- Renée French
Renée French (born 1963) is an American
comics writer and illustrator and, under thepen name Rainy Dohaney, achildren's book author.Her work includes "The Soap Lady" (inspired by the display in the
Mütter Museum ), "The Ticking", and "Micrographica". She also has a weekly strip in the "New York Press ".French drew
Glenda, the Plan 9 Bunny , themascot of thePlan 9 from Bell Labs operating system . French is married to one of Plan 9's creators,Rob Pike .In 2006, underground cartoonist and writer
Casanova Shamdil announcedFact|date=August 2007 he is writing a book ingraphic novel format about French's life. [ [http://reneeofthemorbid.blogspot.com/ Renee French: Mistress of the Morbid] ]Awards
In 2007, French was nominatedFact|date=August 2007 for a number of comics industry awards - including for best artist nods from the Eisner, Ignatz, and
Harvey Award s - for thegraphic novel "The Ticking". French won the Inkpot award at the 2007 San Diego Comic Con.Bibliography
"Select comics works"
* "Micrographica" (Top Shelf Productions ) 2007
* "The Ticking" (Top Shelf Productions) 2006
* "Marbles in my Underpants" (Oni Press )
* "The Soap Lady " (Top Shelf Productions)
* "The Adventures of Rheumy Peepers & Chunky Highlights" (Oni Press)
* "Grit Bath " (Fantagraphics )
* "Edison Steelhead's Lost Portfolio: Exploratory Studies of Girls and Rabbits" (Sparkplug Books ) June 2007"Children's books - as Rainy Dohaney"
* "My Best Sweet Potato" (Atheneum Books ) 2006
* "Tinka" (Atheneum Books) 2005Footnotes
References
* [http://reneefrench.blogspot.com/ Renee French drawing blog]
* [http://www.reneefrench.com/ Renee French official site]
* [http://reneefrench.googlepages.com Renee French official site 2]
* [http://www.newsarama.com/TopShelf/ticking/theticking.html Interview with Renee French on "The Ticking"]
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