Bécassine to Barbarella ... but what came in between? An introductory history of female primary characters in the Francophone band dessinée -- Bécassine : the first lady of bande dessinée? -- Barbarella : study of a sex symbol -- Solving the mystery of Adèle Blanc-Sec -- Beyond Bonemine : an introductory history of female secondary characters in the Francophone bande dessinée -- A study of sterotypes : the secondary female characters of Astérix -- Secondary women in urban realism : La vie de ma mère --Black secondary women in the works of Warnauts and Raives : the eroticization of difference -- Secondary women in the bd new wave : the female figures of Le Combat ordinaire The women that women draw : an introductory history of female characters drawn by women artists -- The rise and fall of Ah! Nana : France's first and only all-female illustré -- Murdering the male gaze : Chantal Montllier's Odile et les crocodiles -- Everyday extremes : Aurelia Aurita's Fraise et chocolat -- Problem solved?