Comics Do Shakespeare, Final Act: Curtain Call

from Sandman (1989 series) #19 (DC, September 1990), script by Neil Gaiman, pencils and inks by Charles Vess, colors by Steve Oliff, letters by Todd Klein

Comics Do Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 8: Don't worry, this is gonna pay off in...(checks notes)...fifty-six issues.

from Sandman (1989 series) #19 (DC, September 1990), script by Neil Gaiman, pencils and inks by Charles Vess, colors by Steve Oliff, letters by Todd Klein

Comics Do Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 7: The Flash and outbreak of a fiery mind

from Flash #774 (DC, November 2021), script by Jeremy Adams, pencils and inks by Christian Duce, colors by Hi-Fi, letters by Steve Wands

Comics Do Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 6: When you do Batusi, I wish you a wave o' the sea

from "To be or Not to Be" in Batman '66 digital #36 (DC, 2014), script by Art Baltazar and Franco, pencils and inks by Red Naifeh, colors by Tony Aviña, letters by Wes Abbott

Comics Do Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 5: Ill Met by Moon Knight

from Avengers [Annual] 2001 (Marvel, September 2001), script by Kurt Busiek, pencils by Ivan Reis, inks by Scott Hanna, colors by Tom Smith, letters by Richard Starkings and Albert Deschesne

Comics Do Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 4: A Midsummer Night's D'oh!

from Simpsons Comics #76 (Bongo, November 2002), script by Ian Boothby, pencils by John Costanza, inks by Phyllis Novin and Howard Shum, colors by Art Villanueva and Joey Mason, letters by Karen Bates

Comics Do Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 3: Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?

from 1602: Witch Hunter Angela #4 (Marvel, December 2015), script by Kieron Gillen, pencils and inks by Kody Chamberlain, colors by Stephanie Hans, letters by Clayton Cowles

Comics Do Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 2: Cursed be he that moves my Bones

from Star Trek: Year Five #3 (IDW, June 2018), script by Brandon Easton, pencils by Martin Coccolo, inks by Martin Coccolo, colors by Fran Gamboa, letters by Neil Uyetake

Comics Do Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 1: Ill Met by Website

A very merry day of birth to the King of Pop Theatre, William Shakespeare, on this day in 1564, which makes him simultaneously 458 years old (try getting that many candles on your cake, 'specially in a thatched cottage), dead, and immortal. Geez, it's like he's one'a them Immortal X-Men that are all the rage these days. Get outta the goldball and start writing more plays, Shakespeare, ya bum!

Here's everything you need to know to pass the pop quiz on Shakespeare your teacher will give you tomorrow, courtesy of the good folks at Classics Illustrated. Classics Illustrated: Summing up priceless works of literature and All Quiet on the Western Front, since 1947.


"William Shakespeare" from Classics Illustrated #87 (Gilberton, September 1951), pencils and inks by Alex Blum
Ah, but we here at Comics Oughta Be Fun! are not content to give you just a mere summary of the Bard Who's Barred in Several Red States, no no no no. (No.) Today, all day, and (luckily for you) only this day, you get to read the Shakespare canon through that medium we love so much: Jell-O comic books! First up, let's take a peek at Shakespeare's 1595 or 1956 A Summersummer Night's Dream romantic comedy/fantasy/excuse to wear a big-ass donkey head, as seen in that very same ish of Classics Illustrated I showed you above. Who says this isn't the Bountiful Bully Bonus of Beautiful and Blessed Benerosity?


from Classics Illustrated #87, script by Samuel Willinsky, pencils and inks by Alex Blum
Haw! It's funny because he's an ass! Still, that's the kinda sophisticated and witty comedy you get from the bard of Avon Calling.

Stay tuned today for more Shakespeare in comics fun, until the curtain falls tonight or until I get bored with it.