Category Archives: bande dessinée

Volume 2 of Le Canon graphique now in stores!

Posted on February 27, 2014 by julian peters comics

The second volume of the French-language edition of  The Graphic Canon, Russ Kick’s terrific anthology of graphic adaptations of the classics of world literature, is now available in fine bookstores near you (assuming you live in a French-speaking country). In … Continue reading →

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Julian Peters Comics at Expozine

Posted on November 14, 2013 by julian peters comics

Once again this year, I will be peddling my wares at Expozine, one of the world’s largest independent comics fairs. http://expozine.ca/en/fair/year-2013/ The fair takes place this weekend, Saturday November 16 and Sunday November 17, in the odorous crypts of the … Continue reading →

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Arthur Rimbaud – Chanson de la plus haute tour – Song from the Highest Tower

Posted on May 29, 2013 by julian peters comics

I’m not altogether satisfied with this image (still finding my feet with watercolour), although I like the composition. There too, though, I’m annoyed by an inconsistency in the shadows: Why doesn’t Rimbaud’s body cast a shadow on the floor along with … Continue reading →

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Arthur Rimbaud – “Sensations”

Posted on April 9, 2013 by julian peters comics

The very first poem I adapted into comics:

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Les Loups-Garous du Québec – Werewolves of Quebec

Posted on March 15, 2013 by julian peters comics

“L’on apprend de Saint-Roch, près du Cap Mauraska [Kamouraska], qu’il y a un loup-garou qui court les côtes sous la forme d’un mendiant, qui, avec le talent de persuader, et en promettant ce qu’il ne peut tenir, a celui d’obtenir … Continue reading →

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And Then Their Eyes Met

Posted on October 30, 2012 by julian peters comics

In honour of the Hallowe’en festivities, here are the two pages of sheer pagan depravity that were originally published in the Spring 2012 issue of Code-barres magazine.

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Soir d’hiver by Émile Nelligan

Posted on October 10, 2012 by julian peters comics

Possibly the most famous lines in the history of Quebec poetry, from Soir d’hiver (c.1898) by Émile Nelligan: “Oh! How the snow’s been snowing!/My window pane is a garden of frost./Oh! How the snow’s been snowing!/What’s the spasm of living/Next … Continue reading →

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Bataille de bouffe pour un continent

Posted on May 8, 2012 by julian peters comics

The Battle of the Plains of Abraham as a food fight. I proposed this comic for the annual comics competition organized by Hachette Canada, whose theme this year was “food”. I unfortunately did not win, but the creation of these pages … Continue reading →

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Jean Berger Project Q & A

Posted on February 17, 2012 by julian peters comics

As if adapting classic poems were too commercial, I am now working on a comic based on the lyrics of a a song written by an obscure turn-of-the-eighteenth-century Montreal painter, Jean Berger. The comic will appear in a show of … Continue reading →

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Le bateau ivre par Arthur Rimbaud

Posted on September 4, 2011 by julian peters comics

Mon adaptation du poème “Le bateau ivre” par Arthur Rimbaud (1871) en bandes-dessinées. Une traduction anglaise de cette BD apparaîtra prochainement dans l’anthologie “The Graphic Canon” éditée par Russ Kick et publiée par Seven Stories Press: http://www.sevenstories.com/book/?GCOI=58322100888750 (Note that in … Continue reading →

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