Laerte Coutinho
Born: 1951-06-10
• São Paulo, Brazil
Laerte Coutinho, known mainly as simply Laerte, is a Brazilian cartoonist, comic strip artist and screenwriter. Assigned male at birth, she came out in 2009 as a crossdresser and later as a transgender woman. Laerte has collaborated with several publications such as Balão, O Pasquim, and Chiclete com Banana magazines and draws regularly for Folha de S. Paulo newspaper. She has created several comic strip characters, such as Piratas do Tietê (The Pirates of Tietê River). Since the mid 2000s, Laerte's strips became more philosophical and less humour-focused, abandoning fixed characters.
Filmography
Desenheiros do Instagram
From Nowhere: A Portrait of Valter Hugo Mãe
Reading Again Graúna
Bob Spit: We Do Not Like People
Minha Bateria Está Fraca e Está Ficando Tarde
A Turma do Pererê.DOC
Rindo à Toa: Humor Sem Limites
The City of Pirates
Mapas Afetivos: São Paulo
Casa da Xiclet
Laerte-se
Lampião da Esquina: Lighting Up Brazilian Press
Super Oldboy
Tie and Red Nail
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Legs Out
Laughter of Others
Consideração do Poema
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Malditos Cartunistas
Dossiê Rê Bordosa
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Três Irmãos de Sangue
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Cartas da Mãe