Rodolphe Töpffer (/ˈtɒpfər/ TOP-fər, French: [ʁɔdɔlf tœpfɛʁ]; 31 January 1799 – 8 June 1846) was a Swiss teacher, author, painter, cartoonist, and caricaturist...

Manga Hokusai, early 19th century Histoire de Monsieur Cryptogame Rodolphe Töpffer, 1830 Max and Moritz Wilhelm Busch, 1865 Ally Sloper in Some of the...

19th-century publication written and illustrated by the Swiss caricaturist Rodolphe Töpffer. It was created in 1827 and published first in Geneva, Switzerland...

onomatopoeia. European comics have existed since 1837, when Swiss artist Rodolphe Töpffer published Histoire de Mr. Vieux Bois. The oldest comic publishing company...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

describing and mapping the topographical features of the Zermatt peaks. Rodolphe Töpffer, who first accompanied and guided youth to the Alps for purposes of...

d'illustrateur (1830-1880) : Rodolphe Töpffer, J. J. Grandville, Gustave Doré. Geneva: Le Métier d'illustrateur (1830-1880) : Rodolphe Töpffer, J. J. Grandville...

1828 publication Histoire de Mr. Vieux Bois by Swiss caricaturist Rodolphe Töpffer, and was first published in English translation in 1841 by London's...

politician (b. 1778) June 1 – Pope Gregory XVI (b. 1765) June 8 – Rodolphe Töpffer, Swiss author, painter, and caricature artist (b. 1799) June 13 – Jean-Baptiste...

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...

posits Swiss caricaturist Rodolphe Töpffer as in many ways "the father of the modern comic". McCloud emphasizes Töpffer's use of "cartooning and panel...

format on the girobank banking system. Rodolphe Töpffer publishes Histoire de Mr. Vieux Bois Rodolphe Töpffer publishes Monsieur Crépin. George Cruikshank's...

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...

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...

1797 – Franz Schubert, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1828) 1799 – Rodolphe Töpffer, Swiss teacher, author, painter, cartoonist, and caricaturist (d. 1846)...

(1827–1893), French politician Rodolphe Töpffer (1799–1846), teacher, author, painter, cartoonist and caricaturist Wolfgang-Adam Töpffer (1766–1847), painter of...

and illustrated by William Heath. Swiss author and caricature artist Rodolphe Töpffer (Geneva, 1799–1846) is considered the father of the modern comic strips...

after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; Goethe was the person who encouraged Rodolphe Töpffer, "the father of comic strips," to publish his stories. The Comic Art...

caricatures that became internationally well-known. At around the same time, Rodolphe Töpffer (Switzerland) and Wilhelm Busch (Germany) published many comic strips...

A page by Rodolphe Töpffer...

railroad pioneer active in the Austrian Empire (1858) January 31 – Rodolphe Töpffer, Swiss teacher, author, and artist (d. 1846) February 4 – Almeida Garrett...

d'Europa. Many famous visitors stayed here, including Chateaubriand, Rodolphe Töpffer, Théophile Gautier, George Eliot, and Richard Wagner. The modern Westin...

and politician, 7th President of the United States (b. 1767) 1846 – Rodolphe Töpffer, Swiss teacher, author, painter, cartoonist, and caricaturist (b. 1799)...

painter and surgeon Jacob Toorenvliet (1640–1719), Dutch painter Rodolphe Töpffer (1799–1847), Swiss painter, caricaturist and teacher Torii Kiyomasu...

Don and Maggie Thompson, Bill Watterson 2021 Pioneers: Thomas Nast, Rodolphe Töpffer; Judges' Choices: Alberto Breccia, Stan Goldberg, Françoise Mouly,...