Category Archives: Imaginary City

Views of an Imaginary City 15: Hot Air Lantern Display

Posted on February 24, 2021 by julian peters comics

For centuries, it has been a tradition throughout the empire to mark the eve of Midsummer (considered to be the first new moon after the summer solstice) with a nighttime display of takarnalu. These are paper lanterns mounted around a … Continue reading →

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My Painting in the Hope International Online Art Exhibition 2021

Posted on February 19, 2021 by julian peters comics

I’m honoured to have my painting “View of an Imaginary City: The Terenfi Canal” included in the Hope International Online Art Exhibition 2021 (organized by Karkhana Art Space), alongside so many amazing works of art by artists from all over … Continue reading →

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Views of an Imaginary City 15: Imperial Water Riding Club on Golangolu

Posted on February 10, 2021 by julian peters comics

The Imperial Water Riding Club is a prestigious private club dedicated to the aristocratic sport of water riding—the riding of horses while they are swimming. The association’s palatial clubhouse sits on the shores of Golangolu (“Long Lake”), the largest of … Continue reading →

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Views of an Imaginary City 11: Along the Terenfi Canal

Posted on January 26, 2021 by julian peters comics

The Nachilaterenfi (“Canal of Flowers”) connects the Imperial Canal to Rejoma Bay. It is so named because, in its early days, before its surroundings became one of the most built-up areas of the capital, the banks of the canal were … Continue reading →

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Views of an Imaginary City 7: Tizabu Park and Tizabu Prison

Posted on January 12, 2021 by julian peters comics

Sensuka, to be sure, is a place of endless fascination and delight. It can also, however, be a singularly heartless place. When one enters Sensuka Harbour and first looks out upon the colonnaded wharves and polychrome marble facades rising from … Continue reading →

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Views of an Imaginary City 6: Dastazuriki in the Little Switzerland Neighbourhood

Posted on December 28, 2020 by julian peters comics

Western traders first arrived in Sensuka soon after the city’s founding by the emperor Bulodi I as his new imperial capital. Two decades later, however, following a moral panic over the corrupting influence of Western values, religious beliefs, and food, … Continue reading →

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Views of an Imaginary City 2: The Teposensuki or “Lovers’ Bridge”

Posted on November 18, 2020 by julian peters comics

The Teposensuki (“Sensuka Bridge”) is the widest and most monumental of the bridges spanning the Juminta River in the central area of the city known as the Kadini (“Nest”). It is also notable for being the sole bridge in the … Continue reading →

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“La città radiosa” (“The Radiant City”) by Vincenzo Mascolo

Posted on July 11, 2020 by julian peters comics

My adaptation of comics of a poem by the Italian poet Vincenzo Mascolo. The poem represents a section of a long poetic cycle (still in progress) titled “Orphée,” which is in turn inspired  by the modern classical album of the … 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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“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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