Author Archives: julian peters comics

“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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259th anniversary of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham

Posted on September 13, 2018

On the morning of September 13, 1759 -also a Thursday like today- a British army under the command of General James Wolfe defeated a French army under the command of the Marquis Louis-Joseph de Montcalm just outside the walls of … Continue reading →

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Song from the Highest Tower

Posted on September 6, 2018

 

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Below Isola San Giulio

Posted on August 27, 2018

Like its larger and more well-known neighbours, Lake Maggiore and Lake Como, Lake Orta (il lago d’Orta) in Northern Italy is remarkably deep, measuring almost 150 metres at its deepest point. Given this fact, and the documented existence of dragons … Continue reading →

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