Category Archives: illustration

Rimbaud bares his knuckles for Bareknuckle Poet

Posted on October 7, 2014 by julian peters comics

I’m pleased to announce that a specially comissioned drawing of a roughed-up-looking Arthur Rimbaud by yours truly is now being used as an official header for Bareknuckle Poet, the fantastic Australian on-line journal of letters: http://bareknucklepoet.com/ This design is now … Continue reading →

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“Sensuka”- A Poem by Alice Elm (English Version)

Posted on February 11, 2014 by julian peters comics

(In a post from a few months ago, I published a beautiful poem by the Montreal writer Alice Elm that was directly inspired by my on-going “Views of an Imaginary City” series. Now Alice has composed an English version of … Continue reading →

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Nelligan à Cacouna

Posted on January 14, 2014 by julian peters comics

The Montreal writer and poet Diane G. Paquin and I have begun collaborating on a project (in French) centered around the famed Quebec poet Émile Nelligan (1879-1941). Here is a little preview. This scene is set in Cacouna, then a … Continue reading →

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“Sensuka” – A Poem by Alice Elm – Un poème d’Alice Elm

Posted on December 17, 2013 by julian peters comics

The Montreal poet and writer Alice Elm has written a stunningly beautiful poem, in French, that is directly inspired by my on-going “Views of an Imaginary City” series. The name of my invented city, which gives its name to this … Continue reading →

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J. Alred Prufrock in The Boston Globe!

Posted on December 3, 2013 by julian peters comics

“‘Archie,’ ‘Garfield,’ ‘Spider-Man,’ ‘Dilbert,’ ‘Dick Tracy,’ and ‘J. Alfred Prufrock’?” A wonderful profile of my Prufrock comic in The Boston Globe. As a kid I was obsessed with Calvin & Hobbes and The Far Side, and I often dreamed of … Continue reading →

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Illustrating Poetry Interview Part 2

Posted on November 27, 2013 by julian peters comics

Here is the second half of my interview with Neelima Vinod for her highly-recommended neelthemuse blog, which discusses and promotes poetry in all its forms. http://neelthemuse.wordpress.com/2013/11/27/illustrating-poetry-with-julian-peters-part-2/

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Views of an Imaginary City XI – A Schoolyard in Peleosti

Posted on November 19, 2013 by julian peters comics

A Schoolyard in Peleosti Not only time, but distance too, appears much extended when one is a child, and by a far greater factor than can be accounted for simply by one’s smaller size. In this view from within a schoolyard in the Peleosti … Continue reading →

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Views of an Imaginary City X – The Convent of the Holy Virgin of the Most Pure and Immaculate Heart

Posted on November 12, 2013 by julian peters comics

X – The Convent of the Holy Virgin of the Most Pure and Immaculate Heart All foreign faiths are tolerated within the territory of the Empire, so long as they do not interfere with the ruling authorities in secular matters. Catholicism … Continue reading →

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J. Alfred Prufrock in Slate!

Posted on November 11, 2013 by julian peters comics

My Prufrock adaptation made it into Slate Magazine. Very exciting! http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/11/11/j_alfred_prufrock_comic_t_s_eliot_poem_illustrated_by_julian_peters.html

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Pen, Ink, Passion!

Posted on November 11, 2013 by julian peters comics

Vaishna Roy has written an absurdly flattering profile of my work in the pages of The Hindu, India’s third-largest (but henceforth my favourite) English-language daily: http://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine/pen-ink-passion/article5335369.ece

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