Jesse is a professional cartoonist who makes a daily comic strip for Dutch newspapers, reaching four million readers. He went to art school in the Netherlands. Jesse is co-author of a bestselling course book on comic strip and cartoon drawing. He published more than 20 books of his newspaper comic strip. Jesse has 25 years of workshop experience in both the Netherlands and Canada. Students can let their imagination flow and tell any story in comic strips. As making comic strips is about writing and drawing, both language and visual art skills can be developed in the workshop.