Caran d'Ache

• Born 1858-11-06 · Died 1909-02-25

Emmanuel Poiré est un dessinateur humoristique et caricaturiste français. Caran d'Ache was a French satiric political cartoonist. While his first work glorified the Napoleonic era, he went on to create "stories without words" and as a contributor to newspapers like "La Vie Parisienne", "Le Figaro illustré", "La Caricature", and "Le Chat Noir", he is sometimes hailed as one of the fathers of the comic. His pen name derives from the Russian word "karandasch" [карандаш] for pencil.