âŠBusch were Adolphe Willette and ThĂ©ophile-Alexandre Steinlen, both pioneers in Le Chat Noir (âThe Black Catâ)âhouse magazine of the worldâs first cabaretâof the wordless, or âsilent,â strip (first employed by Busch). Willette created a black-clad Pierrot, a volatile, poetic, and amoral trickster (1882â84), and Steinlen specialized in cats (1884â86); inâŠ
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