Author Archives: julian peters comics

The Apogee of the Roman Empire

Posted on July 3, 2017 by julian peters comics

The Roman Empire reached its apogee on the evening of August 12th, 121 C.E. in the seaside city of Brundisium, in the province of Italia. At this time, the retired centurion Gaius Sextius Baculus and his wife Popillia were dining … Continue reading →

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Profiles in Leadership – James Wolfe

Posted on June 17, 2017 by julian peters comics
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“The Personal City” by Dino Buzzati (A Translation)

Posted on June 12, 2017 by julian peters comics

(Here is my translation of a short story –or is it a kind of prose poem?– by the Italian author Dino Buzzati (1906-1972). It is a piece I find very poignant, and not just because I also used to have … Continue reading →

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From The Look in Her Eyes, I Knew – A Villanelle

Posted on May 31, 2017 by julian peters comics

From The Look in Her Eyes, I Knew – A Villanelle From the look in her eyes, I knew She was riding to meet a guy. But is any of this even true? There’s no end to what I’ll construe … Continue reading →

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Creative Workshop and Panel Discussion at the FBDM!

Posted on May 26, 2017 by julian peters comics

The 6th edition of the Festival BD de Montréal Comics Arts Festival begins today and continues through to Sunday. I will be present with a booth on Saturday only, 10:00-17:30 at which time I’ll be selling some zines and prints … Continue reading →

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Noah’s Ark

Posted on May 23, 2017 by julian peters comics

I created this watercolour painting as a recent baptism gift for my godson. Since my godson is genetically predisposed to becoming a wide-ranging and unconventional thinker, I decided that my depiction of Noah’s ark would eschew the usual elephants, lions, … Continue reading →

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Assurart Drawings -Papier 2017

Posted on May 15, 2017 by julian peters comics

Here are the twelve drawings that I created to decorate Assurart‘s booth at the most recent edition of Papier (Montreal), Quebec’s largest contemporary art fair. Assurart is an insurance company specializing in art insurance, and my drawings were intended to … Continue reading →

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Listen to my French-language interview on “Les Oreilles d’Anne”

Posted on May 3, 2017 by julian peters comics

I recently participated in an episode of “Les Oreilles d’Anne,” a radio show normally broadcast out of Nantes, France. Its two hosts, Florent Bouchardeau and Lisa Focken, were in Montreal at the tail end of a trip across Eastern Canada, … Continue reading →

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The Bombardment of Quebec – Colourized

Posted on April 24, 2017 by julian peters comics

Here are two pages from “Each in His Narrow Cell,” my ongoing graphic novel project recounting the siege of Quebec and the Battle of The Plains of Abraham in 1759. All the characters from a particular nation are depicted in … Continue reading →

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My drawings at the Papier 2017 Contemporary Art Fair

Posted on April 20, 2017 by julian peters comics

Montreal’s Papier is an art fair dedicated exclusively to the paper medium, one of the largest of its kind in North America and the largest contemporary art fair in Quebec. This year I will be among the up-and-coming and most … Continue reading →

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