Aaron Renier

Aaron Renier
BornGreen Bay, Wisconsin
OccupationComics artist
NationalityAmerican
Notable awardsEisner Award (2006)
SpouseJessica Campbell
Website
aaronrenier.com

Aaron Renier is an American comics artist and author.

Biography[edit]

Renier was born in Green Bay, Wisconsin.[1] 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.[2][1][3]

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."[4][5] 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.[6] He has also created The Unsinkable Walker Bean and illustrated Charlotte Perkins Gilman's The Yellow Wallpaper.[1] He sometimes collaborates with colorist Alec Longstreth.[1]

Awards and honors[edit]

Awards for Renier's books
Year Title Award Result Ref.
2010 The Unsinkable Walker Bean 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[edit]

As author[edit]

  • 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[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Cavanaugh, Amy (February 13, 2012). "For The Love Of Comics: Interview With Cartoonist Aaron Renier". CBS Chicago. Retrieved August 24, 2018.
  2. ^ Pearson, Laura. "Me, My Shelf and I: Jessica Campbell and Aaron Renier". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2018-08-22.
  3. ^ "Aaron Renier, Author at Narratively". Narratively. Retrieved 2018-08-22.
  4. ^ 2000-2009 Eisner Award winners, Comic-Con International San Diego.
  5. ^ "Aaron Renier / Top Shelf Productions". www.topshelfcomix.com. Retrieved 2018-08-22.
  6. ^ "Aaron Renier | Authors | Macmillan". US Macmillan. Retrieved 2018-08-22.
  7. ^ "2010 Cybils Finalists". Archived from the original on 2023-03-22. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
  8. ^ "2000s". Comic-Con International: San Diego. 2012-12-02. Retrieved 2023-04-11.

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