Category Archives: comics

My drawings at the Papier 2017 Contemporary Art Fair

Posted on April 20, 2017 by julian peters comics

Montreal’s Papier is an art fair dedicated exclusively to the paper medium, one of the largest of its kind in North America and the largest contemporary art fair in Quebec. This year I will be among the up-and-coming and most … Continue reading →

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“East Coker” by T. S. Eliot

Posted on April 11, 2017 by julian peters comics

My visual adaptation of the last stanza of T. S. Eliot’s “East Coker,” the second poem of his Four Quartets. It was originally published in 1940. Eliot’s remains are interred in the parish church of St. Michael’s in East Coker, … Continue reading →

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Sneak peek at Battle of The Plains of Abraham graphic novel (inked version)

Posted on March 29, 2017 by julian peters comics

I am currently at work on “Each in His Narrow Cell,” a graphic novel recounting the siege of Quebec and the Battle of The Plains of Abraham in 1759. In revisiting this pivotal moment in Canadian history, my intention is … Continue reading →

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“T. S. Eliot’s ‘Little Gidding’: A Visual Interpretation” in Plough Quarterly

Posted on March 24, 2017 by julian peters comics

A few months ago, the American magazine Plough Quarterly commissioned me to create a comics adaptation of the celebrated final section of T. S. Eliot’s poem “Little Gidding”, the last of his Four Quartets. The comic is now up on … Continue reading →

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First Inked and Coloured Page of My Graphic Novel

Posted on March 14, 2017 by julian peters comics

I am currently at work on a graphic novel recounting the siege of Quebec and the Battle of The Plains of Abraham in 1759. After drawing out a 60-page sample section in pencil, I have begun the process of inking … 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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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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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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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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