Monthly Archives: December 2013

The Idle Scribblings of a Piddling Poetaster

Once in a blue moon, when the inspiration hits me really hard, I try my (perhaps somewhat heavy) hand at writing a little poetry. I have now gathered some of the results together on a page of my website: https://julianpeterscomics.com/poetry/Continue reading

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“Sensuka” – A Poem by Alice Elm – Un poème d’Alice Elm

The Montreal poet and writer Alice Elm has written a stunningly beautiful poem, in French, that is directly inspired by my on-going “Views of an Imaginary City” series. The name of my invented city, which gives its name to this … Continue reading

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“Explain Yourself!” My First Academic Article

My article entitled “Explain Yourself: The Projector (1971) by Martin Vaughn-James” appears in the recently published Fall 2013 issue of the International Journal of Comic Art. http://www.ijoca.com/  Drawing from one of two case studies in my soon-to-be-completed master’s thesis, this … Continue reading

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Annabel Lee in “Now Then” (Manchester, Sheffield)!

My comics adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s “Annabel Lee” is featured in this month’s issue of Now Then, an arts and culture magazine distributed in Manchester and Sheffield, England (On pages 16-17, use arrow keys to scroll). http://issuu.com/nowthenmanchester/docs/nt_mcr8_web

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Prufrock on Driftory

My comics adaptation of T. S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” is being featured on the website of Driftory, a new comic viewing webapp created by Ian Gilman, and inspired by the writings of Scott McCloud (Understanding … Continue reading

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J. Alred Prufrock in The Boston Globe!

“‘Archie,’ ‘Garfield,’ ‘Spider-Man,’ ‘Dilbert,’ ‘Dick Tracy,’ and ‘J. Alfred Prufrock’?” A wonderful profile of my Prufrock comic in The Boston Globe. As a kid I was obsessed with Calvin & Hobbes and The Far Side, and I often dreamed of … Continue reading

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