The Awake Field
by Ron Rege, Jr.
An
all
new work by one of the most unique voices in contemporary
comics, The Awake Field
has our vote as the work that most fully realizes Rege's
artistic vision. It is a beautifully drawn,
designed and produced square format volume. Printed in two colors, the color
field is employed with a nuanced delicacy that is integral to
the effect that this work achieves as it penetrates the
reader's senses. Bound with a full color flexi
cover and endpapers, this book is an aesthetic treat and a
bargain to boot. There's nothing out there in any medium to compare to
Regé's work. We say: a must!
It
seems
to us that, with this work, Ron Regé, Jr. is channelling the
spirit of the 20th century American painter, Charles
Burchfield into 21st century comics. Like
Burchfield's paintings, Regé's comics in this volume fill the
viewer/reader with a sense of wonder at the impossible beauty
and strange otherness of nature. The Awake Field really
puts you there, it communicates, it catalyzes neurons to fire
in new patterns that trigger new thoughts and new ways of
seeing the world as an... awake field.
Here's the publisher's description: " The Awake Field is a collection of Regé’s reflections of small-town life during a recent two-year sabbatical in a coastal community in southern Rhode Island. Short stories collide and swirl together, leaving visions of mysterious creatures floating through lush landscapes, pantomimed fairy tales, hypnotic dances, Bible quotations, and peace comics—all in Regé’s idiosyncratic abstract poetic cartoon language."
retail price - $7.95
copacetic price - $6.75 (in 2010,
anyway)
(long) OUT OF PRINT, BUT... in 2025 we found a
warehouse stash of brand new copies (all with obi band) and
are now offering them HERE!
ordering info
And, also from Ron Regé, Jr. - Skibber Bee-Bye - finally back in
print!
prices and availability current as of 14
November 2010