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Views of an Imaginary City 18: Entrance Archway to Rateliska Sesquicentennial Park

Posted on February 25, 2025 by julian peters comics

Rateliska Sesquicentennial Park was created to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the transfer of the imperial capital to Sensuka. These magnificent pleasure gardens are located on the island of Rateliska, which lies directly across Rejoma Bay from the Korkidéh district, … Continue reading →

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Views of an Imaginary City 30: Sensuka-Okrona Friendship Garden in Rateliska Sesquicentennial Park

Posted on October 16, 2023 by julian peters comics

The city of Okrona was the imperial capital, on and off, for more than eleven centuries (and is still sometimes regarded as the Empire’s cultural capital). On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the transfer of the imperial seat … Continue reading →

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Video of “Views of an Imaginary City: The Krokuta Burial Pits”

Posted on July 17, 2023 by julian peters comics

Jim Avis’s sensitive video interpretation of my admittedly quite bizarre imagining of an alternative funeral rite (though one inspired by traditional practices in East Africa). The pohutukawa is a real tree, btw, native to New Zealand. It’s bright red flowers … Continue reading →

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Views of an Imaginary City 10: View over Sensuka Harbour from Orepi

Posted on June 15, 2023 by julian peters comics

We are looking southeast over Sensuka Bay from the great stone wharf at Orepi. It is very early morning, and the first sun’s rays have just caught the facades of the eastward-facing buildings on the right side of the print. … Continue reading →

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Views of an Imaginary City 20: A Street in the Najirèh District

Posted on March 3, 2023 by julian peters comics

20. A Street in Najirèh The outer district of Najirèh (“Empress”) is so named in honour of the empress Aritokèh, during whose reign the area’s first streets were laid out. It is located on a raised plateau surrounded by rice … Continue reading →

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Views of an Imaginary City 34: A Nizimoamuàri

Posted on February 14, 2023 by julian peters comics

Two people walk past each other on a quiet street corner, both looking about their surroundings in an apparent state of reverie. The inscription tells us that we are looking at a nizimoamuàri, which could be translated as “a past … Continue reading →

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Video of “Views of an Imaginary City: Nizinaringolo in Labeosti”

Posted on February 8, 2023 by julian peters comics

Another animated interpretation of one of my “Fifty-Two Views of an Imaginary City” by Jim Avis, this one looking ahead hopefully to a springier time.

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Views of an Imaginary City 38: Along the Nachilagolu

Posted on November 22, 2022 by julian peters comics

The Nachilagolu (“Long Canal”) connects the Juminta River just above Cherufi Falls to the imperial shipbuilding yards at Kulidaseh. After descending a number of locks near the falls, the canal runs for the rest of its course through a flat … Continue reading →

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Video of “Views of an Imaginary City 14: The Laughing Willow”

Posted on November 8, 2022 by julian peters comics

Another “vidiette” by Jim Avis adapted from one of my “52 Views of an Imaginary City.” Many more of these coming soon!

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Views of an Imaginary City 29: Interior in Korkidèh

Posted on September 26, 2022 by julian peters comics

29. Interior in Korkidèh We are in the well-appointed bedchamber of an upper-class Sensukan home. The residence is located in the Korkidèh district, as is evident from the yellow-and-green tiled “seashell dome” of the Rimo temple visible through the door … Continue reading →

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