Good Tickle Brain's 10th Anniversary!

Today is the 10th anniversary of Good Tickle Brain! I can't believe it's been 10 whole years since I decided to start sharing nerdy Shakespeare comics online in the hope that other people might find them mildly amusing.

Ironically, my 10th year running Good Tickle Brain has also been far and away my roughest. I've posted barely anything this year, due to a particularly challenging combination of injury, chronic pain, increased family care responsibilities, and mental road blocks. But I'm still here, and I'm still committed to making Shakespeare fun and making fun of Shakespeare through the power of stick figures. (Also the chronic pain has mostly cleared up, so that's helped a lot.)

Assuming I can get my brain to cooperate and life doesn't throw me any more curve balls this year, I'm hoping to have my long-awaited comic book compilation of Hamlet out in time for the holiday season. I'm so proud of the work that has gone into it and I can't wait to get it into your hands.

As Good Tickle Brain moves into its 11th year (it goes to 11!) I hope to figure out a sustainable schedule that allows me to post new comics regularly again without short-circuiting my very tenuous work-life balance. Thank you all so much for continuing to read and share my work. I hope to continue to create more of it for you to enjoy over the next 10 years!

Look at where we are...

Look at where we started...

The fact that we're online is a miracle.

GTB Archive Updates: The Man From Stratford

It’s SHAKESPEARE’S BIRTHDAY WEEK! To celebrate, I’ve collected all the comics I’ve drawn about Shakespeare the man (as opposed to Shakespeare the golden retriever, or the plays of Shakespeare) in one place! Check it out for an overview of Shakespeare’s life, several Shakespeare-themed song parodies, and many past celebratory birthday comics.

GTB Archive Updates: Musical Parodies

If you’ve been following my work here for a while, you know I love writing musical parodies. Seriously, I can’t get enough of it. And now you can browse all my musical parodies in one place!

In related news, I got a ukulele last year and am planning to put together “The Song Book of Shakespearean Parodies That Are Particularly Easy to Play on the Ukulele” sometime in the uncertain future. Don’t hold your breath, but it’s going to happen.

GTB Play Page Updates: 2Gents, 2Kinsmen, Winter's Tale

It’s the final set of play page updates! Oh my gosh, I hate organizing my archives. I hate it so much. But it’s done! And it’s already out of date! I hate this.

Anyways, here’s the last of the little buggers.

BRB gotta go update my archives again.

GTB Play Page Updates: Timon, Titus, and Troilus

It’s “T” day, featuring three comparatively marginal plays starting with “T”! Not a lot of comics here yet. Give me time.

….like, a lot of time. You aren’t going to be seeing a Troilus and Cressida scene-by-scene for a while.

GTB Play Page Updates: Richard III, Shrew, and Tempest

Here comes some more plays! I’m very fond of Richard III, so I’ve done quite a lot of scattershot comics about it over the years. I really want to do a scene-by-scene of it… but I kind of think I need to do the Henries first? That will take YEARS…

GTB Play Page Updates: Much Ado, Othello, and Pericles

Some more play page updates! I’m actually shocked at how few comics I’ve drawn about Much Ado, which is probably one of my favorite plays. I’ll have to rectify that.