Emmanuel Poiré[1] (6 November 1858 – 25 February 1909), known by the pseudonym Caran d'Ache (French pronunciation: [kaʁɑ̃ daʃ]), was a 19th-century Russian-French satirist and political cartoonist.

While his first work glorified the Napoleonic era, he went on to create "stories without words" and as a contributor to newspapers such as the Le Figaro, he is sometimes hailed as one of the precursors of comic strips.

[3][4] Born in Moscow on 6 November 1858, d'Ache was the grandson of an Officer-Grenadier in Napoleon's Grande Armée who, wounded during the Battle of Borodino, had stayed behind in Russia.

In 1877, he emigrated to France where he gained French citizenship and joined the Army[5] for five years, where he was assigned to design uniforms for the ministry of war.

The magazine lasted 85 issues and was made up entirely of editorial cartoons by Caran d'Ache and Forain, caricaturing society and its scandals from an antisemitic, pro-Army viewpoint.