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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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Virtual Book Launch of “Nature Poems to See By”

Posted on March 25, 2026 by julian peters comics

Yesterday saw the release of my new book, “Poems to See By: A Comics Artist Interprets More Great Poetry.” To mark the occasion, my publisher, Plough Books, organized a “virtual launch” on Zoom (But look out for an in-person book … 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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Video of “Stairs Appear in a Hole Outside of Town” by John Philip Johnson

Posted on July 19, 2021 by julian peters comics

Jim Avis’s video adaptation of my comics rendition of John Philip Johnson’s beautifully unsettling poem, “Stairs appear in a Hole Outside of Town.” The poem is read by the author himself. Side note: I’ve recently become very intrigued by the … Continue reading →

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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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Joe Biden reads “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden

Posted on January 20, 2021 by julian peters comics

In honour of today’s inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States, here is a video put together by Jim Avis pairing my comics adaptation of Robert Hayden’s poem “Those Winter Sundays” with a more-than-competent reading … Continue reading →

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Video of “The World Is Too Much With Us” by William Wordsworth

Posted on December 2, 2020 by julian peters comics

A very amusing video by Jim Avis, based on my comics adaptation of William Wordsworth’s c. 1802 sonnet, “The World Is Too Much With Us.” The reading is by Tom Hiddleston. 2020, a year in which, for many, the world … Continue reading →

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Video of “Spring and Fall” by Gerard Manley Hopkins

Posted on November 9, 2020 by julian peters comics

A beautiful and moving video by Jim Avis, pairing my comics adaptation of Gerard Manley Hopkins’s poem “Spring and Fall” with a musical interpretation of that same poem by Natalie Merchant. The original comics adaptation, along with 23 others, can … Continue reading →

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Video of “When You Are Old” by William Butler Yeats

Posted on October 10, 2020 by julian peters comics

A beautiful anime-adjacent video interpretation by James Avis of my comics adaptation of William Butler Yeats’s poem “When You Are Old.” The drawings are a homage to the Japanese shojo manga tradition, and particularly to the work of the CLAMP … Continue reading →

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