Category Archives: rimbaud

Video of “The Drunken Boat” by Arthur Rimbaud

Posted on April 15, 2020 by julian peters comics

Another video adaptation of one of my poetry comics, created by James Avis. This time it’s the comics version of Arthur Rimbaud’s “Le bateau ivre,” which I created nearly a decade ago now. The reading of the poem, in English … Continue reading →

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“Rimbaud Warriors” by Richard Gaitet in stores now!

Posted on May 29, 2019 by julian peters comics

Richard Gaitet’s “Rimbaud Warriors,” out today from Éditions Paulsen, recounts the author’s journey by foot from Charleville, France to Charleroi, Belgium, retracing the route taken by Arthur Rimbaud in the fall of 1870. It was during the course of this … Continue reading →

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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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Volume 2 of Le Canon graphique now in stores!

Posted on February 27, 2014 by julian peters comics

The second volume of the French-language edition of  The Graphic Canon, Russ Kick’s terrific anthology of graphic adaptations of the classics of world literature, is now available in fine bookstores near you (assuming you live in a French-speaking country). In … Continue reading →

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