Category Archives: illustration

Aklasu Magazine Cover

Posted on October 17, 2014 by julian peters comics

Check out the latest issue of the online culture and men’s fashion magazine Aklasu, featuring a cover image by yours truly: http://mag.aklasu.co Aklasu is also a purveyor of high quality handmade Italian neckties, bowties, ascots and pochettes, available for purchase … Continue reading →

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New Rimbaud T-shirt from Bareknuckle Poet!

Posted on October 9, 2014 by julian peters comics

Bareknuckle Poet has now put out a third t-shirt design featuring one of my drawings of Rimbaud. Why not collect them all? As you can see, my drawing (from 10 years ago now!)  is closely based on two contemporary drawings … Continue reading →

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Julian Peters Comics now on twitter!

Posted on October 8, 2014 by julian peters comics

Please follow me so that I don’t feel like a loser! Tweets by jpeterscomics

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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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