Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Why do we love Ron Rege? Maybe it’s the intensity of his comic drawing, the close, cluttered, but somehow orderly and mathematical way he creates his worlds. Maybe it’s the words inside his cartoons, the letters hidden almost, the alphabet used as shape and color and then - pow! suddenly an abstract message appears if you look long and hard, a weird, little, eloquent thought that makes sense just below the surface. Maybe it’s because it’s rare we see comics this good and this smart and this strange.

1 comment :

sun butler said...

finally got 'against pain' for christmas this year (have a tradition of getting your books as presents) - wanted to say how wonderful it was! excited for the next one!
best,
joe