Axelle Lenoir

Axelle Lenoir (born 1979, Notre-Dame-du-Lac) is a Canadian comic book author who lives in Quebec.

Early life Axelle Lenoir was introduced to comics very early; between the ages of 6 and 9, she discovered Philémon and Spirou and Fantasio

In 2005, she published her first comic book series, Mertownville. It has two volumes: Lydia and 1951.

In 2020, Axelle Lenoir removed references to Harry Potter in her comic What if we were... because of J K Rowling's views on trans people. She replaced them with a reference to the heroines Adora and Catra from the animated series She-ra and the Princesses of Power, known for having featured LGBT characters.

Personal life Lenoir is transgender. She publicly announced her transition in 2019, in an interview with Curium, a magazine for teenagers where her comic series, What if we were... (Si on était...) was published every week.

Works

In English What If We Were #2 (2023)Secret Passages (2022)Camp Spirit (2020)What If We Were... (2019)

In French

Si on était, #2 (2022) Passages Secrets (2020) Si on était, #1 (2019) L'Esprit du Camp #2 (2018) L'Esprit du Camp #1 (2017) Le Domaine Grisloire #2 (2015) Le Domaine Grisloire #1 (2014) French Kiss 1986 (2012) Luck (2010) Mertownville #3 (2007) Mertownville #2 (2005) Mertownville #1 (2005)

Awards and nominations

Best First Volume (2006), Lycéens Picards, for Mertownville #1 Best Volume Published Abroad by a Québécois Writer (2011), Albéric-Bourgeois Prize, for Luck Bédéis Causa Prize (2013) for French Kiss 1986. Québec Booksellers Prize (finalist, 2018), Comics Category, for L'Esprit du camp #1. Québec Booksellers Prize (finalist) for L'esprit du camp, #2 Eisner Awards nominee in the Best Humor Publication 2021 categorie for What If We Were? (English version of Si on était) Comic Book Prize (finalist, 2023) Trois-Rivières Book Fair, Youth Comics Category, for Si on était..., #2 ''