The Soap Lady
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The Soap Lady is a 2001 children's novel by underground comics writer/artist Renee French
. It focuses on themes of friendship and acceptance instead of Renee's normal themes of sex and death. It is about a dirty young boy named Rollo who finds a naked woman made out of soap who washed up upon shore. To her normal readers, it was quirky to see Renee French write and illustrate a children's book (which originally began as a black comedy
book in the disguise of kids' book). Renee's book marked her absence from comics, having her pursue a second career as an author for children's books (under the pen-name Rainy Dohaney). The book is based on the exhibit at the Mutter Museum
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Renée French
Renée French 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 , The Ticking , and Micrographica , "Edison Steelhead's Lost Portfolio - Exploratory...
. It focuses on themes of friendship and acceptance instead of Renee's normal themes of sex and death. It is about a dirty young boy named Rollo who finds a naked woman made out of soap who washed up upon shore. To her normal readers, it was quirky to see Renee French write and illustrate a children's book (which originally began as a black comedy
Black comedy
A black comedy, or dark comedy, is a comic work that employs black humor or gallows humor. The definition of black humor is problematic; it has been argued that it corresponds to the earlier concept of gallows humor; and that, as humor has been defined since Freud as a comedic act that anesthetizes...
book in the disguise of kids' book). Renee's book marked her absence from comics, having her pursue a second career as an author for children's books (under the pen-name Rainy Dohaney). The book is based on the exhibit at the Mutter Museum
Mütter Museum
The Mütter Museum is a medical museum located in the Center City area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It contains a collection of medical oddities, anatomical and pathological specimens, wax models, and antique medical equipment. The museum is part of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia. The...
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