Description: A fresh twist on 24 classics, these visual interpretations by comic artist Julian Peters will change the way you see the world.
Brief description: Julian Peters is an illustrator and comic book artist living in Montreal, Canada, who focuses on adapting classical poems into graphic art. His work has been exhibited internationally and published in several poetry and graphic art collections. Peters holds a master's degree in Art History, and in 2015, served as "Cartoonist in Residence" at Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand.
Review Quotes: "Comic artist Peters adopts a distinct visual style for each poem in this English-language collection, then imagines a complex narrative to accompany it. For William Ernest Henley's 'Invictus' ('I am the master of my fate: / I am the captain of my soul'), he creates a blocky, black-and-white sequence about a dramatic prison break. For Langston Hughes's 'Juke Box Love Song' ('Dance with you till day--/Dance with you, my sweet brown Harlem girl'), tender watercolor portraits illuminate glowing city lights. Some of the black-and-white action of Wordsworth's 'The World Is Too Much With Us' unfolds on a smartphone screen, while Tess Gallagher's 'Choices' evokes nature's green in scribbly landscapes." --Publishers Weekly