Teen girls rewrite the universe on a daily basis! This comic collection proves there's nothing better than using your imagination... except maybe talking nonsense with your friends. Hey, why not both?
Axelle Lenoir started out as a 2D artist in 1999, for a Quebec City video game company. In 2003, craving more creative freedom, she quit and made her first steps in comic books. Her Mertownville trilogy was released by the Switzerland publisher Paquet in the mid-2000s. Since then, Axelle has worked with publishers in France, Belgium, and Canada. Her first English-language graphic novel, Camp Spirit (Top Shelf), is a coming-of-age story about an unlikely friendship between two summer camp counselors. She now returns with a comic strip collection named What If We Were... portraying two teenage girls who invented a weird and funny game to fill their spare time. Axelle's writing style is a mix between humor, everyday life situations, fantasy and comic strips. She likes to write about women, teenagers, folklore, parallel universes and stupid cats.
"This coming-of-age comic captures the joy and creativity of
teenage friendship." — Booklist
"Lenoir's fantastic humor and expressive drawing show us a great
time and make us fall in love with her charismatic heroes. We miss
them as soon as we close the book." — Les Libraires
"Axelle Lenoir has a remarkable talent for capturing adolescence...
her female characters, here as in Camp Spirit, are completely
credible, and avoid the usual clichés. They're both fragile and
strong, shy and extroverted, made of paradoxes." — Sophie
Lit
"The concept is original and really well explored... plus the
drawing is great! The characters are funny, yet believable - and
always fabulously dressed. I really want these two girls to be my
best friends!" — Chronicles of a Book Addict
“Beneath the absurdity, this comic hides an unexpected and tender
story.” — Librairie La Liberté
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