The life and somewhat disreputable loves of a cartoonist, comically narrated by his friend, an art editor.

"The album is a collection of original compositions accompanied by beloved texts by the most performed playwright in the world-- William Shakespeare. I've collaborated with some of the most revered actors of our day to record spoken word versions of each of these 9 Sonnets, including Helena Bonham Carter, Siân Phillips, Peter Eyre, Carrie Fisher, Inge Keller and William Shatner"--Rufus Wainwright.