Ron Regé Jr., New York Times illustration, December 13, 2009
I just got a couple of pieces by Ron Regé, Jr. I got to know Regé in Boston--he was one of the cartoonists that had gathered in a scene around Tom Devlin. Regé's book Skibber Bee-Bye was published by Devlin's Highwater Books, as was his classic comic, Boys (written by J. Reidy). (Regé is also responsible for the best Spider-Man story since Steve Ditko, "High School Analogy".) Much of his work is now published by Drawn & Quarterly. I can't recommend it highly enough--I think he's one of America's greatest living cartoonists.
He's also a drummer and a member of a band called Lavender Diamond. So this piece (below) is somewhow related to the band--but I'm not sure how! I just liked this complex street scene.
Ron Regé Jr., Lavender Diamond--Here Comes One
This is an ink drawing on bristol paper. It's very clean--there are no visible pencil lines or corrections, except for a couple of things that were whited out.
Ron Regé Jr., Lavender Diamond--Here Comes One
This is a version scanned as a color image, and in it you can see where there were some sparkles around the central female character that have been whited-out.
No comments:
Post a Comment