Obomsawin, Diane

Diane Obomsawin (born 1959) is an Abenaki Quebec -based author, illustrator and animated filmmaker, often known by her pseudonym, Obom. Some of her notable works have explored the issue of lesbian first love, including a 2014 graphic novel, published in French as J'aime les filles by L'Oie de Cravan and in English as On Loving Women by Drawn & Quarterly. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] J'aime les filles was adapted as a 2016 National Film Board of Canada animated short, I Like Girls (J'aime les filles), which received the Nelvana Grand Prize for Independent Short at the 40th Ottawa International Animation Festival. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ]