Renée French

Renée French

Renée French (born 1963) is an American comics writer and illustrator and, under the pen name Rainy Dohaney, a children'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, the mascot of the Plan 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 in graphic 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 Awards - for the graphic 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) 2005

Footnotes

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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