I’ve seen this cartoon character, Bécassine, on products all over France and just assumed it was from a cartoon made by the same artist (Hergé), who created TinTin. Bécassine was launched as a comic strip in 1905 as part of La Semaine de Suzette, a magazine for little girls. I believe TinTin appeared 20 or so years later. Isn’t this a clear example of RIP OFF? Or doesn’t Bécassine look EXACTLY like Tin Tin in a dress? I guess no one cared back then.
I actually don’t know that much about Bécassine except that she was from Bretagne (thus the outfit), so for those interested, here is some information about her: Bande Dessinée Bécassine (in French).
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Bécassine is sooo part of my childhood [with Babar]. Thanks for the memory 
When I was a kid, I spent countless hours reading my mother’s old Becassine albums (I should check and see if she still has them, but I’m not counting on it.) I loved them, even though the stories were pretty ridiculous. And, of course, by the time I was an adult, Becassine was denounced as politically incorrect, and debasing to the Bretons.
Also, I never established any connection between Becassine and Tintin, although I was also (and still am) a huge fan of Tintin.
Comment by Elisabeth 11.11.06 @ 12:52 pmi love becassine, my mom used to read me her stories when a was a child!!! I´m visiting paris next july and i wanted to know were can i visit an exhibition (or somethig similiar) of becassine and were can i find becassine stuff like the one of your picture!
thanks!
hey, Becassine was not created by Hergé the father of Tintin, have a look at the wikipedia page, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9cassine
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