D'Ache specialized in pantomime comics, needing no words or dialogue at all, and aspired to create a longer pantomime story told solely in sequential images, "Maestro", about a child prodigy pianist; he died before finishing, however.[
During the 19th century there were many artists in Europe drawing cartoons, occasionally even utilizing sequential multi-panel narration, albeit mostly with clarifying captions and dialogue placed under the panels rather than the word balloons commonly used today.[ citation needed] These were humorous short works rarely longer than a single page. In the Francophonie artists such as Gustave Doré, Nadar "wikipedia:Nadar (artist)"), Christophe and Caran d'Ache began to be involved with the medium. D'Ache specialized in pantomime comics, needing no words or dialogue at all, and aspired to create a longer pantomime story told solely in sequential images, "Maestro", about a child prodigy pianist; he died before finishing, however.[2]