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Born June 10, 1951 · 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.

Desenheiros do Instagram
2026

From Nowhere: A Portrait of Valter Hugo Mãe
2025

Reading Again Graúna
2024

Bob Spit: We Do Not Like People
2021

Minha Bateria Está Fraca e Está Ficando Tarde
2020

A Turma do Pererê.DOC
2019

Rindo à Toa: Humor Sem Limites
2018

The City of Pirates
2018

Mapas Afetivos: São Paulo
2018

Casa da Xiclet
2017

Laerte-se
2017

Lampião da Esquina: Lighting Up Brazilian Press
2016

Super Oldboy
2016

Tie and Red Nail
2014
Legs Out
2012

Laughter of Others
2012

Consideração do Poema
2011
Malditos Cartunistas
2010

Dossiê Rê Bordosa
2008
Três Irmãos de Sangue
2006
Cartas da Mãe
2003