Friday, June 21, 2024

Shakespeare in FoxTrot's How Come I'm Always Luigi?

Amend, Bill. How Come I'm Always Luigi? Kansas City: Andrews McMeel, 2006.
As in our last FoxTrot Friday post (for which, q.v.), there's only one Shakespeare-related comic.

As in that previous post, the Shakespeare is pretty subtle.

And, once again, the Shakespearean content has to do with Peter Fox and his exam schedule.

I'll let you take a look at it—see if you can spot the subtle Shakespearean subtext!


It's pretty clear that Peter is facing a Shakespeare exam. And it's also pretty clear which Shakespeare play he ought to have read.

The Winter's Tale. 
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