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Comics
“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T.S. Eliot
Category Archives: Poetry Comics
My first book of poetry comics now available for pre-order!
It has been over a year now since I published any new poetry comics on this site, which may have led some visitors here to the impression that I have moved on to other, perhaps more grown-up pursuits. Quite the … Continue reading
Posted in comic book poetry, comics, illustration, news, Poetry, Poetry Comics
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Registration open for my Fall classes at the Visual Arts Centre!
This beautiful visual rendition of Harold Monro’s beautiful 1914 poem “Overheard on a Saltmarsh” was created by Linda Dyer, a student in my Fall 2018 Drawing and Illustration class. I’m excited to once again be teaching two classes at the … Continue reading
Posted in bande dessinée, comic book poetry, comics, illustration, montreal, news, Poetry, Poetry Comics, watercolour
Tagged centre des arts visuels, comics classes, cours d'illustration, cours de bande dessinee, harold monro, illustration classes, linda dyer, Montreal, overheard on a salt marsh, visual arts centre
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My First Poetry Comic – “Yerp’s Battle of Bannockburn”
It has been found! Here is my very first comics adaptation of a work of classic poetry, created in 1989, when I was ten years old. It features Yerp the crocodile, the star of almost all my comics from those … Continue reading
Posted in comics, juvenilia, Poetry, Poetry Comics
Tagged Battle of Bannockburn, Braveheart, comics by children, Robbie Burns, Robert the Bruce, Scots Wha Hae, Yerp
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Link to my interview for The Bridge on CBC Radio
My conversation with Nantali Indongo for CBC Montreal’s arts and radio program The Bridge is now online on the CBC website: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1373130819911 During the course of the interview talk I present four songs that hold a special significance for me … Continue reading
Posted in bande dessinée, comic book poetry, comics, montreal, Poetry, Poetry Comics
Tagged cbc radio, comics, interview, nantali indongo, poetry, the bridge
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Check out my interview for The Bridge on CBC Radio!
A couple of weeks ago I was interviewed by Nantali Indongo for CBC Montreal’s arts and radio program The Bridge. In addition to discussing my comics projects and the relationship between poetry and comics, I will talk about four songs … Continue reading
Posted in bande dessinée, comics, montreal, Poetry, Poetry Comics
Tagged cbc radio, comics, interview, nantali indongo, poetry, the bridge
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“Before the Battle” by Siegfried Sassoon
In honour of Remembrance Day and of the hundredth anniversary of the end of WWI, an adaptation of a poem by my favourite war poet, Siegfried Sassoon. Sassoon (1886-1967) wrote this poem only a few days before the Battle of … Continue reading
Talk at the Visual Arts Centre
Tomorrow evening I’ll be giving a talk on the curious relationship between two art forms: poetry and comics! The event is free of charge and all are welcome. Hope to see some of you there!
Posted in bande dessinée, comics, Poetry, Poetry Comics
Tagged centre des arts visuels, galerie mcclure, talk, visual arts centre, westmount
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Comics adaptation of “Birches” by Robert Frost
Here is my comics adaptation of a section of the poem “Birches” by Robert Frost (written in 1913-14). This comic was commissioned by and originally appeared in the American magazine Plough Quarterly: http://www.plough.com/en Click here to read the complete poem: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44260/birches
Posted in comics, painting, Poetry, Poetry Comics, watercolour
Tagged american poetry, birch trees, birches, leaves, new england, robert frost, swinger of birches
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Comics adaptation of Siegfried Sassoon’s “Before the Battle” in Plough Quarterly!
The new issue of Plough Quarterly, featuring my adaptation of Siegfried Sassoon’s poem “Before the Battle” (1916), is now out in print and online. You can read the comic here: https://www.plough.com/en/topics/culture/poetry/before-the-battle To view all of the contents of this latest … Continue reading
Audio Interview with John Swinimer of True North Country Comics
The interview I gave to John Swinimer about my ongoing graphic novel project about the Battle of the Plains of Abraham is now up on the True North Country Comics website: Interview with Julian Peters about his literary graphic work My … Continue reading
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