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Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn for Aklasu Magazine

Posted on August 17, 2015 by julian peters comics

Here’s my illustration for an article appearing today on Aklasu Online Men’s Magazine. The article looks at the influence of classic “screwball comedies” on contemporary cinema. You can read it here: https://aklasu.co/great-screwballs-fire-emergence-neo-screwball-comedy/ My drawing is based on a scene from … Continue reading →

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“Sono una creatura” di Giuseppe Ungaretti (versione originale)

Posted on July 29, 2015 by julian peters comics

Last year, I created a comics adaptation of a translation of “Sono una creatura,” an Italian WWI poem by Giuseppe Ungaretti (1888-1970). The translation, titled “I Am a Creature” was done by Dr. Marco Sonzogni and Dr. Ross Woods of … Continue reading →

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Lake Orta Sketchbook

Posted on July 22, 2015 by julian peters comics

I just got back from a holiday on Lake Orta, in Northern Italy. As has been demonstrated in a number of scientific studies, Lake Orta is the most beautiful spot on earth. It also happens to be where I spent … Continue reading →

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“The Given Note” by Seamus Heaney

Posted on July 2, 2015 by julian peters comics

“The Given Note” by Seamus Heaney (1939-2013) first appeared in the Nobel Prize-winning Irish poet’s second collection, Door into the Dark (1969).  It was the only one of his poems to be read at his funeral. “The Given Note” takes … Continue reading →

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“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” Comic at the Ellis Library (University of Missouri)

Posted on June 2, 2015 by julian peters comics

Much to my delight, several pages from my comics adaptation of T. S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” are included in an exhibit currently being held at the Ellis Library of the University of Missouri. The exhibit … Continue reading →

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“In Flanders Fields” in The Four Quarters Magazine

Posted on May 25, 2015 by julian peters comics

I am honoured to have my recent adaptation of John McCrae’s iconic WWI poem, “In Flanders Fields” (1915), featured in the newest issue of The Four Quarters Magazine, an online literary magazine based in India: http://tfqm.org/

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“All Right There, Soldier?” by Vincent O’Sullivan

Posted on May 20, 2015 by julian peters comics

Last April, on the invitation of Dr. Marco Sonzogni, Director of the New Zealand Centre for Literary Translation http://www.victoria.ac.nz/slc/nzclt, and of Dr. Sydney Shep, Director of Wai-te-Ata Press http://www.victoria.ac.nz/wtapress/, I took part in a month-long “cartoonist’s residency” at the University … Continue reading →

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Duomo di Pioppi – Poplar Duomo

Posted on May 10, 2015 by julian peters comics

A few months ago I learned that my entry was among the five finalists in an international competition to create the cover image for an Italian graphic novel recounting the history of the city of Milan from an environmentalist perspective. … Continue reading →

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“Entrenchments 2015” – Daily Drawings and an Interview with Radio New Zealand

Posted on April 26, 2015 by julian peters comics

For the past four weeks I have been in beautiful Wellington, New Zealand, where I have the extraordinary privilege of participating in “Entrenchments 2015”, a commemorative project at Victoria University of Wellington. “Entrenchments” is an initiative of Dr. Marco Sonzogni, … Continue reading →

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“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T. S. Eliot – Page 19

Posted on April 13, 2015 by julian peters comics

The next page of my comics adaptation of “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T. S. Eliot (click on image to enlarge):

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