Monthly Archives: March 2018

Giovanni Drogo first lays eyes on the Bastiani Fortress -From Dino Buzzati’s Tartar Steppe

Posted on March 26, 2018 by julian peters comics

[My second, not necessarily more successful attempt at illustrating a scene from Dino Buzzati’s 1940 novel the Tartar Steppe (Il deserto dei tartari in the original Italian). Giovanni Drogo, a young army officer is on his way to the Bastiani … Continue reading →

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My comics adaptation of Robert Frost’s “Birches” in Plough Quarterly!

Posted on March 20, 2018 by julian peters comics

A couple of months ago, the American magazine Plough Quarterly commissioned me to create a visual interpretation of an extract from Robert Frost’s 1916 poem “Birches.” The comic is now up on their website: https://www.plough.com/en/topics/culture/poetry/robert-frosts-birches and will appear in their … Continue reading →

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Giovanni Drogo first lays eyes on the Bastiani Fortress

Posted on March 19, 2018 by julian peters comics

I consider this one a failure, mainly because of compositional issues. Nonetheless, there are some salvageable elements that could be put to use in a second attempt:   There they go, Giovanni Drogo and his horse, see how small they … Continue reading →

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Infinite Splendour of Krishna

Posted on March 5, 2018 by julian peters comics

In Chapter 10 0f the Bhagavad Gita, Lord Khrisna elaborates on his transcendent nature. He is to be found within all things, but above all, as he tells his interlocutor, the warrior Arjuna, he is to be conceived of and … Continue reading →

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Registration Open for my Comics Course at the Visual Arts Centre!

Posted on March 1, 2018 by julian peters comics

I am excited to announce that this Spring, beginning April 26, I will be teaching an 8-week course titled “Comic Book Illustration/Illustration de Bande-Dessinée” at the Visual Arts Centre in Westmount. Classes will be held on Thursday evenings from 7 … Continue reading →

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