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“Butchering” by Rhina P. Espaillat, animated by Jim Avis

Posted on May 25, 2026 by julian peters comics

Jim Avis’s sensitive animation (and reading) of my comics interpretation by “Butchering,” by contemporary Dominican-American poet Rhina P. Espaillat. The comic, along with 23 other such graphic adaptations, can be found in my new book, Nature Poems to See By: A … Continue reading →

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“Fern Hill” by Dylan Thomas, animated by Jim Avis

Posted on April 15, 2026 by julian peters comics

My new book, Nature Poems to See By: A Comic Artist Interprets More Great Poetry (Plough Publishing, 2026) was released on March 24. Here is another video interpretation by Jim Avis of one of the 24 comics adaptations featured in the book: … Continue reading →

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“The Eagle” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, animated by Jim Avis

Posted on April 3, 2026 by julian peters comics

My new book, Nature Poems to See By: A Comic Artist Interprets More Great Poetry (Plough Publishing, 2026) was released last week! Here is another video interpretation by Jim Avis of one of the 24 comics adaptations featured in the book: Alfred, … Continue reading →

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“I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” by William Wordsworth, animated by Jim Avis

Posted on March 19, 2026 by julian peters comics

My new book, Nature Poems to See By: A Comic Artist Interprets More Great Poetry (Plough Publishing, 2026), is being released this coming Tuesday, March 24! Here to whet your appetite is a video interpretation by Jim Avis of one of the … Continue reading →

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“God’s Grandeur” by Gerard Manley Hopkins, animated by Jim Avis and read by King Charles

Posted on December 21, 2025 by julian peters comics

A video interpretation by Jim Avis of my comics adaptation of Gerard Manley Hopkins’ “God’s Grandeur,” featuring a most distinguished and particularly well-enunciated reading by none other than His Royal Majesty, King Charles III. The original comics adaptation, along with … Continue reading →

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Animation of “The Waste Land” comic by Jim Avis

Posted on October 3, 2024 by julian peters comics

Vidietteer Jim Avis is back with a animated adaptation of my own recently-completed comics adaptation of “The Burial of the Dead,” the first section of T. S. Eliot’s immortal classic, “The Waste Land.” The imagery is paired with a recital … Continue reading →

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Video of “Icebreaking Ceremony at Golanoklumi Temple” by Jim Avis

Posted on October 18, 2023 by julian peters comics

A beautiful video animation by Jim Avis inspired by one of my “Views of an Imaginary City”:

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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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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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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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