Category Archives: comics

“Graphic and Digital Keats: ‘La Belle Dame sans Merci’ in Poetry Comics” – An Article by Brian Bates

Posted on March 9, 2016 by julian peters comics

Brian Bates, a Romanticism scholar teaching at Cal Poly State University in San Luis Obispo, California, has published an article on the subject of three graphic adaptations of John Keats’s 1819 poem, “La Belle Dame Sans Merci.” Along with my … Continue reading →

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Poetry Comics Presentations at Collège Militaire Royal de Saint-Jean

Posted on March 1, 2016 by julian peters comics

Last Tuesday, I gave three presentations (two in French and one in English) to the students of the Collège Militaire Royal in Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu. The subject was my work adapting classic poetry into comics. I thoroughly enjoyed the experience and was … Continue reading →

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“Dora Markus” by Eugenio Montale (English translation)

Posted on February 1, 2016 by julian peters comics

A couple of months ago, I created a comics adaptation of an extract from the poem “Dora Markus” by Eugenio Montale (1896-1981). The comic was commissioned by Atelier, Italy’s leading online poetry magazine. I subsequently asked my old collaborators Dr. … Continue reading →

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J. Alfred Prufrock on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert!

Posted on January 16, 2016 by julian peters comics

Last night’s episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert featured a “Friday Night Fights” showdown pitting T. S. Eliot’s coffee-spoon-wielding time murderer J. Alfred Prufrock against Darth Vader’s grandson and known Universe disturber Kylo Ren, from the new Star … Continue reading →

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Ungaretti’s Dead Comrade Identified? – An Article by Mario Colombo

Posted on December 23, 2015 by julian peters comics

One hundred years ago today, on the 23rd of December, 1915, Giuseppe Ungaretti wrote what would become one of the most famous Italian poems of the First World War,  the very short but infinitely moving “Veglia” (“Vigil”). The 27-year-old poet … Continue reading →

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Interview with Blues.Gr

Posted on December 7, 2015 by julian peters comics

I recently gave an interview to Michalis Limnios of Blues.Gr, an online forum dedicated to the promotion of blues music in Greece. I’m feeling quite honoured, as Limnios has conducted interviews on behalf of Blues.Gr with a number of the … Continue reading →

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Julian Expozines Himself Once Again (Sunday only)

Posted on November 13, 2015 by julian peters comics

Once again this year I will have a table at Expozine, Montreal’s comics and zine fair, FOR THE SUNDAY ONLY (November 15). The fair takes place in the basement of L’église Saint-Enfant-Jésus du Mile-End (5035 St-Dominique Street), from 12h-18h. http://expozine.ca/en/

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“Dora Markus” by Eugenio Montale in “Atelier” Magazine

Posted on November 12, 2015 by julian peters comics

My adaptation of a passage from the poem “Dora Markus” by the great Italian poet Eugenio Montale (1896-1981) appears today in “Atelier”, Italy’s leading online poetry magazine. View the full 1-page comic on their website here: http://www.atelierpoesia.it/portal/poesia-arte/comics-by-j-peters/dora-markus-di-eugenio-montale/313 Curiously, Montale originally … Continue reading →

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“In Flanders Field” by John McCrae (1915)

Posted on November 11, 2015 by julian peters comics

In honour of Remembrance Day, I am reposting my adaptation into comics of “In Flanders Fields) the famous WWI poem by John McCrae. The poem was originally created as part of my residency at the Victoria University of Wellington in … Continue reading →

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“There Have Come Soft Rains” by John Philip Johnson in Rattle Magazine

Posted on November 6, 2015 by julian peters comics

Last year, I illustrated  “Stairs Appear in a Hole Outside of Town” a poem by the American  poet John Philip Johnson:  https://julianpeterscomics.com/stairs-appear-in-a-hole-outside-of-town-by-john-philip-johnson/. The poetry comic was included in Graphic Poetry, a groundbreaking collection of visual interpretations of Johnson’s surreal and … Continue reading →

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