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| Genre/Form: | Biography Criticism, interpretation, etc |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Rube Goldberg; Rube Goldberg; Rube Goldberg |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Jennifer George; Andrew Baron; Al Jaffee; Carl Linich; Peter Maresca; Paul Tumey; Brian Walker; Geoff Spear; Rube Goldberg |
| ISBN: | 9781419708527 141970852X |
| OCLC Number: | 858825226 |
| Notes: | Cover includes pull-tab sequential action panel. |
| Description: | 191 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 x 37 cm |
| Contents: | Bringing Rube Goldberg's invention drawings to life / by Andrew Baron -- Introduction: The Goldberg variations / by Adam Gopnik -- Preface: No limp fish / by Jennifer George -- It happened to a Rube / by Brian Walker -- Say, are you reading a book? Rube Goldberg's Foolish Questions -- The Rube Goldberg animated cartoons of 1916 -- Out in a crowd: a contextual look at the comic strips of Rube Goldberg / by Peter Maresca -- The white rose heiress -- The weekly meeting of the Tuesday Ladies' club -- Restless storyteller: Rube Goldberg's comic strips of the 1920s and 1930s / by Paul Tumey -- OMG! Old man goldberg -- "Zuppie Snock Pleff Higgo," meaning, "An introduction to the world's greatest Siberian cheesehound" -- Device for reminding lazy cartoonist to write Rube Goldberg essay / by Al Jaffee -- Bibliography, sources, timeline -- Acknowledgements. |
| Other Titles: | Rube Goldberg |
| Responsibility: | selected by Jennifer George ; introduction by Adam Gopnik ; essays by Andrew Baron, Al Jaffee, Carl Linich, Peter Maresca, Paul Tumey, and Brian Walker ; cover paper engineering by Andrew Baron of Popyrus Studio, Inc. ; additional photography by Geoff Spear. |
Abstract:
Rube Goldberg was a cartoonist, humorist, sculptor, author, engineer and inventor, and in a 72-year career he illustrated a staggering 50,000 cartoons. The Art of Rube Goldberg is an overview of his entire career from his very first drawing to his iconic inventions and political cartoons.
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