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 "H Day" (Picturebox), The Soap Lady (inspired by the display in the Mütter Museum) (Top Shelf Productions), The Ticking (Top Shelf Productions), and Micrographica (Top Shelf Productions), "Edison Steelhead's Lost Portfolio - Exploratory Studies of Girls and Rabbits" (Sparkplug Comicbooks), and "Marbles in My Underpants" (Oni Press). She also has a weekly strip in the New York Press. Her serialized comic "Baby Bjornstrand" appears on the Study Group Comic Books website.
French has a serialized illustrated story in the Fantagraphics Books quarterly Mome (comics) called "Almost Sound." She is also the author of the forthcoming comic book for children, "Barry's Best Buddy," out from TOON Books in Spring 2013.
French drew Glenda, the Plan 9 Bunny, the mascot of the Plan 9 from Bell Labs operating system, and the gopher mascot for the Go programming language. French is married to Rob Pike, one of the creators of Plan 9 from Bell Labs, and of the Go programming language at Google. They split their time between the United States and Australia.
Awards
In 2007, French was nominated 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
- Hagelbarger and That Nightmare Goat (Yam Books), 2013. ISBN 978-0985413828
- Barry's Best Buddy (TOON Books) 2013
- Bjornstrand (picturebox) September 2012
- H Day (PictureBox) 2010
- 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. ISBN 978-0974271576
Children's books - as Rainy Dohaney
- My Best Sweet Potato (Atheneum Books) 2006
- Tinka (Atheneum Books) 2005
Footnotes
References
- Renee French drawing blog
- Renee French official site
- Renee French official site 2
- Interview with Renee French
- "Baby Bjornstrand" on Study Group Comics Books