles, it starts out with the noble Prince Pericles visiting the kingdom of Antiochus, whose beautiful daughter is up for grabs to whoever can solve a mysterious riddle. Of course, if you get the riddle wrong you die. That's the way these things usually work.
Seriously, Antiochus, that's the best riddle you could come up with? I defy you to write a riddle about an incestuous father-daughter relationship that is more obvious than that.
All You Need To Know About Much Ado About Nothing
Tomorrow the RSC is live-broadcasting their production of Much Ado About Nothing! (They're calling it Love's Labour's Won and are presenting it as a sequel to Love's Labour's Lost, but it's still definitely Much Ado About Nothing.) To celebrate, here's a guide to all you need to know about the play!
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Farewell to Spock
By now we've all heard the news that Leonard Nimoy has died. As a Star Trek fan, this is, of course, terribly saddening, but fortunately there is so much to celebrate about Nimoy's life and work. Here is my own painfully inadequate tribute:
As I was drawing this comic, I stumbled across a now much-shared letter that Nimoy wrote in response to a biracial girl asking him for advice. It just goes to show what an absolutely top-class human Nimoy was.
Live long and prosper, everyone.
The Almighty Leek
This coming Sunday, the first of March, is St. David's Day! Poor old St. David doesn't get nearly as much international acclaim and love as his hard-drinking Irish counterpart does, but among Shakespearean circles his feast day is heralded for primarily one reason. And that reason is...
Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant Hapus!
The Tragedy of Paris
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.