Aaron Renier Explained
Nationality: | American |
Occupation: | Comics artist |
Birth Place: | Green Bay, Wisconsin |
Spouse: | Jessica Campbell |
Awards: | Eisner Award (2006) |
Aaron Renier is an American comics artist and author.
Biography
Renier was born in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Between 2000 and 2009, he lived in Portland, Oregon and Brooklyn, New York before settling in West Town, Chicago, where he lives with his wife and fellow artist, Jessica Campbell.[1] [2]
In 2010, Renier received the inaugural Sendak Fellowship.
His graphic novel Spiral-Bound was published by Top Shelf Productions in September 2005 and won him the 2006 Eisner award for "Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition."[3] [4] In 2008, he began providing illustrations for the book series The Knights' Tales written by Gerald Morris. He also Alice Shertle's 2009 picture book An Anaconda Ate My Homework.[5] He has also created The Unsinkable Walker Bean and illustrated Charlotte Perkins Gilman's The Yellow Wallpaper.[6] He sometimes collaborates with colorist Alec Longstreth.
Awards and honors
Awards for Renier's books!Year!Title!Award!Result!Ref.2010 | | Cybils Award for Elementary and Middle Grade Graphic Novel | Finalist | [7] |
2009 | Spiral-Bound: Top Secret Summer | Eisner Award for Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition | Winner | [8] | |
Publications
As author
- Spiral-Bound: Top Secret Summer (2005)
- Papercutter, with J.P. Coovert and Sean Aaberg * Papercutter, with (2006) (2006)
- Through the Hall of Biodiversity (2008)
- The Unsinkable Walker Bean (2010)
- Anywhere At Once, illustrated by Laura Park (2011)
- The Unsinkable Walker Bean and the Knights of the Waxing Moon (2018)
As illustrator
External links
Notes and References
- News: Me, My Shelf and I: Jessica Campbell and Aaron Renier. Pearson. Laura. chicagotribune.com. 2018-08-22. en-US.
- Web site: Aaron Renier, Author at Narratively. Narratively. en-US. 2018-08-22.
- https://www.comic-con.org/awards/2000s 2000-2009 Eisner Award winners
- Web site: Aaron Renier / Top Shelf Productions. www.topshelfcomix.com. en. 2018-08-22.
- News: Aaron Renier Authors Macmillan. US Macmillan. 2018-08-22. en-US.
- Web site: For The Love Of Comics: Interview With Cartoonist Aaron Renier . Cavanaugh . Amy . February 13, 2012 . CBS Chicago . August 24, 2018.
- Web site: 2010 Cybils Finalists . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230322153827/https://www.cybils.com/cybils-books/2010-cybils-finalists . 2023-03-22 . 2023-03-22 . en-US.
- Web site: 2012-12-02 . 2000s . 2023-04-11 . Comic-Con International: San Diego . en.