Slow Wave

Slow Wave

"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.

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. [cite web|author=Oliver James|title=All you have to do is dream|publisher=The Guardian|year=Nov 24 2005|accessdate=2006-09-15|url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,11710,1649312,00.html] 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." [cite web|author=Jesse Reklaw|title=Slow Wave Turns Ten|year=2005|publisher=Slowwave.com|accessdate=2006-09-15|url=http://www.slowwave.com/swisten.html] The strip's name refers to the EEG rhythms of REM sleep. [cite web|author=Christopher Hicks|title=Special Interview: Jesse Reklaw|year=1996|publisher=Electric Dreams|accessdate=2006-11-12|url=http://www.improverse.com/ed-articles/christopher_hicks_1996_may_dreamline_column.htm]

The anthology "Dreamtoons" collects 109 episodes from the first five years of the strip.

Collections

* "Dreamtoons". Shambhala Press, 2000. ISBN 1-57062-573-5

References

ee also

* Dream art

External links

* [http://www.slowwave.com Slow Wave] (official website)
* [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2003/08/15/EBE4.DTL "Oakland cartoonist finds a dreamy way to live: He illustrates readers' visions in 'Slow Wave'"] (San Francisco Chronicle, August 15, 2003)
* [http://www.wizarduniverse.com/magazine/wizard/001336214.cfm "Dreamweaver: Jesse Reklaw"] (Wizarduniverse.com, August 11, 2006)


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