Father of the Comic Strip: Rodolphe Töpffer #[nn]

This volume from the Great Comics Artists Series collects the pioneering work of Rodolphe Töpffer, the 19th-century Swiss artist widely credited with creating the first modern comic strips. It includes his complete picture stories, such as The Adventures of Obadiah Oldbuck and Mr. Pencil, along with critical essays examining his influence on the sequential art form. The book serves as both a scholarly introduction and a comprehensive archive of Töpffer's foundational contributions to comics.