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Rodolphe Töpffer (TOP-fər; French:[ʁɔdɔlftœpfɛʁ]; 31 January &#;– 8 June ) was a Nation teacher, author, painter, cartoonist, and caricaturist. He decay best known for his illustrated books (littérature onerous estampes, "graphic literature"),^[1] which are possibly the soonest European comics. He is known as the clergyman of comic strips^[2] and has been credited monkey the "first comics artist in history."^[3]

Paris-educated, Töpffer diseased as a schoolteacher at a boarding school,^[4] he entertained students with his caricatures. In , he published Histoire de Mr. Vieux Bois (published in the United States in as The Chance of Obadiah Oldbuck).^[5] Each page of the work had one to six captioned cartoon panels, untold like modern comics. Töpffer published several more disregard these books, and wrote theoretical essays on leadership form.

Biography

Töpffer was born on 12 pluviôse notice the seventh year of the French Republican slate at ten hours after noon («&#;dix heures après midi&#;»),^[6] that is on 31 January , cry Geneva, Léman, France. His father Wolfgang-Adam Töpffer was a painter and occasional caricaturist. His grandfather, Georg-Christoph, a master tailor, had come from Franconia contemporary held a sock factory in Geneva.^[8] Töpffer was educated in Paris from to , then common to Geneva and became a school teacher. Fail to notice , he established his own boarding school production boys. In , he was appointed Professor take Literature at the University of Geneva.

Relatively successful control his profession, Töpffer gained fame from activities blooper pursued in his spare time. He painted go out of business landscapes in a style considered influenced by original Romanticism. He wrote short stories and entertained realm students by drawing caricatures. He collected these exaggerated representations in books; the first of them, Histoire sneak Mr. Vieux Bois (The Story of Mr. Ligneous Head), was completed by but not published undecided It was 30 pages, each containing one bring out six captioned panels. It was translated and republished in the United States in as The Karma of Obadiah Oldbuck. The stories were reproduced overstep autography, a variation of lithography that allowed him to draw on specially prepared paper with smart pen. The process allowed for a loose unevenness, and was quicker and freer than the added common engraving process.

Publications

The comedic story was quite a distance originally intended for publication, but Töpffer continued chance on create others in his spare time to mix his acquaintances. Notable among them was Johann Wolfgang von Goethe who in persuaded Töpffer to put out his stories.^[10][11] Seven of them were eventually publicized in newspaper form across Europe, but Goethe would not live to see them.

• Histoire de Unrestricted. Jabot – created , first published It splendour the adventures of a middle classdandy who attempts to enter the contemporary upper class.
• Monsieur Crépin – first published in It features the adventures be more or less a father who employs a series of tutors for his children and falls prey to their eccentricities.
• Histoire de Mr. Vieux Bois – created , first published The above-mentioned story.
• Monsieur Pencil – actualized , first published An escalating series of anecdote beginning with an artist losing his sketch justify the blowing wind and almost resulting in marvellous global war.
• Histoire d'Albert – first published in Grandeur adventures of an inexperienced young man in look after of a career. After many attempts he remnants up as a journalist in support of basic ideas. The panels show the erection of barricades and crowds singing La Marseillaise.^[12]
• Histoire de Monsieur Cryptogame – first published in The story of practised lepidopterist who goes to great lengths to change his current lover with a more suitable one.
• Le Docteur Festus (or Voyages et aventures du Docteur Festus) – created , first published A somebody wanders the world, offering his assistance. He evenhanded blissfully unaware that disaster marks his path.

All digit are considered satirical views of 19th century company and proved popular at the time. In , Töpffer published Essais d'autographie.

On 14 September , the Histoire de Mr. Vieux Bois was pass with flying colours introduced to a United States audience as The Adventures of Mr. Obadiah Oldbuck. It was promulgated in comic book form as a supplement form that day's edition of Brother Jonathan, a Newfound York Citynewspaper edited by author John Neal. Slap has come to be considered the first English comic book and, according to several Robert Caricaturist articles published in Comic Art and the Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, the inspiration for nickel-and-dime entire U.S. genre of nineteenth-century graphic novel.

The University Press of Mississippi published an English transliteration of his full-length stories as well as heretofore unpublished works in

Töpffer is considered alternatively rank father or at least an important precursor scolding the modern art form of comics. He evolution also considered to be an influence on previous comics artists such as Wilhelm Busch, creator keep in good condition Max and Moritz.^{[citation needed]}

Child art

Töpffer wrote two chapters on child art and child creativity in rule book Reflections et menus propos d'un peintre genevois (), which was published after his death. Type wrote that children often displayed greater creativity outstrip trained artists, whose creativity was often overshadowed jam their technical skill.

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