Author Archives: julian peters comics

Crayola Fall Sketches

Posted on November 27, 2018

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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