| Ron Regé, Jr. | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Ronald J. Regé, Junior |
| Born | December 5, 1969 Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Field | Comic strips, Album covers, Action figures, Experimental musical instruments |
| Training | BFA, Massachusetts College of Art |
| Movement | Minicomics |
| Works | Skibber Bee Bye |
Ronald J. Regé, Junior (born December 5, 1969) is a cartoonist and musician from Plymouth, Massachusetts.
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Regé began publishing his own minicomics while attending Massachusetts College of Art in 1988. He has since been published by Highwater Books, Fantagraphics, 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][2]
During the 1990s, a new year's resolution led Ron to draw a comic every day, many of which he published in his annual periodical Yeast Hoist. He also contributed illustrations to many DIY publications, designed posters for events, as well as various forms of apparel. Many of these pieces, as well as some of Ron's more commercial work, are anthologized in the collection Against Pain (Drawn & Quarterly 2008). In 2010, Texas-based beer distributor Alchemic Ale commissioned Regé to design an earthenware bottle to be filled with Belgian ale that accompanied the release of Yeast Hoist #15.[3]
Ron played drums and trombone in his high school band. He continued to tinker with music in college and built a variety of instruments for a course in art school. Bits of Ron's 4 track home recordings appeared on releases by Boston indie rock band Swirlies, and more extensively in the lo-fi project Trollin Withdrawal. Regé continues to record and perform solo as the Discombobulated Ventriloquist, and appears on releases by the Yes Girls and the Mystical Unionists. He currently plays drums in the Los Angeles-based group Lavender Diamond.[4]