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Video of “Not Waving But Drowning” by Stevie Smith

Posted on June 30, 2021 by julian peters comics

Jim Avis has put together a haunting animated version of my comics interpretation of “Not Waving But Drowning,” a poem by the English poet Stevie Smith (1902-1971). The excellent reading is by Janet Harris. You can find 24 other such … Continue reading →

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Views of an Imaginary City 25: Night Market on Jajapi Beach

Posted on April 6, 2021 by julian peters comics

The Totamontra festival takes place over the course of a week at the end of summer. The series of ceremonial and festive events that comprise it were originally intended to propitiate a good harvest season, but they have long ago … Continue reading →

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Views of an Imaginary City 22: World Gardens in Rateliska Sesquicentennial Park

Posted on March 17, 2021 by julian peters comics

The Sesquicentennial Park on the island of Rateliska was created to commemorate the one-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of the transfer of the imperial capital to Sensuka. In many ways, it represents the then newly-crowned Emperor Ojori III’s desire to outdo Cherufi Park, … Continue reading →

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Video of “One Art” by Elizabeth Bishop

Posted on March 8, 2021 by julian peters comics

Another brilliant “vidiette” by Jim Avis, based on my comics adaptation of Elizabeth Bishop’s famous villanelle, “One Art.” The video features audio and footage from a very spirited reading of the poem by Sophia Wilcott.

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Proust’s Madeleine – An illustration of “À la Recherche du temps perdu”

Posted on February 18, 2021 by julian peters comics

A watercolour illustrating the most iconic passage in the seemingly endless and endlessly beautiful collection and analysis of memories that is Marcel Proust’s multi-volume novel, “À la Recherche du temps perdu” (“In Search of Lost Time”). “Et tout d’un coup … Continue reading →

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The Iguana

Posted on October 14, 2018 by julian peters comics

Anna Maria Ortese’s 1965 novel L’iguana (translated into English from the original Italian as The Iguana in 1987) tells the tale of Count Aleardo, a wealthy young Milanese aristocrat who arrives on a tiny island off the coast of Portugal … Continue reading →

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Posted on November 18, 2010 by julian peters comics
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