Paul d'Espagnat is one of the French comics artists from the early 20th century. His first work appeared in L'Imagier from 1894, and soon his drawings were featured in Frou-Frou, Le Pêle-Mêle and Bon Vivant. Using several pseudonyms, such as S-Pania, I-Béric and Béric, to sign his work, d'Espagnat drew for numerous publications of the publishing house Arthème Fayard, such as La Jeunesse Illustrée (1903-35) and Les Belles Images (1904-36).