Monthly Archives: November 2016

White on Black Sketch #1

Posted on November 29, 2016 by julian peters comics

Fantasy landscape painted in white opaque watercolour on black paper. The composition and perspective are a little wonky because I started painting directly on the blank page (or rather black void), inventing the scene as I went along.

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Massacre at Saint-Joachim

Posted on November 28, 2016 by julian peters comics

Throughout their siege of Quebec City in the summer of 1759, the British went about systematically raiding and destroying the French settlements both upriver and downriver from the capital of New France. During one such raid on the village of … Continue reading →

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Leonard Cohen in The Tower of Song

Posted on November 16, 2016 by julian peters comics
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Translation of a Montreal song from 1709

Posted on November 15, 2016 by julian peters comics

Back in 2012, I created a comic based on the lyrics of a song written in 1709 by the Montreal painter, money forger, and jailbird Jean Berger (1681-?). Jean Berger was suspected of being involved in the beating of Saint-Olive, the … Continue reading →

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