October 11, 2010

Aaron Renier was born and raised in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and went to art school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He’s always drawn comics, and has always been searching for ways to put them out… contributing to school papers, making school papers when the school didn’t have one, and making his own mini comics. Since Milwaukee, he has lived in Portland, Oregon, where he drew his first book, Spiral-Bound, and Brooklyn, New York, where he drew The Unsinkable Walker Bean. He has recently moved to Chicago, Illinois, where he’s working on the second Walker Bean book. It is a very vibrant and supportive community of cartoonists in Chicago, and it is the perfect place for a Midwestern boy and his dog to draw and play fetch. Aaron is the recipient of an Eisner Award for Talent Deserving Wider Recognition, and a nominee for best Children’s Album in 2005. aaronrenier.com/

Visit CCS’s seminar blog for a glimpse at recent and upcoming guests.