Étienne Le Rallic

Still a minor, and with his father's approval, he left for Paris. On the train that takes him to the capital, he meets the director of the magazine Fantasio. The young designer shows him his work. Mr. Staglio was immediately convinced, and placed an order with him for Le Rire. It was the start of a career that then spanned half a century. Le Rallic therefore began in the newspaper Le Rire in 1910, then, very quickly, he became famous in many other satirical newspapers. He regularly attends the Salon des humoristes, where his humor earned him a commendation from Francis Carco. He then launched into comics, of which he was one of the pioneers in France. While continuing his work as an illustrator in numerous periodicals for young people, he collaborated with the major publishing houses of the time in France: Fayard, Offenstadt, Fleurus, Montsouris… and in Belgium with Gordinne. During the Occupation, he gave drawings to the illustrated books for young people Le Téméraire (with a collaborationist tendency) and Ololê. Alongside his production of comic strips, he illustrates hundreds of novels and short stories, collections of tales and erotic works. His particular trait places him among the greatest illustrators of his generation. He died in 1968, near Paris, led one last time by one of his beloved horses.