| Intro | Illustrator and cartoonist |
| Is |
Illustrator Cartoonist |
| Type |
Arts Creativity |
| Gender | female |
Leanne Franson (born 1963 in Regina, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian illustrator and cartoonist.
After art studies at Concordia University in Montreal, where she graduated in 1995, she studied ceramics in 1988-1989. She then worked as a children’s book illustrator for several Canadian publishers, in both English and French. She lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
She is known for her semi-autobiographical comics featuring the female bisexual character Liliane, Bi-Dyke. These have been included in various anthologies and collected in books.
In 1997, she was a finalist for a Governor General’s Award for her illustration work on L’Ourson qui voulait une Juliette.
Selected publications
For children
- Anne Legault, Une fille pas comme les autres, 1997.
- Jasmine Dubé, L’ourson qui voulait une Juliette, 1997.
- Manjusha Pawagi, La petite fille qui détestait les livres, 1998.
- Chrystine Brouillet, Une chauve-souris qui pleurait d’être trop belle, 2000.
- Andrée-Anne Gratton, Simon et Violette, 2001.
- Sylvie Desrosiers, Ma mère est une extraterrestre, 2002.
- Raymond Plante, La curieuse invasion de Picots-les-Bains par les zèbres, 2002.
- Louise-Michelle Sauriol, Siara et L’oiseau d’amour, (French and Inuktitut), 2002.
- Louise-Michelle Sauriol, Les trouvailles d’Adami, (French and Inuktitut) 2004.
- Robert Soulières, Le chien de Léopold, 2006.
- Nathalie Bertrand, Les Pieds dans les plats, 2007.
- Andrée-Anne Gratton, Simon et Zizou, 2008.
- Cécile Gagnon, Justine au Pays de Sofia, 2008.
- Alain M. Bergeron, Le Petit Maître, 2010.
Liliane, Bi-Dyke
- Assume Nothing: Evolution of a Bi-Dyke, Slab-O-Concrete, 1997.
- Teaching Through Trauma, Slab-O-Concrete, 1999.
- Don’t Be a Crotte!, 2004.