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Comics
“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T.S. Eliot
Category Archives: bande dessinée
Les aventures de Marcel Proust : À la recherche du temps perdu
Marcel Proust’s seven-volume magnum opus, À la recherche du temps perdu, is often cited as the greatest novel of the twentieth century. Four completed volumes in, I feel this is an assessment I could definitely see myself subscribing to. Long … Continue reading
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Tagged a la recherche du temps perdu, alla ricerca del tempo perduto, bande-dessinée, combray, comics, hergé, hudimesnil, in search of lost time, madeleine, madeleine de proust, marcel proust, Montreal, remembrance of things past, Tintin, translation
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Video of “Not Waving But Drowning” by Stevie Smith
Jim Avis has put together a haunting animated version of my comics interpretation of “Not Waving But Drowning,” a poem by the English poet Stevie Smith (1902-1971). The excellent reading is by Janet Harris. You can find 24 other such … Continue reading
Proust’s Madeleine – An illustration of “À la Recherche du temps perdu”
A watercolour illustrating the most iconic passage in the seemingly endless and endlessly beautiful collection and analysis of memories that is Marcel Proust’s multi-volume novel, “À la Recherche du temps perdu” (“In Search of Lost Time”). “Et tout d’un coup … Continue reading
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Tagged à la recherche du temps perdu, c. k. scott moncrieff, combray, du côtè de chez swann, illustration, in search of lost time, madeleine, madeleine de proust, marcel proust, memory, Montreal, remembrance of things past, swann's way, tea, teacup, terence kilmartin, watercolor
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“La città radiosa” (“The Radiant City”) by Vincenzo Mascolo
My adaptation of comics of a poem by the Italian poet Vincenzo Mascolo. The poem represents a section of a long poetic cycle (still in progress) titled “Orphée,” which is in turn inspired by the modern classical album of the … Continue reading
Posted in "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Eliot, bande dessinée, comics, Imaginary City, Poetry, Poetry Comics
Tagged città invisibili, Dante, Inferno, invisible cities, italo calvino, johann johannsson, la città ideale, la città radiosa, le corbusier, orphée, T. S. Eliot, tecla, the ideal city, the love song of j. alfred prufrock, the radiant city, ville radieuse, Vincenzo Mascolo
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Video of “Because I could not stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson
Another sensitive and ingenious adaptation of one of my poetry comics by Jim Avis. This time it’s the celebrated Emily Dickinson poem, “Because I could not stop for Death.” The reading is by the great Cynthia Nixon. The comics … Continue reading
Registration open for my Fall classes at the Visual Arts Centre!
This beautiful visual rendition of Harold Monro’s beautiful 1914 poem “Overheard on a Saltmarsh” was created by Linda Dyer, a student in my Fall 2018 Drawing and Illustration class. I’m excited to once again be teaching two classes at the … Continue reading
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Tagged centre des arts visuels, comics classes, cours d'illustration, cours de bande dessinee, harold monro, illustration classes, linda dyer, Montreal, overheard on a salt marsh, visual arts centre
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“Rimbaud Warriors” by Richard Gaitet in stores now!
Richard Gaitet’s “Rimbaud Warriors,” out today from Éditions Paulsen, recounts the author’s journey by foot from Charleville, France to Charleroi, Belgium, retracing the route taken by Arthur Rimbaud in the fall of 1870. It was during the course of this … Continue reading
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Tagged Arthur Rimbaud, editions paulsen, fugue, guerin, richard gaitet, rimabud warriors
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Link to my interview for The Bridge on CBC Radio
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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Tagged cbc radio, comics, interview, nantali indongo, poetry, the bridge
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Check out my interview for The Bridge on CBC Radio!
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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Tagged cbc radio, comics, interview, nantali indongo, poetry, the bridge
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“Before the Battle” by Siegfried Sassoon
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