Zut ! On va encore dire que c'est moi !!!

Zut! On va encore dire que c?est moi!!! 1907.

Lithograph, printed in colors. Good proof on strong vellum. Several tears, one of which penetrates slightly into the subject on the left, consolidated on the back with adhesive. Good margins. 

Benjamin Rabier (La Roche Sur Yon, December 30, 1864 - Paris, October 10, 1939) was a French cartoonist remembered as one of the masters of French comics, creator of the Light Line and a pioneer of animation.

He moved with his family to Paris at the age of 5 years. He participated as a teenager in some drawing competitions, winning first prize twice, in 1879 and 1880, but began working as an accountant. Thanks to Caran d'Ache, his regimental companion, he published in 1895 "L'album drolatique" starting an intense production of humorous plates and illustrations for many publishers publishing in magazines such as La Chronique Amusante and Le Gil Blas Illustré, Le journal amusant, Revue Mame, Gil Blas illustré, Le Pêle-Mêle, Le Rire and L'assiette au beurre. He became known in England and the United States where he drew for Scraps, Pictorial Comic Life and Puck. He moved in 1894 in the region of Ségur becoming a regular contributor to the newspaper Le Rire, where he had some success, also drew for magazines L'Assiette au Beurre and Le Chat Noir, La Jeunesse Illustrée and Les Belles Images. In 1898 he produced the book "Tintin Lutin" which was a source of inspiration in 1929 for Hergé for the name of his character. By the turn of the century he was an established artist publishing in numerous publications. He began producing more albums and illustrated La Fontaine stories. He also wrote plays and book illustrations. Around 1906 he concentrated on producing illustrations for children's books, always favoring animal stories. He turned to animation in 1916 and also worked in advertising. For example, he developed the cow logo for the cheese brand La Vache Qui Rit. In 1923, he created Gédéon, a goose that was the protagonist of a series of stories that he created until the end of his life and that was published in a series of sixteen volumes from 1923 to 1939. In 1936, he returned to work for British publishers, illustrating several books.