Against Pain

By Ron Regé Jr.

Short stories from the radiant cute-brut world of a truly remarkable artist

Against Pain is the first collection of multipage anthology pieces by Ron Reg , Jr. The storytelling side of his expressive work is featured in these comic strips gathered from McSweeney's, The New York Times, Kramers Ergot, NON, Rosetta, Arthur, The Comics Journal, and Drawn & Quarterly's anthology. Suicide bombers, art appreciation, a Lynda Barry cover, and even a Tylenol-sponsored comic about pain are brought together under the theme of suffering and
how people cope with it. Against Pain also includes the alt-comics zine classic Boys: a twenty-two-page collaborative comic-considered by many to be Reg 's finest work-illustrating the lust life of a friend in explicitly honest and hilarious detail.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 189729929X
• ISBN13: 9781897299296
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Drawn & Quarterly
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.1" x 11.7"