Ron Regé, Jr.

Ron Regé, Jr.
Ron Regé, Jr. in April 2016
Born	Ronald J. Regé, Junior December 5, 1969 Quincy, Massachusetts
Education	BFA, Massachusetts College of Art
Known for	Comic Books, Album covers, Action figures, Experimental musical instruments
Notable work	Skibber Bee Bye
Movement	Minicomics

Ronald J. Regé, Junior (born December 5, 1969) is a cartoonist and musician from Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Artistic career

Regé began publishing his own minicomics while attending Massachusetts College of Art. He has since been published by Highwater Books, Fantagraphics Books, Buenaventura Press, McSweeney's and Drawn & Quarterly. Ron's work has also appeared in the New York Times, Vice Magazine, Canada's National Post, and in ad campaigns for Nike, Sony, HP and Tylenol.^[1]

Musical career

Bits of Ron's 4 track home recordings appeared on releases by Boston indie rock band Swirlies, and more extensively in various related lo-fi projects with friends. He currently plays drums in the Los Angeles-based group Lavender Diamond.^[2]

Selected bibliography

• The Dum Dum Posse Reader, Nib Comics, 1995
• Skibber Bee~Bye, Highwater Books, 2000; republished by Drawn & Quarterly, 2006 ISBN 978-1896597966; Spanish language edition published by Apa-Apa, 2010; French edition by Cornelius, 2012
• The Awake Field, Drawn & Quarterly, 2006, ISBN 978-1896597973
• Against Pain, Drawn & Quarterly, 2008, ISBN 978-1897299296
• The Cartoon Utopia, Fantagraphics, 2012, ISBN 978-1606995969

References

1. Ron Regé at What Things Do
2. Lavender Diamond on Matador Records.

External links

• Ron Regé's blog
• Author page for Drawn & Quarterly
• Comiclopedia
• Discombobulated Ventriloquist
• Jay Babcock (7 January 2013). "Cartoon Utopian: An Interview with Ron Rege Jr.". The Comics Journal.