Author Archives: julian peters comics

White on Black Sketch #4 – Dante’s Inferno

Posted on January 25, 2017 by julian peters comics

In the last canto of Dante’s Inferno, the Florentine poet arrives at the center of the final circle of Hell, where he lays eyes on Lucifer himself. Here Hell has literally frozen over, and the Devil is described as encased … Continue reading →

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Heresy’s musical adaptation of “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T. S. Eliot featuring my comic -Full video now available!

Posted on January 20, 2017 by julian peters comics

And what a monumental and magnificent creation it is! Heresy is a New York-based progressive rock band that has been playing together since the 70s. Prufrock, their first album since 1989, includes this wonderful 16-song suite setting to music of … Continue reading →

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Teaching English Literature Through Comics – In Flanders Fields at Collège Anna de Noailles

Posted on January 18, 2017 by julian peters comics

One of the most rewarding aspects of creating poetry comics for me is hearing from teachers all around the world, from Armenia to the Philippines to Spain to right here in Montreal, that are using my work as a learning … Continue reading →

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White on Black Sketch #3 – “Thinking of You” (Shiudiao Getou) II

Posted on January 12, 2017 by julian peters comics

In honour of the first full moon of 2017 (and the last of the Year of the Monkey), here is another white-gouache-on-black-paper sketch inspired by “Shiudiao Getou,” a famous poem by the 11th-century Chinese poet Su Shi (or Su Tungpo). … Continue reading →

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Preview of video for Heresy’s musical adaptation of “Prufrock” featuring images from my comic

Posted on January 5, 2017 by julian peters comics

Heresy is a New York-based progressive rock band that has been playing together since the 70s. A few months ago they released Prufrock, their first album since 1989, which includes a 16-song suite setting to music “The Love Song of J. … Continue reading →

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White on Black Sketch #2 “Thinking of You” (Shuidiao Getou) – a poem by Su Shi

Posted on December 14, 2016 by julian peters comics

In honour of tonight’s full moon, a white-gouache-on-black-paper sketch inspired by a poem by the 11th-century Chinese poet Su Shi (also known as Su Tungpo). The poem is set to the traditional Chinese melody “Shuidiao Getou” (“thinking of you”). You … Continue reading →

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White on Black Sketch #1

Posted on November 29, 2016 by julian peters comics

Fantasy landscape painted in white opaque watercolour on black paper. The composition and perspective are a little wonky because I started painting directly on the blank page (or rather black void), inventing the scene as I went along.

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Massacre at Saint-Joachim

Posted on November 28, 2016 by julian peters comics

Throughout their siege of Quebec City in the summer of 1759, the British went about systematically raiding and destroying the French settlements both upriver and downriver from the capital of New France. During one such raid on the village of … Continue reading →

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Leonard Cohen in The Tower of Song

Posted on November 16, 2016 by julian peters comics
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Translation of a Montreal song from 1709

Posted on November 15, 2016 by julian peters comics

Back in 2012, I created a comic based on the lyrics of a song written in 1709 by the Montreal painter, money forger, and jailbird Jean Berger (1681-?). Jean Berger was suspected of being involved in the beating of Saint-Olive, the … Continue reading →

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