JESSE JACOBS
u003cpu003eIn the basement, through the appliances and past the veil that separates realities, lies a rainbow-hued world where a group of kids have found retreat from their suburban mundanity with a coterie of iridescent creatures. But in the fraught realm of adolescence, can friendship survive the appeal of the surreal?u003c/pu003eu003cpu003eu003cbu003eJesse Jacobs u003c/bu003e was born in Moncton, NB, and now draws comics and things from his home in Hamilton, ON. In 2009, his books u003ciu003eSmall Victoriesu003c/iu003e and u003ciu003eBlue Winteru003c/iu003e were short listed at the Doug Wright Awards for Canadian Cartooning. He received the Gene Day Award for Canadian Comic Book Self-Publisher of 2008. u003ciu003eEven the Giantsu003c/iu003e (AdHouse, 2011) marked his major publishing debut after several award-winning, self-published titles, and his work has appeared in the acclaimed Latvian comics anthology s!, as well as the 2012 edition u003ciu003eThe Best American Comicsu003c/iu003e edited by Françoise Mouly and published Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. He made his debut with Koyama Press in 2012 with the psychedelic creation myth u003ciu003eBy This Shall You Know Himu003c/iu003e, which was followed by the trippy take on nature versus nurture, u003ciu003eSafari Honeymoonu003c/iu003e in 2014.u003c/pu003e
