Comics Do Shakespeare: All's Well That Ends Well, Act 4: Well, that solves The Case of the Book That Had Its Title on Both Covers But Not on the Spine

from "The Case of the Cultured Crooks!" in Detective Comics (1967 series) #68 (DC, October 1942); pencils, inks, and letters by Howard Sherman

Comics Do Shakespeare: All's Well That Ends Well, Act 3: "Nature teaches Beasts to know their friends."

from The Amazing Spider-Man newpaper strip (King Features Syndicate, February 26, 1992), script by Stan Lee, pencils by Larry Lieber, inks by Fred Kida

Comics Do Shakespeare: All's Well That Ends Well, Act 2: Penguin clearly didn't read the title of the play

from "The Killing Peck" in Secret Origins Special #1 one-shot (DC, October 1989), script by Alan Grant, pencils and inks by Sam Kieth, colors by Tom McCraw, letters by Albert DeGuzman

Comics Do Shakespeare: All's Well That Ends Well, Act 1: Exit, Punched by Buscema

from The Spectcaular Spider-Man (1976 series) #157 (Marvel, November 1989), script by Gerry Conway, breakdowns by Sal Buscema, finishes by Mike Esposito, colors by Bob Sharen, letters by Rick Parker

Comics Do Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice, Act 4: "Our house is Hellcat, and thou, a merry Daimon.'"

from "Patsy Goes Courting!" Patsy Walker (1945 series) #21 (Marvel/Timely, March 1949), script and pencils (and inks?) by Al Jaffee

Comics Do Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice, Act 3: Sunday in the Park with Wanda

from The Vision (2016 series) #12 (Marvel, December 2016), script by Tom King, pencils and inks by Gabriel Hernandez Walta, colors by Jordie Bellaire, letters by Clayton Cowles

Comics Do Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice, Act 2: That's telling the clientele of the Kebab and Calculator, Will

from The Lovely Horrible Stuff graphic novel (Top Shelf/Knockabout, 2012), by Eddie Campbell

Comics Do Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice, Act 1: Hey, Shakespeare is universal, jerk

from 1st Issue Special #2 (DC, May 1975), script by Joe Simon, pencils by Jerry Grandenetti, inks by Win Mortimer

Comics Do Shakespeare: Julius Caesar, Act 4: Normally for a final pun of that caliber you'd have to go to Peabody's Improbable History

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

Now Playing: Goon Show Classics, Volume 2 by Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, and Spike Milligan

A record I ordered has come! Yes, I had this in the 70s and foolishly got rid of it.


This record of 1950s radio shows was made in the UK in 1975. Now that is how you treat the name of a trans woman (Angela Morley).


There is no mention of her deadname on the record sleeve at all.

Comics Do Shakespeare: Julius Caesar: Act 3: We now return you to Damon Runyon's Shakespeare Playhouse

from "The Five Weapons That Shook the World!" in Detective Comics #143 (DC, January 1949), pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Steve Brodie

Comics Do Shakespeare: Julius Caesar: Act 2: How does this make you feel about little birdies now, kids?

from "The Killing Peck" in Secret Origins Special #1 one-shot (DC, October 1989), script by Alan Grant, pencils and inks by Sam Kieth, colors by Tom McCraw, letters by Albert DeGuzman

Comics Do Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, Act 1: They're speaking in upper and lower case letters! They must be from Krakoa.

from Classics Illustrated #68 [Julius Caesar] (Gilberton, February 1950), pencils and inks by Henry Kiefer

Comics Do Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet, Act 12: It isk the eask, ansk Juliet isk the sunsk

from Popeye (1972 series) #E-14 [Popeye and Fine Arts and Humanities Degrees] (King Features, 1973), script by Joe Gill, pencils and inks by Paul Fung Jr.

Comics Do Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet, Act 11: "Show's over, Shakespeare!" (BANG!) "Is this the end of Zombie Shakespeare?"

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
Usually I leave the Simpsons Comics posts until the end of the hour because there's nothing that can even approach the absurdity of them. That said, this is only the second-to-last Romeo and Juliet post. Your brains cannot prepare you for the final one, comin' up next!

Comics Do Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet, Act 10: A dish best served cold, with brains to taste

from "The Bride of Venom" in Amazing Spider-Man (1963 series) #375 (Marvel, March 1993), script by David Michelinie, pencils by Mark Bagley, inks by Randy Emberlin, colors by Bob Sharen, letters by Rick Parker

Comics Do Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet, Act 9: Wait, I thought these three were at the beginning of Macbeth

from Amazing Spider-Man (2018 series) #63/864 (Marvel, October 2021); script by Nick Spencer; pencils by Federico Vicentini; inks by Zé Carlos, Marcelo Ferreira, and Carlos Gómez; colors by Alex Sinclair; letters by Joe Caramagna

Comics Do Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet, Act 8: Swingin' teens remove the music from West Side Story and turn it back into Romeo and Juliet

from Teen Titans (1966 series) #16 (DC, July 1958), script by Bob Haney, pencils and inks by Nick Cardy, letters by Joe Letterese

Comics Do Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet, Act 7: When di they start making grade school kids perform this play?

...well, judging from the last post, back in the Stone Age, apparently. Stop making little kids do Shakespeare!




from "The Bark of Avon" in Heathcliff #26 (Marvel, September 1988), script by Dave Manak, pencils by Warren Kremer, inks by Jacqueline Roettcher

Comics Do Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet, Act 6: The dashing rocks thy sea-sick weary bark

from "Lights! Camera! Klunk!" in Flintstone Kids #2 (Marvel/Star, October 1987), script by Michael Gallagher, pencils by Warren Kremer, inks by Jacqueline Roettcher, colors by George Roussos, letters by Grace Kremer