Leanne Franson
1963 (age 60–61)
Concordia University
Liliane, Bi-Dyke
Early life and education[edit]
Franson states that she, "collected only Betty and Veronica comic books" growing up in addition to spending much time at the library where she found refuge in the comics of the Leader Post.[3] After studying Fine Arts at Concordia University in Montreal, beginning in 1982, where she graduated in 1985. Leanne Franson also worked at Le Pavillon des Arts in retail sales from 1986 to 1991.[9] During her time in school, around 1986, she began drawing comics.[10] She studied ceramics from 1988, graduating in 1989, at the Banff Centre, School of Fine Arts.
Franson began working in illustration in 1991 for both trade and educational books.[4] Franson published her first comic in 1992 since then has self-published more than twenty issues of her minicomic series Liliane.[3] Franson would later move from Montreal to London in 1994 in order to learn about the comic scene abroad.[3]
Oh...: Her, Comic Quarterly, 1992.
Gregory, Roberta. "Fuckin' Faggot," Naughty Bits #6,1992.
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"Hair... a True Happening...," Zine: Mousie #2, 1992.
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Dyke's Delight!, Issue 1, 1993.
Real Girl #6, Holiday 1993.
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What Is This Thing Called Sex?, 1993.
"Vladmira, The Lesbian Vampire," Gay Comix #18, Spring 1993.
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"Differently Pleasured," Brat Attack, the Zine for Leatherdykes and Other Bad Girls, issue 4. 1993.
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"Race, she said... and Interracial Relationships," Zine: Mousie #3, 1993.
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"Toaster: A Story of Unplanned Parenthood," Gay Comix #22, Summer 1994.
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Strange-Looking Exile #5, 1994.
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Action Girl Comics, Issue 1, 1994
Dyke's Delight! Issue 2, 1994.
Action Girl Comics, Issue 2, 1995.
Gay Comix #24, Fall 1996.
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Assume Nothing: Starring Liliane: Evolution of a Bi-Dyke, 1997.
"Impeccable Taste" "Loose Skin in old Montréal or in other words: epidermis anonymous erraticus" "Proximal Possibilities" "Of Dating and Dogs" "Mixed Blessings" "Flicks and Finales" "Breeders" "Do It Myself (a slice of the life of a massothérapeute!!)" "Breeders Too... reprise of a theme..." Assume Nothing, , 1999.[10]
Slab-O-Concrete
"l'il Liliane in Untimely Hamster Deaths" "Liliane in Old Wives Tales" "Real Lesbians Don't Procreate (The Continuing Breeder Saga)" "Anal Appointment Accuracy" "Differently Pleasured'" "The World of Phantom Relationships "Liliane in Real Bisexuals Do (Sometimes!) Shoot Sperm (The Breeder Saga Swims On!)" "Playing with Perruques," Teaching Through Trauma, , 1999.
Slab-O-Concrete
Howard, David. "Old Wives Tales," Don't Touch Me, volume 1, issue 6, 1997.
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Men Are From Detroit, Women Are From Paris, 1999.
Dansereau, Paul. "Liliane in I Posed for a Pornographer!!" "A Rental Disaster (A Compendium of Do's and Don't's in One Twisted Tale of Crazy Colocation!!)" "Yes We Don't Want No Bisexuals! Part 1" "The Ex and the VCR" "How to Screw Someone Around (A Series of Tips)" "Yes, We Don't Want No Bisexuals Part 2" "Attack of the Inflated Ego!!" Don't Be a Crotte!, 2004.
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Brousseau, Linda. Marélie de la mer: roman, 1993.
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Legault, Anne. Une première pour Étamine Léger,1998.
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Manjusha Pawagi, La petite fille qui détestait les livres, 1998.
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Girard, Éric. Drôle de singe!,1999.
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Therrien, Maurice. Éloïse et le cadeau des arbres,1999.
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Legault, Anne. Un message d'Etamine Léger, 1999.
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Therrien, Maurice. Éloïse et le vent, 2000.
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Gratton, Andrée-Anne. Le mystère des nuits blanches: roman. 2000.
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Une chauve-souris qui pleurait d'être trop belle, 2000.
Chrystine Brouillet
Boisvert, Nicole M. Crapule, le chat, 2000.
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Gagnon, Cécile. Le chien de Pavel: un roman, 2000.
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Bergeron, Lucie. Bout de comète!, 2000.
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Desrosiers, Sylvie. Au revior, Camille!, 2000.
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Simon et Violette, 2001.
Andrée-Anne Gratton
Brochu, Yvon. Sauvez Henri!, 2001.
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Desrosiers, Sylvie. Le concert de Thomas, 2001.
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Ma mère est une extraterrestre, 2002.
Sylvie Desrosiers
Desrosiers, Sylvie. Ma mère est une extraterrestre, 2002.
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Rose, Indiana. Benten et le dragon, 2003.
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Gagnon, Cécile. Justine et le chien de Pavel: un roman, 2003.
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Desrosiers, Sylvie. Je suis Thomas, 2003.
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Gratton, Andrée-Anne. Le secret de Simon: roman, 2003.
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Plante, Raymond. Un canard entre les canines, 2004.
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Gratton, Andrée-Anne, Un espion dans la maison: roman, 2004.
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Sauriol, Louise-Michelle. Les trouvailles d'Adami, 2004.
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Gratton, Andrée-Anne. Simon, l'as du ballon: roman, 2004.
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Plante, Raymond. La vedette de la ronflette, 2005.
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Blanchette, Chantal. Les chaussettes de Julien: roman, 2005.
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Le chien de Léopold, 2006.
Robert Soulières
Plante, Raymond. Le chaud manteau de Léo, 2006.
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Bertrand, Nathalie. Les pieds dans les plats, 2006.
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Gagnon, Cécile. Justine et Sofia, 2006.
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Sauriol, Louise-Michelle. Les aventures du géant Beaupré, 2006.
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Desrosiers, Sylvie. Audition de Thomas (L'), 2006.
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Nathalie Bertrand, Les Pieds dans les plats, 2007.
Gratton, Andrée-Anne. Mission chocolat pour Simon: roman, 2007.
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Poirier, Nadine. Au voleur!, 2008.
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Gratton, Andrée-Anne. Simon et Zizou: roman, 2008.
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Justine au Pays de Sofia, 2008.
Cécile Gagnon
Jarry, Marie-Hélène. À la recherche du tikami, 2009.
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Somain, Jean-François. Le béret vert: un roman, 2009.
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Gratton, Andrée-Anne. Simon est amoureux: roman, 2009.
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Mativat, Geneviève. La sonate des chatouilles, 2009.
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Brousseau, Linda. Marélie de la mer: roman, 2010.
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Bergeron, Alain M. Le petit maître, 2010.
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Gagnon, Cécile. Justine et Sofia au pays des bleuets: un roman, 2010.
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Brousseau, Linda. Le vrai père de Marélie, 2010.
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Luca, Françoise de. Jason et la tortue des bois: un roman, 2011.
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Brousseau, Linda. Marélie et les sanglots de l'oie bleue: roman, 2011.
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Gratton, Andrée-Anne. Simon et les grands cornichons: roman, 2012.
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Sauriol, Louise-Michelle. Les ogres du printemps, 2012.
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Renaud, Anne. Les pierres d'Emma, 2012.
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Hughes, Susan. Adorable Choco, 2013.
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Hughes, Susan. Gentille Mirabelle, 2013.
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Sauriol, Louise-Michelle. Le mysterère du trésor noir: roman jeunesse, 2014.
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Hughes, Susan. Incroyable Zorro, 2014.
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Arsenault, Marie-Andrée. Les souvenirs du sable, 2014.
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Canciani, Katia. Le dromadaire au nez rouge: un conte de Noël avant Noël et dans le désert, 2014.
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Papineau, Lucie. Petit Écureuil à l'école des couleurs, 2014.
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Hughes, Susan. Houdini a disparu, 2015.
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Bellingham, Brenda. Les princesses ne portent pas de jeans, 2015.
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Brien, Sylvie. Valentin, ni trop petit, ni trop grand, 2015.
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Canciani, Katia. Le voyage en Chine, 2015.
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Brien, Sylvie. Jérôme et son fantôme, 2015.
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Hughes, Susan. Cajou en spectacle, 2015.
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Héloua, Laïla. La disparition de monsieur Bonjour, 2015.
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Hughes, Susan. Fripon le curieux, 2015.
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De Repentigny, Myriam & Pratte, Guy. Le mur de feu, 2016.
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Brien, Sylvie. Les têtes coupées, 2016.
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Hughes, Susan. Muscade s'ennuie, 2016.
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Arsenault, Marie-Andrèe. La traversée des mers, 2017.
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Pratte, Guy. Ted et les oiseaux de paradis, 2018.
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Labrie, Francine. Dans la peau des autres, 2019.
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Awards[edit]
In 1997, Franson was a finalist for a Governor General's Award for her illustration work on L'Ourson qui voulait une Juliette.[143]
Exhibitions[edit]
Leanne Franson was featured in "She Draws Comics," curated by Trina Robbins. The exhibition began in 2002 in Vienna at Secession Gallery, traveled to Gijon in that same year. The exhibition would then go to San Francisco in 2003, and finally end in 2006 in NYC at the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art.