“Shakespeare’s language can be daunting for anyone, but especially for young readers. Kip’s comic renderings of Shakespearean insults is an excellent entry point!
As a high school English teacher, I can definitely see myself using Kip’s book as a template for students to try their hand at illustrating their own selected insults before diving into the Bard’s plays.
As a former professional actor/improviser, I adore how Kip’s sense of humor serves as a bridge into a challenging topic.
As an award-winning author of young adult novels, I am delighted at the interplay between language and images.
As one of the improv coaches for Kip in classes he started in eighth grade, the year he first conceived of this book, I am super proud of him!”
-Nicole Kronzer, Minnesota Book Awards finalist, www.nicolekronzer.com
“Kip Hathaway combines his skills as a professional improvisational comedian, insightful actor and inspiring cartoonist to create a secret door into Shakespeare’s works—a portal like none other—through which he ushers readers to meet the Bard by using one of Shakespeare’s most notable literary styles: the insult.
Kip unites cartoons and text to create comic clarity that is especially appealing to middle schoolers who are being introduced (or trying to avoid being introduced) to Shakespeare.
Kip’s talent for delving into ideas to find both the funny and the meaningful is a skill I personally witness and delight in as he performs with my improv troupe at Stevie Ray’s Comedy Cabaret in Chanhassen, Minnesota. www.stevierays.org
Antic, empathetic, fun, funny and thought-provoking, Kip’s Illustrated Guide to Shakespearean Insults will make you laugh and think while it impishly teaches about the 16th Century world of Shakespeare Kip’s illustrated guide focuses on 20 plays and their use of witty wordplay as expressed in insult. If you can’t join us for laughs, learning, and thought provoking quips and sketches at my comedy cabaret, drop into the pages of Kip’s book! Who knows? You may learn how to insult people without them even knowing it!”
—Stevie Ray, Improv Comedian, Author, www.stevierays.org
