"Screwing the Bardbody: Kill Shakespeare and North American Popular Culture" https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbc521/ Author: Ephraim, Michelle. Type: Journal Article Year: 2013 Publication Information: Upstart: a Journal of English Renaissance Studies (2013). (http://www.clemson.edu/upstart/Essays/bardbody/bardbody.xhtml.) Annotation: Examines the representations of the physical, sexualized body of Shakespeare in the first two volumes of Conor McCreery and Anthony Del Col's graphic novel Kill Shakespeare. Argues that the North American popular culture appropriation of Shakespeare attests to the authors' authenticity and offers a type of authorial protection. Language: English Persons: McCreery, Conor; Del Col, Anthony Keywords: graphic novel; body; popular culture Tags: Shakespeare in Literature WSB Update: Winter 2013 WSB Record Number: bbbc521