Manon Iessel was one of the early French female comic artists. Mainly a prolific illustrator of books since the 1930s, she also drew comics for La Semaine de Suzette and Bernadette ('La Petite Fille aux Lions', written by Henriette Robitaillie, 1954-1955). She was the artist of the comics series 'Capucine', that appeared in the monthly magazine of the same name in the 1960s.