Category Archives: Poetry

Poem Illustrations by Manuele Fior

Posted on October 27, 2014 by julian peters comics

One of my favourite contemporary Italian cartoonists, Manuele Fior, is presently illustrating classic poems from world literature in a wide var iety of styles: http://www.manuelefior.com/ I think one of my favourites so far is this illustration of Rimbaud’s “Le Coeur … Continue reading →

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“The Art of Poetry, with Julian Peters”

Posted on August 15, 2014 by julian peters comics

A recent interview with the India-based arts & culture magazine Eye: http://www.aneyezine.com/the-art-of-poetry-with-julian-peters/

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“Fratelli” by Giuseppe Ungaretti

Posted on June 26, 2014 by julian peters comics

Here is my adaptation of another WWI poem by Giuseppe Ungaretti. Once again, the English translation is by Marco Sonzogni and Ross Woods. The comic is the product of an ongoing collaboration with Sonzogni and Woods, and with the New … Continue reading →

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“Vigil” by Giuseppe Ungaretti

Posted on June 19, 2014 by julian peters comics

Here is my adaptation of “Veglia,” a short poem by the Italian poet Giuseppe Ungaretti. The poem was translated into English by Marco Sonzogni and Ross Woods, two professors at Victoria University of Wellington, in New Zealand. This comic is … Continue reading →

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“Witch-Wife” in “Splitting the Genre: An Intersection of Poetry & Visual Art”

Posted on June 17, 2014 by julian peters comics

Six Arrow press is a new literary press based in San Diego. They have just released their first book, an anthology of creative combinations of poetry and visual art. I am pleased to announce that my adaptation into comics of … Continue reading →

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“Witch-Wife” by Edna St. Vincent Millay

Posted on June 16, 2014 by julian peters comics

Here is my adaptation of an Edna St. Vincent Millay poem first published in 1917. In her wonderful biography of Millay, Savage Beauty, Nancy Milford describes “Witch-Wife” as “clearly something of a self-portrait,” and that is the interpretation that I … Continue reading →

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“And Suddenly It’s Evening”

Posted on June 11, 2014 by julian peters comics

Here is an English version of my comic-strip adaptation of the Italian poet Salvatore Quasimodo’s iconic poem “Ed è subito sera” (“And suddenly it’s evening”):

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New and Improved W. B. Yeats Comic!

Posted on January 15, 2014 by julian peters comics

The brilliant illustrator and artist Maryse Daniel has added digitally-rendered shading to my adaptation of W. B. Yeats’s “When You Are Old.” The shading imitates the screentone technique that was popular before the introduction of digital colouring. So now, thanks … 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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Interview with Micah Mattix

Posted on January 6, 2014 by julian peters comics

Here is a link to an interview I recently gave to Micah Mattix for The University Bookman: http://www.kirkcenter.org/index.php/bookman/article/its-a-bird-its-a-plane-its-j.-alfred-prufrock/

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