Laerte Coutinho, born in São Paulo in 1951, is a Brazilian cartoonist considered one of the country's most important artists in the field.

Throughout the last fifty years, she has built an outstanding career, with her comic strips being published in several newspapers and later collected in books. She has also been involved in the production of TV series and movies, has founded a communication consultancy for unions, and so on. In 2008, she came out as trans woman at 57 years old.

This blog is a translation project of her works by @bigshoeswamp

You can read her comics in portuguese on her site and blog:

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