Category Archives: montreal

Leonard Cohen in The Tower of Song

Posted on November 16, 2016 by julian peters comics
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Translation of a Montreal song from 1709

Posted on November 15, 2016 by julian peters comics

Back in 2012, I created a comic based on the lyrics of a song written in 1709 by the Montreal painter, money forger, and jailbird Jean Berger (1681-?). Jean Berger was suspected of being involved in the beating of Saint-Olive, the … Continue reading →

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English Translation of Émile Nelligan’s “Déraison” and “Le Fou” in Winning Writers

Posted on September 1, 2016 by julian peters comics

The latest issue of the Winning Writers (https://winningwriters.com/) newsletter is out today, and it features my comics adaptation of nineteenth-century Montreal poet Émile Nelligan’s “Déraison” and “Le fou”, now accompanied with my English translation of the two poems. I am reproducing … Continue reading →

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Le Poète Public honours me with a poem!

Posted on July 30, 2016 by julian peters comics

A couple of days ago, one of my Italian students brought me a poem about me by Robert Séguin, Montreal’s very own public poet. Le Poète Public has set up his made-to-order poetry booth on Prince-Arthur Street, just next to … Continue reading →

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Julian Expozines Himself – 2014

Posted on November 13, 2014 by julian peters comics

      Once again this year, I’ll be aggressively hawking my wares at Expozine, one of North America’s largest independent press fairs. http://expozine.ca/en/ The fair takes place this weekend, Saturday November 15 and Sunday November 16, in the densely aromatic … 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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Stepping Out For A Walk in Verdun on A Sunny Day

Posted on November 20, 2012 by julian peters comics

Church bells from the high clouds swinging sunlight Through the branches swaying stair rails Gleaming star-crossed parents passing Red and gold brick streaming Past the corners of my eyes. Facades crumbling cement beavers Flying through the phone lines swooping Foliage … Continue reading →

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Jean Berger Project Q & A

Posted on February 17, 2012 by julian peters comics

As if adapting classic poems were too commercial, I am now working on a comic based on the lyrics of a a song written by an obscure turn-of-the-eighteenth-century Montreal painter, Jean Berger. The comic will appear in a show of … Continue reading →

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