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He was born in Compiègne , France , the son of a carpenter. He studied to become a notary, but was more interested in caricature. In 1866 he joined ''Journal Amusant'' as an illustrator. In 1880 , with Georges Decaux , he founded his own magazine ''La Caricature'', which he edited for 12 years. He illustrated tourist guides, works of popular history, and literary classics. His fame disappeared after World War One . Albert Robida was rediscovered thanks to his trilogy of futuristic works:
These works made him another Jules Verne , often more daring. Unlike Verne, he proposed inventions integrated into everyday life, not creations of mad scientists, and he imagined the social developments that arose from them, often with accuracy: social advancement of women, mass tourism, pollution, etc. His ''La Guerre au vingtième siècle'' describes modern warfare, with robotic missiles and poison gas. His ''Téléphonoscope'' was a flat screen that delivered the latest news 24-hours a day, the latest plays, courses, and teleconferences. EXTERNAL LINKS
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