Notes on Illustration

Notes on Illustration

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Rodolphe Töpffer

Rodolphe Töpffer

“The Father of Comics”

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Rodolphe Töpffer (TOP-fər) was born on January 31, 1799, in Geneva, Switzerland. By the age of twenty-four, he was teaching at a boarding school for boys that he founded.

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