Monthly Archives: November 2020

Views of an Imaginary City 2: The Teposensuki or “Lovers’ Bridge”

Posted on November 18, 2020 by julian peters comics

The Teposensuki (“Sensuka Bridge”) is the widest and most monumental of the bridges spanning the Juminta River in the central area of the city known as the Kadini (“Nest”). It is also notable for being the sole bridge in the … Continue reading →

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Video of “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” read by Joseph Miller

Posted on November 13, 2020 by julian peters comics

The American actor Joseph Miller has put created this short video featuring his  dramatic reading of T. S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” combined with my comics illustrations of the same poem.

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Views of an Imaginary City 1: Entering Sensuka Bay

Posted on November 12, 2020 by julian peters comics

Entering Sensuka Bay In this opening print of the series, the viewer is transported onto the deck of one of the steam-powered ferries linking Sensuka to Kadonde, on the other side of the Golden Strait. The steamer is rounding the … Continue reading →

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Video of “Spring and Fall” by Gerard Manley Hopkins

Posted on November 9, 2020 by julian peters comics

A beautiful and moving video by Jim Avis, pairing my comics adaptation of Gerard Manley Hopkins’s poem “Spring and Fall” with a musical interpretation of that same poem by Natalie Merchant. The original comics adaptation, along with 23 others, can … Continue reading →

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