Slow Wave
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Slow Wave is a weekly dream-based comic strip by Jesse Reklaw. It has been syndicated to alternative newspapers around the U.S. since 1995, and also appears online.
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[edit] Description
Reklaw describes the strip as "a collective dream diary authored by people from around the world." Readers submit their dreams to the artist, usually by E-mail, and are credited as co-authors of the resulting cartoon.[1] Reklaw illustrates each dream in four panels, paring down the dreamer's commentary to a few sentences. Reklaw has said he likes dreams because they have "their own logic and a natural dada-like humor."[2] The strip's name refers to the EEG rhythms of REM sleep.[3]
The anthology Dreamtoons collects 109 episodes from the first five years of the strip.
[edit] Collections
- Dreamtoons. Shambhala Press, 2000. ISBN 1-57062-573-5
[edit] References
- ^ Oliver James (Nov 24 2005). All you have to do is dream. The Guardian. Retrieved on September 15, 2006.
- ^ Jesse Reklaw (2005). Slow Wave Turns Ten. Slowwave.com. Retrieved on September 15, 2006.
- ^ Christopher Hicks (1996). Special Interview: Jesse Reklaw. Electric Dreams. Retrieved on November 12, 2006.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Slow Wave (official website)
- "Oakland cartoonist finds a dreamy way to live: He illustrates readers' visions in 'Slow Wave'" (San Francisco Chronicle, August 15, 2003)
- "Dreamweaver: Jesse Reklaw" (Wizarduniverse.com, August 11, 2006)
