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Rodolphe Töpffer (1799-1846) is the pioneer of the bande dessinée of francaise culture. Since 1827 he realized his original histories en images settling a sequence of cartoons with short handwritten textes. The cartoons are separated by a thin ink line. They are printed in 1833 for the first time and they are collected toghether in 1846 under the title Histoires en estampes. The names of characters are Monsieur Jabot, Monsieur Crépin, Monsieur Vieux Bois, Monsieur Pencil, Monsieur Cryptogame, Docteur Festus, Histoire d'Albert, Histoire de Mr Trictrac. With them the swiss artist draws funny satirical pictures of the XIXth century society, according to the great tradition of caricature in England (Hogarth, Rowlandson and Cruikshank) and in France (Grandville). So the Töpffer's works show a careful theorician study, whose conclusions are contained in an illustrated essay about physiognomic published in 1845. This is what makes Töpffer the inventor of modern comics. For further informations: "Société d'Études Töpffériennes" Foundation www.geneva-city.ch/bpu/toepffer "Pressibus" Study Association www.pressibus.org |
 Monsieur Jabot 1833 |
 Monsieur Crépin 1837 |
 Monsieur Vieux Bois 1837 |
 Monsieur Pencil 1840 |
 Histoire d'Albert 1845 |
 Monsieur Cryptogame 1846 |
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