Last chance @ Domy Books

Domy Books is pleased to present THE CARTOON UTOPIA new work by Ron Regé, Jr. Saturday, June 19, 2010 at Domy Books, Austin 913 E Cesar Chavez, Austin, TX 78702 7-9pm, FREE ADMISSION Exhibition runs June 19–July 29, 2010 Bottle Signing and Beer Tasting at Whole Foods Market, Lamar - June 19, 3-5pm Artist talk and slide show on June 20

The Cartoon Utopia began in early 2008 as a series of 60 small drawings focused on ideas relating to a futuristic “utopian” world. After attending Alchemical lectures in Los Angeles, the project was expanded to include larger drawings, and longer comics pieces relating to aspects of the the present “consciousness” movement, as well as taking inspiration from older esoteric traditions. Ideas inspired by Theosophy, Gnosticism, andHermetic Alchemy presented in The Cartoon Utopia relate mainly to the basic Alchemical tenet “As Above So Below” and attempt to draw relation between a variety of schools of thought, from the idea of “grand unification” in physics, to the basic concepts of Ying & Yang in eastern religions. Although an ongoing project, work from The Cartoon Utopia will be edited and collected into book form, sometime in the next year. Ron Regé, Jr. began drawing and self publishing his comics in the early 1990s in Cambridge, MA. His first book Skibber Bee~Bye was published by Highwater Books in 2000. His most recent book Against Paincollects short works from 1986-2006 and was published by Drawn & Quarterly in 2008. His work has been exhibited across the United States, including shows at The Phoenix Museum of Art, andThe Slought Foundation in Philadelphia. Illustration clients have included Nike, Sony, Tylenol, HP,McSweeney’s, The New York Times, and Canada’sNational Post. Ron currently lives in Los Angeles. This show is the third annual exhibit of drawings from his ongoing project, The Cartoon Utopia.