Bécassine - the story

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqoh1vIZVGNBfm6F1kqbVmpVln_FUbnIxMzQlRv3vEfkmfJW-B7mS7_GDuxSe2xnN8e9UEKxaq8e5-pJzy984RqzZmIz4-cJH41HXuv7WZO58k4j-wj7MmBwP_Oj6T1qzkPUgvSrcS8_M/s1600/2011+april+7+DSC_0345b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639799371933280258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqoh1vIZVGNBfm6F1kqbVmpVln_FUbnIxMzQlRv3vEfkmfJW-B7mS7_GDuxSe2xnN8e9UEKxaq8e5-pJzy984RqzZmIz4-cJH41HXuv7WZO58k4j-wj7MmBwP_Oj6T1qzkPUgvSrcS8_M/s640/2011+april+7+DSC_0345b.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9cassine"><strong>Bécassin</strong></a> is considered the first female protagonist in the history of comics. She is a young Breton housemaid created by Jacqueline Rivière and Joseph Pinchon in 1905. She is considered the birth of the modern <em>bande dessinée</em> inspiring Hergé (The Adventures of Tintin) in the 1920s.<br /><br /><br /><br />These books were seen in the window of a bookseller in Passage Jouffroy, a covered arcade in the 9ième arrondissement.<br /><br /><br /><br />I first encountered this heroine through collecting antique fêves, which is another story...<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Librarie Paul Vulin<br /><br />Passage Jouffroy<br /><br />Métro Grands Boulevards<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />

Bécassine - the story

Bécassin is considered the first female protagonist in the history of comics. She is a young Breton housemaid created by Jacqueline Rivière...

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