Category Archives: comic book poetry

“The Waste Land” by T. S. Eliot, page 11

Posted on June 11, 2024 by julian peters comics

Every week on this site, I will be publishing a new page from my ongoing comics adaptation of “The Burial of the Dead,” the first section of T. S. Eliot’s epochal poem “The Waste Land” (Click on image to enlarge). … Continue reading →

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“The Waste Land” by T. S. Eliot, page 10

Posted on June 4, 2024 by julian peters comics

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“The Waste Land” by T. S. Eliot, page 9

Posted on May 28, 2024 by julian peters comics

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“The Waste Land” by T. S. Eliot, page 1

Posted on April 2, 2024 by julian peters comics

Ever since completing my comics adaptation of T. S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” I have wanted to do something similar with Eliot’s most famous and celebrated poem, “The Waste Land.” But besides being extremely complex and … Continue reading →

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“Il porto sepolto” di Giuseppe Ungaretti

Posted on February 19, 2024 by julian peters comics

My graphic interpretation of the 1916 poem “Il porto sepolto” (“The Buried Port”) by the great Italian poet Giuseppe Ungaretti (1888-1970). This comic originally appeared in the third issue of “Junior Poetry Magazine,” an Italian magazine of poetry for young … Continue reading →

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“God’s Grandeur” by Gerard Manley Hopkins

Posted on October 23, 2023 by julian peters comics

My comics adaptation of “Gods Grandeur,”a sonnet by the English poet Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889). Considered one of the most influential poets of the 19th century, Hopkins converted to Catholicism in 1866 and eventually became a Jesuit priest. This comic … Continue reading →

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MA in Comics Studies at The University of East Anglia promo video

Posted on January 22, 2021 by julian peters comics

Check out this awesome promo video for the MA Programme in Comics Studies at the University of East Anglia (the first English-language program of its kind in the world), which is being headed up by my dear friend Frederik Byrn … Continue reading →

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Interview in the Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics

Posted on January 14, 2021 by julian peters comics

Exciting news! Rajesh Panhathodi (University of Hong Kong), Augustine George (Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, India,) and Aswin Prasanth (Amrita School of Arts and Sciences) have published an interview with me in the Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics. … Continue reading →

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Video of “may my heart always be open to little” by e e cummings

Posted on September 23, 2020 by julian peters comics

A delightful interpretation by Jim Avis of one my poetry comics, this time my adaptation of “may my hear always be open to little” by e e cummings. The original comics adaptation, along with 23 others, can be found in … Continue reading →

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Video of “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden

Posted on July 27, 2020 by julian peters comics

Another video interpretation by Jim Avis of my comics interpretation of the poem “Those winter Sundays” by the American poet Robert Hayden (who by the way studied under W. H. Auden, who was featured in the last Jim Avis video … Continue reading →

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