Category Archives: illustration

Lord Shiva atop Mount Kailash

Posted on January 24, 2022 by julian peters comics

Mount Kailash stands 6638 metres above sea level in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, near the borders of both India and Tibet. In Hinduism, the mountain is identified as the abode of Shiva, God of Destruction and of Time, … Continue reading →

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Happy Holidays 2021! A Glimmer of Hope on the Horizon?

Posted on December 13, 2021 by julian peters comics

This year again I was commissioned by the Montreal financial services firm ASSURART Inc. to create an image for their company holiday card. The scene is set at the intersection of rue Hickson and rue de Verdun, a few blocks … Continue reading →

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Views of an Imaginary City 47: Cloud Oracle at Marikora

Posted on October 12, 2021 by julian peters comics

The earliest inhabitants of the region of Sensuka were water worshippers. They looked upon the clouds as constituting the genitals of the Great Divine Water Being, from which all waters originally sprang forth. It was water’s floating, condensed form that … Continue reading →

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Views of an Imaginary City 44: Bird Temple in Peleosti

Posted on September 8, 2021 by julian peters comics

The view is from a hill in the Peleosti district, overlooking a skyline dominated by the dome of the Chogyan Temple of Tofa, the Luck Goddess. Occupying the majority of the picture plane, however, is a close-up depiction of what … Continue reading →

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Views of an Imaginary City 33: View of Orepi Tower

Posted on July 26, 2021 by julian peters comics

Orepi Tower is perhaps Sensuka’s most iconic building. Even those foreigners who know next to nothing about the city may recognize it as “that barber’s pole tower.” The tower was built under the empress Nanéh as a monument to her … Continue reading →

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Video of “Stairs Appear in a Hole Outside of Town” by John Philip Johnson

Posted on July 19, 2021 by julian peters comics

Jim Avis’s video adaptation of my comics rendition of John Philip Johnson’s beautifully unsettling poem, “Stairs appear in a Hole Outside of Town.” The poem is read by the author himself. Side note: I’ve recently become very intrigued by the … Continue reading →

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Video of “Not Waving But Drowning” by Stevie Smith

Posted on June 30, 2021 by julian peters comics

Jim Avis has put together a haunting animated version of my comics interpretation of “Not Waving But Drowning,” a poem by the English poet Stevie Smith (1902-1971). The excellent reading is by Janet Harris. You can find 24 other such … Continue reading →

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Views of an Imaginary City 37: Inside the Imperial Library

Posted on June 23, 2021 by julian peters comics

The Imperial Library in the Kaduyorma (See n. 4) holds the largest collection of books in all of the empire. Indeed, it is supposed to house all of the books ever published in the imperial domains since the advent there … Continue reading →

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Views of an Imaginary City 32: Along the Tizabu Canal

Posted on May 25, 2021 by julian peters comics

The Nefirobe neighbourhood sits on a small hill at the northern end of the Lekaro district, just to the west of the much larger hill of Labetachi. In the reigns of Bulodi II and of the empress Aritokéhhe neighbourhood was … Continue reading →

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Views of an Imaginary City 29: A Schoolyard in Topla

Posted on May 3, 2021 by julian peters comics

In Sensuka, some very basic primary education is offered free of charge by monasteries and temple organizations. For those families who can afford the moderate fees, however, there is also the option of sending their children to a kadilu (from … Continue reading →

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