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Il deserto dei tartari

Posted on February 3, 2019 by julian peters comics

  “Guardateli, Giovanni Drogo e il suo cavallo, come sono piccoli sul fianco delle montagne che si fanno sempre più grandi e selvagge. Egli continua a salire per arrivare alla Fortezza in giornata, ma più svelte di lui, dal fondo, … Continue reading →

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Giovanni Drogo first lays eyes on the Bastiani Fortress -From Dino Buzzati’s Tartar Steppe

Posted on March 26, 2018 by julian peters comics

[My second, not necessarily more successful attempt at illustrating a scene from Dino Buzzati’s 1940 novel the Tartar Steppe (Il deserto dei tartari in the original Italian). Giovanni Drogo, a young army officer is on his way to the Bastiani … Continue reading →

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Giovanni Drogo first lays eyes on the Bastiani Fortress

Posted on March 19, 2018 by julian peters comics

I consider this one a failure, mainly because of compositional issues. Nonetheless, there are some salvageable elements that could be put to use in a second attempt:   There they go, Giovanni Drogo and his horse, see how small they … Continue reading →

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The Rowboat at the End of the Earth

Posted on February 13, 2018 by julian peters comics
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