Jesse Reklaw
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Have Not, Mime Compliant #6 2 copie
Couch Tag: Number 1 2 copie
Couch Tag #2 2 copie
Krayon's Ego 1 copia
Read 1 copia
Work, Mime Compliant #7 1 copia
Couch Tag: Number 3 1 copia
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Couch Tag di Jesse Reklaw
nonfiction/graphic memoir (growing up and coming of age in Sacramento in a funny and somewhat dysfunctional family; drug and alcohol addiction, mental health issues)
[Originally published on NewPages.com]
This is an intriguing little publication from noted comics artist Jesse Reklaw. While digging through a recycling bin at an Ivy League university one night, he found old files (1965-1975) of biology Ph.D. applicants, including photographs of each candidate. Realizing the grand potential of such a find, Reklaw organized the photos into zine format, complementing them with candid phrases from the applicants’ recommendation forms. So, as you flip through the zine you end up staring at, for example, a black-and-white photo of an earnest young man with the caption below it reading “rather tense,” or a young lady labeled “not as physically attractive as some.” The effect is startling and vaguely disturbing. The combination of the photograph and the often-ruthless summations of these students by their former professors and employers makes you want to simultaneously laugh at and pity them. Highly recommended.
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This is an intriguing little publication from noted comics artist Jesse Reklaw. While digging through a recycling bin at an Ivy League university one night, he found old files (1965-1975) of biology Ph.D. applicants, including photographs of each candidate. Realizing the grand potential of such a find, Reklaw organized the photos into zine format, complementing them with candid phrases from the applicants’ recommendation forms. So, as you flip through the zine you end up staring at, for example, a black-and-white photo of an earnest young man with the caption below it reading “rather tense,” or a young lady labeled “not as physically attractive as some.” The effect is startling and vaguely disturbing. The combination of the photograph and the often-ruthless summations of these students by their former professors and employers makes you want to simultaneously laugh at and pity them. Highly recommended.
… (altro)
"Very funny...works as comedy on several levels." --Tom Spurgeon, "The Comics Journal"
"The combination of the photograph and the often-ruthless summations of these students by their former professors and employers makes you want to simultaneously laugh at and pity them. Highly Recommended." --Sean Stewart, The New Pages
"Profoundly great." --Dave Eggers, author of "A heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius"
"The combination of the photograph and the often-ruthless summations of these students by their former professors and employers makes you want to simultaneously laugh at and pity them. Highly Recommended." --Sean Stewart, The New Pages
"Profoundly great." --Dave Eggers, author of "A heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius"
Cute, but all too brief. I just wish there were more pages! I knew how short it was going into it, but it's like ordering the chocolate cake for dessert and only being served a single spoonful...
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