Laerte Coutinho
Acting · Born Jun 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.
Films
Desenheiros do Instagram
2026
From Nowhere: A Portrait of Valter Hugo Mãe
2025
The Known Daughter of Claudia Wonder
2024
Reading Again Graúna
20246.5
Bob Spit: We Do Not Like People
20217.9
Minha Bateria Está Fraca e Está Ficando Tarde
2020
A Turma do Pererê.DOC
20197.0
Rindo à Toa: Humor Sem Limites
2018
The City of Pirates
20186.0
Mapas Afetivos: São Paulo
2018
Casa da Xiclet
2017
Laerte-se
20177.1
Lampião da Esquina: Lighting Up Brazilian Press
20168.0
Super Oldboy
20169.0
Tie and Red Nail
20147.4
Laughter of Others
20128.3
Consideração do Poema
20119.0
Malditos Cartunistas
2010
Dossiê Rê Bordosa
20086.5
