Cosmogenesis

by Ron Regé Jr.

40 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2014

About the author

Ron Regé Jr. began drawing and self publishing comics in the early 1990’s in Cambridge MA. His first book Skibber Bee~Bye was published by Highwater Books in 2000. His most recent book Against Pain collects short works from 1986-2006 and was published by Drawn & Quarterly in 2008. His comics and drawings have appeared in hundreds of zines and comics anthologies. Illustration clients have included Nike, Sony, Tylenol, HP, McSweeney’s, Vice, The New York Times, and Canada’s National Post. Ron currently lives in Los Angeles.

His current project The Cartoon Utopia began in early 2008 as a series of 60 small drawings, but has expanded to include larger drawings, and longer comics pieces, including those presented here. Drawings from The Cartoon Utopia have been presented as solo gallery shows in Los Angeles, Montreal, Richmond VA, and Austin TX. They will eventually be collected as a book.

Reviews

[Dave Schaafsma · Rating 3 out of 5]

A self-published 40-page booklet illustrating some of the work of theosophist Madame Blavatsky. It is amazing for me to learn that Ron Rege has never ingested psychedelic drugs. If you read anything he wrote or saw anything he drew you would not believe his testimony on the point. He is into intensely detailed black and white drawings based on his cosmic understanding of theosophy, the divine feminine, metaphysics, yoga, vegetarianism, astrology. A lot of new age thought emanated from Madame Blavatsky, Rege claims. Some folks think of her and her ilk as spiritualist frauds and charlatans. I don't know enough to make a determination about whether she is a neglected thinker or a wack job, but I am fascinated by Rege's drawing style. Which I admit is a little crazy-making, not for everyone. Here it is, read it here, and Rege also talks about it:

https://ronregejr.tumblr.com/post/965...

[Justin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Like his other works, I am not sure if I got it, but it is quite beautiful to look at.