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Rodolphe Töpffer

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Gender Male
Death178 years ago
Date of birth January 31,1799
Zodiac sign Aquarius
Born Geneva
Switzerland
Date of died June 8,1846
DiedGeneva
Switzerland
Parents Wolfgang-Adam Töpffer
Job Teacher
Painter
Author
Novelist
Cartoonist
BooksRodolphe Töpffer: The Complete Comic Strips
Inventing Comics: A New Translation of Rodolphe Töpffer's Reflections on Graphic Storytelling, Media Rhetorics, and Aesthetic Practice
How to Create Graphic Novels
Enter the comics
Julius, and Other Tales from the German
M. Jabot: M. Crespin
Histoire de M. Vieux Bois
NationalitySwiss
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Rodolphe Töpffer Life story


Rodolphe Töpffer was a Swiss teacher, author, painter, cartoonist, and caricaturist. He is best known for his illustrated books, which are possibly the earliest European comics. He is known as the father of comic strips and has been credited as the "first comics artist in history."

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