How a Comics Writer ‘Fixed’ Romeo and Juliet by Giving It a Happy Ending, and Many Others
His choose-your-own-path version of Shakespeare's play is as hilarious as it is gratifying.
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A comedy of terrors.
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Alas, Poor William! We didn't really know you very well.
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Give the warden his due.
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Out, damned (TV) spot!
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My kingdom for some dank-ass ganja.
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Burgundy is the soul of wit.
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All gore, few insights.
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To Baz or not to Baz.
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From Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark to A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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The Yale alumnus is going back to campus.
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Ambitious! How fitting for Macbeth.
Learn to Insult People Like Shakespeare
Thou saucy motley-minded strumpet!
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They're called Popeye & Cloudy.
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Tonight and tomorrow!
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He's like an Elizabethan Kevin Spacey.
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Still hurting for some untrammeled femme-dom energy, even after getting worked over by Tyne Daly in 'Master Class'? Well, unwrap your hard candies now.
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For a trilogy about Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe.
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