Renée French
Renée French | |
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Born | 1963 (age 60–61) |
Pen name | Rainy Dohaney |
Occupation | comics writer and illustrator |
Nationality | American |
Spouse | Rob Pike |
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Renée French (born 1963) is an American comics writer and illustrator and, under the pen name Rainy Dohaney, a children's book author, and exhibiting artist.
Her work is characterized by her "obsessive-looking and highly unsettling visual style."[1]
Books
Her work includes H Day (Picturebox), The Soap Lady (inspired by the display in the
French has a serialized illustrated story in the
Artistic influences
As a child, French found a book plate of Hieronymus Bosch's The Garden of Earthly Delights and was enchanted by it. In regards to the influence, French stated "I don't know how many hours I stared at it under the covers, but I'd memorised each little scene within the paintings and thought about them all the time. That world was so real to me."[6]
French suffers from migraines, which she uses to her creative advantage, as detailed in her interview with WOW x WOW. Her book, H Day, is "an attempt to show what it's like to have a migraine, from the outside and the inside."[6] According to French, "most of the portraits with things exploding out of the face or the skin warping around the head, are based on the migraines."[6]
Mascots
French drew both the mascot of the Plan 9 from Bell Labs operating system ("Glenda", aka "the Plan 9 Bunny"), and the gopher mascot for the Go programming language.[7]
Personal life
French grew up in New Jersey, and was always drawing as a child.[6] French is married to Rob Pike, one of the creators of Plan 9 from Bell Labs, and of the Go programming language at Google.[8] They split their time between the United States and Australia.[6]
Awards
In 2007, French was nominated for a number of comics industry awards - including for best artist nods from the
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
- Baby Bjornstrand (Koyama Press) September 2014
- 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
- ^ "Renée French | The Comics Journal". www.tcj.com. 14 March 2012. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
- ^ "Baby Bjornstrand" on Study Group Comics Books
- ^ Wolk, Douglas (October 29, 2010). "Stuff Nightmares Are Made Of". The New York Times. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
- ^ Jennings, Dana (July 23, 2015). "Summer Reveries, Frame by Frame". The New York Times. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
- ^ "Barry's Best Buddy". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e "Renee French - Artist Interview - WOW x WOW". WOW X WOW. 2015-07-27. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
- ^ "The Go Gopher", Rob Pike and Andrew Gerrand, 24 March 2014, golang.org
- ^ Shankland, Stephen (November 12, 2009). "Google hopes Go will give a browser boost". CNET. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
- ^ 2007 Eisner Awards: 2007 Master Nominations List Archived 2007-08-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ SPX Announces Ignatz Nominees Archived 2009-01-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 2007 Harvey Awards Nominees Archived 2009-10-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Inkpot Award". Comic-Con International: San Diego. 2012-12-06. Retrieved 2017-03-11.