Renée French

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This article is about the writer and artist. For other uses, see Renée French (actress).

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 announced^{[citation needed]} he is writing a book in graphic novel format about French's life.^[1]

1 Awards
2 Bibliography
3 Footnotes
4 References

[edit] Awards

In 2007, French was nominated^{[citation needed]} 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.

[edit] 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