Category Archives: humour

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 “Invictus” by William Ernest Henley

Posted on August 21, 2020 by julian peters comics

A new video interpretation by Jim Davis of my comics adaptation of William Ernest  Henley’s classic poem “Invictus” (1875). Avis has added a surprise flourish to the final drawing, one that I feel is in keeping with Henley’s theme of … Continue reading →

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“One Day I Decided I Wanted to Draw Comics”

Posted on December 21, 2018 by julian peters comics

Again from Yerp Magazine‘s second anniversary special issue from 1989, here is a comic I drew at age 10 recounting the moment I announced to my parents that I wanted to become a comics artist. For the record, neither of … Continue reading →

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Assurart Drawings -Papier 2017

Posted on May 15, 2017 by julian peters comics

Here are the twelve drawings that I created to decorate Assurart‘s booth at the most recent edition of Papier (Montreal), Quebec’s largest contemporary art fair. Assurart is an insurance company specializing in art insurance, and my drawings were intended to … Continue reading →

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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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Redecoration

Posted on March 4, 2016 by julian peters comics
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Funny pages

Posted on January 25, 2014 by julian peters comics

Although my comics are rarely all that comical, I do occasionally try for a laugh in writing. I have started gathering some of these attempts at humour together on a page on my website, here: https://julianpeterscomics.com/humour-writing/ More to follow!

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My Encounter with Egon Schiele

Posted on April 24, 2013 by julian peters comics

A few weeks ago, I was sitting on the terrace outside of a Kaffeehaus in Vienna when I was approached by this spindly-framed, spiky-haired fellow holding a fold up easel and a paint-box. “Do your portrait, mein herr? Tventy-five euros!” “Twenty-five … Continue reading →

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“A Lesson in Poetry” – An Exercise in Deliberately Self-Important Fiction

Posted on February 6, 2013 by julian peters comics

Jack stared broodingly out the window at the falling snow, and as he did so, he reflected that he himself was like that snow, ethereal and pure, fallen down to earth only to be trampled underfoot by unfeeling, indifferent passersby, … Continue reading →

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Shavember, 1882

Posted on November 2, 2012 by julian peters comics
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