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Jesse Reklaw was born in Berkeley, California, in 1971. He is a cartoon artist and painter who authors a syndicated strip called Slow Wave. He has a master's degree in computer science from Yale. Anonymous readers email their dreams to Jesse, who illustrates them in a classic four panel cartoon. Reklaw pares down each dream he selects to only a few words, like imagist poetry. Coupled with the absurdity of dreams, the effect of this brevity has been called "comic sublime." Well-known strips by Reklaw include one in which a man is pursued by an all-knowing ham; one in which the Royal Hole in the Earth Society discusses an award for the best hole filled with water; and one about a man who rode a unicorn to distant mountaintops in search of the world's only bathroom. Slow Wave has been published in alternative newspapers and on the web since 1997. An anthology of Slow Wave strips was published in a book called "Dreamtoons." Jesse has been nominated twice for an Ignatz Award. In 2004, he won an Excellence in Journalism Award from the Northern California chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists for his regular publication of Slow Wave in the East Bay Express. He also publishes comics under the Global Hobo label, a small press distributor. Reklaw is currently writing an autobiographical graphic novel called 13 Cats, an excerpt of which was recently chosen for Houghton Mifflin's anthology, Best American Comics.

Trivia

Reklaw was in a band called "Pissant" with fellow comic Adrian Tomine in 1992.

References

  1. Anthony Weiss (May/June 2006). "Dream Job". Yale Alumni Magazine, Arts & Culture. Retrieved 2006-09-15. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. Rona Marech (Aug 15, 2003). "Oakland cartoonist finds a dreamy way to live: He illustrates readers' visions in "Slow Wave"". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2006-09-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  3. Brian Warmoth (Aug 11, 2006). "Dreamweaver: Jesse Reklaw". Wizarduniverse.com. Retrieved 2006-09-15.
  4. "Rhythm". The Comics Reporter. Nov 11, 2005. Retrieved 2006-09-15.

See also

  • Dream art
  • Slow Wave
  • Dreamtoons, Shambhala Press, 2000, ISBN 1570625735