A stick-figure Shakespeare comic by Mya Lixian Gosling
I’ve almost made it to the finish line! I can do this! Let’s go!
Two of my favorite lines in The Merry Wives of Windsor (although, admittedly, I am not spoiled for choice with that play) are Mistress Page ingenuously saying "LOOK, HERE'S A BASKET", and then Ford later screaming in frustration "BUCK BUCK BUCK". Both crack me up.
Let’s keep updating those play pages! Today we have three “M” plays that are conventionally known as comedies. In actual fact, two of them really incredibly NOT funny and the third is… just not very good, to be honest. I’ll let you figure out which is which.
Some useful quotes for our current time.
Consulting pocket dramaturg: Kate Pitt
Foul words is but foul wind, and foul wind is but foul breath, and foul breath is noisome; therefore I will INSIST THAT YOU PULL YOUR MASK UP OVER YOUR NOSE, COME ON, MY GLASSES ARE FOGGING UP TOO BUT SERIOUSLY ONLY SELFISH SOCIOPATHIC NARCISSISTS THINK THAT’S TOO HIGH A PRICE TO PAY FOR LITERALLY SAVING LIVES AND CURBING A GLOBAL PANDEMIC JUST dammit… I’m so tired… just wear your masks properly.
Shakespeare’s plays are full of doctors, surgeons, and other health workers. Let’s take a look at some of the best…
Consulting pocket dramaturg: Kate Pitt
Everybody loves Doctor Butts.
The holidays are upon us! Celebrate by substituting the words to your favorite carols with these decidedly more Shakespearean verses:
It's Thanksgiving in America! Here are some handy Shakespeare quotes for you to use.
You can also check out my exposé of the (in)famous "thanks, and thanks, and ever thanks" quote.
This is the fifth Thanksgiving to pass me by since I started Good Tickle Brain, so once again I'd like to thank all of you for reading and supporting this little comic. It's been so much fun, and I look forward to thanking you on many more Thanksgivings to come.
A special shout-out, as always, to my supporters on Patreon, who have helped make it possible for me to work on Good Tickle Brain full time. I really appreciate all of your support. It makes a difference, believe me!
Of course, you know what Thanksgiving also means...
Just a reminder that starting tomorrow, November 24, at 12:00am EST, everything in the Good Tickle Shoppe will be 20% OFF if you use the incredibly imaginative discount code BLACKFRIDAY2017 at checkout! The code is good through 11:50pm EST on Monday, November 27.
All sizes of my Complete Works t-shirt (spotted at major Shakespeare theatres around the world) back in stock...
...and I have TWO new comic books! The first is the second edition of my Complete Works of Shakespeare in Three Panels Each comic book, with updated illustrations and text...
...and the second is my BRAND NEW collection of A Stick Figure Romeo and Juliet, featuring all my Romeo and Juliet scene-by-scene comics with exclusive additional commentary! It's at the printer right now, but will be in stock in time for Black Friday. Here's a sneek peek:
Plus, of course, my flowchart poster, Macbeth comic book, Complete Works tank top and various other t-shirts are also available.
So, to recap:
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Don't let anyone tell you that Shakespeare's language is inaccessible.
I have never dressed up as a chicken, but if I ever do, I know what Shakespeare lines I'm going to be quoting.
In other news, the fifth issue of The Weekly Tickle Brain e-mail newsletter is going out today, and features some fun material related to the recent discovery of a previously unknown copy of Shakespeare's First Folio. Check it and all past issues out here, then sign up below if you haven't already!
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We're on the downward slope of the Three Panel Plays! Only sixteen left to go!
Falstaff and the buck basket made a cameo apperance in last year's Christmas cartoon. Because grown men hiding in baskets never ceases to be amusing.
Tune in again on Monday for another pair of comedies: A Midsummer's Night's Dream and Much Ado About Nothing! Apart from Macbeth, all of the "M" plays are comedies. Well, if you think Measure for Measure is funny, that is...
See all Three Panel Plays here!
