Giddy Minds

It’s no secret that I love Shakespeare’s history plays. When I was a kid I loved them for their numerous sword fights and battle scenes. Now I love them for everything else. And also the sword fights.

This scene is from Henry IV, part 2, which is admittedly my least favorite part of Henry IV. This deathbed scene between Henry IV and his son, Prince Hal, however, is pure gold. Henry IV’s reign has been overshadowed by the fact that he usurped the throne from his predecessor, Richard II, and was directly or indirectly responsible for his death. As a result, Henry IV’s reign has been plagued by political discontent and outright rebellion. Fortunately he has a really solid plan to fix everything:

Anyways, Prince Hal becomes Henry V and invades France and distracts everybody from his domestic troubles and everything is fine forever.

Just don’t look at what happens in the three parts of Henry VI… 😬

What Tweets That Trump? part 1

Seeing as tomorrow is (alas) Inauguration Day, I thought I would take some of our incoming president's more recent tweets and match them up with Shakespearean characters... with some strategic alterations where necessary.

The first draft of this comic was, like, all history plays. His tweets match up very well with history plays, alarmingly....

Campaign Trials: Election Day

It's finally here! Let's get this farcical election over with!

I'm with her. "Her" being Elizabeth Regina/Gloriana/Good Queen Bess, of course, because I'm not about to tell you how to vote. 

Don't forget my Shakespeare Flowchart Poster is available now! I've received a ton of orders in the last few days (thank you!), so it might take me up to a week to get yours to you, but they are going out!

Campaign Trials: The Last Days

THE END IS IN SIGHT! ONLY SIX MORE DAYS UNTIL IT'S ALL OVER. HANG IN THERE, PEOPLE.

Tune in next Tuesday (a.k.a. Election Day) to find out what happens!

Flowchart Poster Available!

In case you missed it, my Shakespeare Flowchart poster is finally available! It makes a great gift for the fellow Shakespeare geeks in your life, and if you order more than one you get $5 OFF each poster!

Campaign Trials: The Scandals

What's an election without a scandal or two?

THEM'S FIGHTIN' WORDS, SIRRAH

Flowchart Poster Available!

Yes, it's finally here! Get your very own 18"x24" poster version of my Shakespeare Flowchart comic! 

I'll start shipping these out on Wednesday. Depending on the volume of orders, it might take up to a week for me to fulfill your order, but they're FINALLY GOING OUT! I'M REALLY EXCITED.

Campaign Trials: The Debate, part 1

Let's sit down for the first (and, thankfully, only) presidential debate between William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe!

I'm being a bit unfair to Marlowe here, as his authorship of the infamous Dutch Church Libel (a poem in rhymed iambic pentameter that threatened recent Protestant refugees from France and the Netherlands, and which may or may not have led to his untimely demise) was never confirmed. However, it contrasts very nicely with the passage in Sir Thomas More on refugees, which is largely agreed to have been written by Shakespeare. I'll let Sir Ian McKellen take it from here:

Tune in again on Thursday for the rest of the debate! 

On a blatantly commercial note, I'm starting to sell out of various sizes of my never-to-be-reprinted Shakespeare/Burbage campaign t-shirt! If you want one, now is the time to get one!