Gedeon lands on a cacti and a friendly monkey helps pull the barbs from his flippers. Illustration from "Gedeon en Afrique" by Benjamin Rabier. Benjamin Rabier (1864 in La Roche-sur-Yon, Vendée – 1939 in Faverolles, Indre) was a French illustrator, comic book artist and animator. He became famous for creating La vache qui rit and is one of the precursors of animal comics.