Jenny Rakotomamonjy

Jenny Rakotomamonjy (born 1979), known by the pen name Jenny, is a Malagasy-born French cartoonist and animator. She is a co-founder of the Chibimag comics studio.

Biography Jenny Rakotomamonjy was born in Antananarivo, Madagascar, in 1979. At age 3, she left the island with her parents and moved to the Paris suburbs.

In 2002 Jenny, who signs her work with only her first name, produced her first animated short, Le Papillon, with Antoine Antin. Shortly thereafter, she was hired by Marathon Animation to work on character design for the series Martin Mystery and storyboards for Totally Spies!

Jenny released her first comic, the shojo manga-style Pink Diary, in 2005. won the 2006 prize for Best Manga-Style Bande Dessinée from the French magazine Animeland. It ran through 2008, followed by Sara et les Contes perdus. She has also worked on a spin-off of Patricia Lyfoung's La Rose écarlate series.

She also in 2003 became a founding member of the Chibimag comics studio, through which she has collaborated on various comic fanzines. where she frequently collaborates with her husband, the fellow comics creator Alexis Coridun.

Selected works

Pink Diary (8 books, complete series) Mathilde (5 books, complete series) Sara et les contes perdus (6 books, complete series) La Rose écarlate - Missions (10 books, complete series) Comme un garçon (6 books, complete series) Les Légendaires Résistance (4 books, ongoing series)