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    Rodolphe Töpffer (/ˈtɒpfər/ TOP-fər, French: [ʁɔdɔlf tœpfɛʁ]; 31 January 1799 – 8 June 1846) was a Swiss teacher, author, painter, cartoonist, and caricaturist...
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    Manga Hokusai, early 19th century Histoire de Monsieur Cryptogame Rodolphe Töpffer, 1830 Max and Moritz Wilhelm Busch, 1865 Ally Sloper in Some of the...
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    19th-century publication written and illustrated by the Swiss caricaturist Rodolphe Töpffer. It was created in 1827 and published first in Geneva, Switzerland...
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  • onomatopoeia. European comics have existed since 1837, when Swiss artist Rodolphe Töpffer published Histoire de Mr. Vieux Bois. The oldest comic publishing company...
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  • Century, Rebirth of the English Comic Strip, Father of the Comic Strip Rodolphe Töpffer), dies at age 87. January 2: Attila Futaki, Hungarian comic artist...
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  • satire and caricature. Rodolphe Töpffer, a Francophone Swiss artist, was a key figure in the early part of the 19th century. Töpffer's sequentially illustrated...
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    fiction and comic strips. In "Mister Pencil" (1831), a comic strip by Rodolphe Töpffer, a dog fallen on a Chappe telegraph's arm—and its master attempting...
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    Wolfgang-Adam Töpffer, also Adam-Wolfgang or simply Adam Töpffer (20 May 1766, Geneva – 10 August 1847, Geneva), was a Swiss painter who specialized in...
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    for Tamara Drewe. In 2022 she was awarded the Grand Prix Töpffer (named after Rodolphe Töpffer, the author of the earliest comic strips) by the city of...
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  • format on the girobank banking system. Rodolphe Töpffer publishes Histoire de Mr. Vieux Bois Rodolphe Töpffer publishes Monsieur Crépin. George Cruikshank's...
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  • 1828 publication Histoire de Mr. Vieux Bois by Swiss caricaturist Rodolphe Töpffer, and was first published in English translation in 1841 by London's...
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    describing and mapping the topographical features of the Zermatt peaks. Rodolphe Töpffer, who first accompanied and guided youth to the Alps for purposes of...
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    railroad pioneer active in the Austrian Empire (1858) January 31 – Rodolphe Töpffer, Swiss teacher, author, and artist (d. 1846) February 4 – Almeida Garrett...
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    d'illustrateur (1830-1880) : Rodolphe Töpffer, J. J. Grandville, Gustave Doré. Geneva: Le Métier d'illustrateur (1830-1880) : Rodolphe Töpffer, J. J. Grandville...
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  • posits Swiss caricaturist Rodolphe Töpffer as in many ways "the father of the modern comic". McCloud emphasizes Töpffer's use of "cartooning and panel...
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  • history of American comics started in 1842 with the U.S. publication of Rodolphe Töpffer's work The Adventures of Mr. Obadiah Oldbuck, but the medium was initially...
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  • artists such as William Hogarth. The early 19th century Swiss artist Rodolphe Töpffer is regarded by many as the "father of the modern comic" and his publication...
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    comics are the Swiss comics series Histoire de Mr. Vieux Bois (1827) by Rodolphe Töpffer, the French comics Les Travaux d'Hercule (1847), Trois artistes incompris...
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    published in Europe as the 1837 book Histoire de Mr. Vieux Bois by Rodolphe Töpffer. The G. W. Dillingham Company published the first known proto-comic-book...
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    (1827–1893), French politician Rodolphe Töpffer (1799–1846), teacher, author, painter, cartoonist and caricaturist Wolfgang-Adam Töpffer (1766–1847), painter of...
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  • 1797 – Franz Schubert, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1828) 1799 – Rodolphe Töpffer, Swiss teacher, author, painter, cartoonist, and caricaturist (d. 1846)...
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  • States, including rediscovering the first comic book in America, Rodolphe Töpffer's The Adventures of Mr. Obadiah Oldbuck. He has supplied data and visual...
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  • and politician, 7th President of the United States (b. 1767) 1846 – Rodolphe Töpffer, Swiss teacher, author, painter, cartoonist, and caricaturist (b. 1799)...
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    A page by Rodolphe Töpffer...
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  • Don and Maggie Thompson, Bill Watterson 2021 Pioneers: Thomas Nast, Rodolphe Töpffer; Judges' Choices: Alberto Breccia, Stan Goldberg, Françoise Mouly,...
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  • caricatures that became internationally well-known. At around the same time, Rodolphe Töpffer (Switzerland) and Wilhelm Busch (Germany) published many comic strips...
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    painter and surgeon Jacob Toorenvliet (1640–1719), Dutch painter Rodolphe Töpffer (1799–1847), Swiss painter, caricaturist and teacher Torii Kiyomasu...
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  • and illustrated by William Heath. Swiss author and caricature artist Rodolphe Töpffer (Geneva, 1799–1846) is considered the father of the modern comic strips...
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  • descriptions have fallen prey to numerous exceptions. Theorists such as Rodolphe Töpffer, R. C. Harvey, Will Eisner, David Carrier, Alain Rey, and Lawrence...
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    254–285. Rodolphe Töpffer, Jacques Droin, Danielle Buyssens, Jean-Daniel Candaux. Correspondance complète. (Complete correspondence of Rodolphe Töpffer). Genève:...
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