A video interpretation by Jim Avis of my comics adaptation of Gerard Manley Hopkins’ “God’s Grandeur,” featuring a most distinguished and particularly well-enunciated reading by none other than His Royal Majesty, King Charles III.
The original comics adaptation, along with 23 others, can be found in my upcoming book, Nature Poems to See By: A Comic Artist Interprets More Great Poetry (Plough Publishing, 2026), now available for preorder.
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Similar (or same?) birds in the beginning and end, including what could be a phoenix (how appropriate) and/or Holy Spirit – clever.
The colour changes from nature, key technology, agriculture, forestry, industrialization and (what I see as) overpopulation are so effective. I like that when there are people, like the black and white crosswalk, I am encouraged to fill in the blanks. Great Gestalt task.
The graphics from foliage growing in the pavement, fiery earth, frothy ocean and natural reclamation – great depiction of cycles. The way you draw attention to the different aspects of the scenes – so effective.
Thank you for your art, Julian. Thank you, Jim, for this version
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Thank you, thank you, thank you! I’m glad the Holy Spirit as sunrise came through. I was pretty pleased with that one
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Thank you for the kind comments. You may notice that the vidiette is temporarily unavailable on this site because a revised version with more animation has been done which Julian will download. The “version 2” is also available now on our youtube channel, Julian Peters Comics Vidiettes. Check it out. https://youtu.be/j-SpqCLQD2w
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