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"To a Mouse" by Robbie Burns, animated by Jim Avis

A wee animated version of my comics interpretation of Robbie Burns’ “To a Mouse” (1785), featuring an extremely Scottish recitation by actor Gareth Morrison.  The comic, along with 23 other such graphic adaptations, can be found in my new book, Nature Poems to See By: A Comic Artist Interprets More Great Poetry (Plough Publishing, 2026).

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"Butchering" by Rhina P. Espaillat, animated by Jim Avis

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 Comic Artist Interprets More Great Poetry (Plough Publishing, 2026).

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"Fern Hill" by Dylan Thomas, animated by Jim Avis

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: Dylan Thomas’s immortal ode to childhood (and one of my favourite poems), “Fern Hill,” with a reading by the poet himself:

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"The Eagle" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, animated by Jim Avis

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, Lord Tennyson’s punchy miniature masterpiece, “The Eagle” (1851):

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Virtual Book Launch of "Nature Poems to See By"

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 launch here in Montreal on April 9). Here is the recording of the event, which features my conversation with Jane Clark Scharl, a poet, playwright, critic and Poetry…

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

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 24 comics adaptations featured in the book: A swirling, swinging-sixties interpretation of William Wordsworth’s immortal “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” (1804):

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"God's Grandeur" by Gerard Manley Hopkins, animated by Jim Avis and read by King Charles

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 23 others, can be found in my upcoming book, Nature Poems to See By: A Comic Artist Interprets More Great Poetry (Plough…

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Cap-aux-Diamants magazine cover II

Cap-aux-Diamants is a French-language magazine dedicated to the cultural and social history of Quebec. This is my cover illustration for their Summer 2025 issue, which is dedicated to the siege of Quebec City by the revolutionary American army in the winter of 1775-1776.

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"Stasera" di Giuseppe Ungaretti

Balaustrata di brezza Per appoggiare stasera La mia malinconia. (An illustration inspired by Italian poet Giuseppe Ungaretti’s 1916 poem “Stasera” (“This Evening”). The text, which was composed while Ungaretti was a soldier in WW1, could be translated more or less as follows: “A balustrade of breeze/This evening upon which to lean/My melancholy.”)

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Joan of Arc

“It was deep into his fiery hearthe took the dust of Joan of Arc,and then she clearly understoodif he was fire, oh she must be wood.” –Leonard Cohen, “Joan of Arc”

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Cap-aux-Diamants magazine cover

Cap-aux-Diamants is a magazine dedicated to the cultural and social history of Quebec. This is my cover for their just-released Spring issue, illustrating an article titled “Sept vies retrouvées — un projet de microhistoire” (Seven lives rediscovered — a microhistory project). Following meticulous archival research, the authors of this article retrace the lives of seven little-known or even…

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"Ode to the West Wind" by Percy Bysshe Shelley

Spring has sprung! An illustration of a passage from Percy Bysshe Shelley’s famous poem, “Ode to the West Wind.”

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

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, at the southwestern end of the city.  One may reach the island via the ferry boat that leaves from Karipaza Square (See n.…

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Animation of "The Waste Land" comic by Jim Avis

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 of the poetry by Eileen Atkins and everyone’s favourite aristocratic British sex symbol, Jeremy Irons.

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"The Waste Land" by T. S. Eliot, page 16

At long last, here is the final page of my comics adaptation of “The Burial of the Dead,” the first section of T. S. Eliot’s epochal poem “The Waste Land” (Click on image to enlarge).

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"The Waste Land" by T. S. Eliot, page 15

After an extended travelling vacation break, I’m back with a new page from my ongoing comics adaptation of “The Burial of the Dead,” the first section of T. S. Eliot’s epochal poem “The Waste Land” (Click on image to enlarge). Next week (hopefully): The exciting (and definitely not dark) grand finale!

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"The Waste Land" by T. S. Eliot, page 14

Every week on this site, I am publishing a new page from my ongoing comics adaptation of “The Burial of the Dead,” the first section of T. S. Eliot’s epochal poem “The Waste Land” (Click on image to enlarge). I am leaving on vacation tomorrow, so the next page will have to wait until my return, in mid August. Wishing everyone a great and surprising summer!