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Rodolphe Topffer: The Complete Comic Strips
by
David Kunzle
Among the many accomplishments in art and literature by Genevan Rodolphe Topffer (1799-1846), his virtual invention of the comic strip, or graphic novel, stands out as the most surprising, curious, and to us, after a century inundated by comic strips, by far the most significant.
This volume is the first English-language version of the Topffer comics oeuvre and includes (u
...moreHardcover, 650 pages
Published
April 2nd 2007
by University Press of Mississippi
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I appreciate this immensely. Like it? Eh. It is basically the first comics, so for such a huge formal leap, Topffer did amazing work. I mean, we can't expect the inventor of a medium to perfect it. This is like "Mr. Watson, come here, I need you," the first thing Bell said on the telephone, because once you have a new way to communicate, you might have trouble deciding what to say. These comics are silly, but it's often a good thing. They go on a little long, but wouldn't you, too, if ...more
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