Author Archives: julian peters comics

Il deserto dei tartari

Posted on February 3, 2019 by julian peters comics

  “Guardateli, Giovanni Drogo e il suo cavallo, come sono piccoli sul fianco delle montagne che si fanno sempre più grandi e selvagge. Egli continua a salire per arrivare alla Fortezza in giornata, ma più svelte di lui, dal fondo, … Continue reading →

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“One Day I Decided I Wanted to Draw Comics”

Posted on December 21, 2018 by julian peters comics

Again from Yerp Magazine‘s second anniversary special issue from 1989, here is a comic I drew at age 10 recounting the moment I announced to my parents that I wanted to become a comics artist. For the record, neither of … Continue reading →

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My First Poetry Comic – “Yerp’s Battle of Bannockburn”

Posted on December 10, 2018 by julian peters comics

It has been found! Here is my very first comics adaptation of a work of classic poetry, created in 1989, when I was ten years old. It features Yerp the crocodile, the star of almost all my comics from those … Continue reading →

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Crayola Fall Sketches

Posted on November 27, 2018 by julian peters comics

I haven’t been posting much new work these last couple of months, mostly because I’ve been teaching at four different school this semester and have had time for little else (I have, however, been doing a fair bit of doodling, … Continue reading →

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Link to my interview for The Bridge on CBC Radio

Posted on November 20, 2018 by julian peters comics

My conversation with Nantali Indongo for CBC Montreal’s arts and radio program The Bridge is now online on the CBC website: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1373130819911 During the course of the interview talk I present four songs that hold a special significance for me … Continue reading →

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Check out my interview for The Bridge on CBC Radio!

Posted on November 16, 2018 by julian peters comics

A couple of weeks ago I was interviewed by Nantali Indongo for CBC Montreal’s arts and radio program The Bridge. In addition to discussing my comics projects and the relationship between poetry and comics, I will talk about four songs … Continue reading →

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“Before the Battle” by Siegfried Sassoon

Posted on November 11, 2018 by julian peters comics

In honour of Remembrance Day and of the hundredth anniversary of the end of WWI, an adaptation of a poem by my favourite war poet, Siegfried Sassoon. Sassoon (1886-1967) wrote this poem only a few days before the Battle of … Continue reading →

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The Iguana

Posted on October 14, 2018 by julian peters comics

Anna Maria Ortese’s 1965 novel L’iguana (translated into English from the original Italian as The Iguana in 1987) tells the tale of Count Aleardo, a wealthy young Milanese aristocrat who arrives on a tiny island off the coast of Portugal … Continue reading →

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Talk at the Visual Arts Centre

Posted on October 9, 2018 by julian peters comics

Tomorrow evening I’ll be giving a talk on the curious relationship between two art forms: poetry and comics! The event is free of charge and all are welcome. Hope to see some of you there!  

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Le Grand Meaulnes

Posted on September 22, 2018 by julian peters comics

Today marks the 104th anniversary of the death of the French novelist Alain-Fournier. Henri Alban-Fournier (Alain-Fournier was a pen name) was killed in action on September 22nd, 1914, the last day of summer, at the onset of a long dark … Continue reading →

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