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

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

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

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

References

  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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