Rube Goldberg

Drawings from the Bancroft Library ... January 19 - February 28, 1971

Rube Goldberg Memorial Exhibition

Samuel Jeffrey Boal

Smauel Jeffrey Boal

Rube Goldberg's Guide to Europe

Inventions!

Ian Berry

Lawrence Raab

Influential, early 20th-century cartoonist Rube Goldberg sets the stage for contemporary artists engaged with humorous explorations of mechanical devices. Combines original Goldberg material with paintings, video, sculpture, and installations from artists such as Fischli & Weiss, Roman de Salvo, Jeanne Silverthorne, Tim Hawkinson, and more. Old-timey cartoony stuff, weird and fun.

Rube Goldberg and Contemporary Art

Chain Reaction

Not many of us make it into the dictionary as an adjective. But then again, Rube Goldberg was no ordinary noun. He was a cartoonist, humorist, sculptor, author, engineer, and inventor, and in a 72-year career he wrote and illustrated nearly 50,000 cartoons. Goldberg (1883–1970) was the most famous cartoonist of his time, best known for his comical inventions, which were syndicated in daily newspapers throughout the world. Author Jennifer George celebrates all aspects of her grandfather’s career, from his very first published drawings in his high school newspaper and college yearbook to his iconic inventions, his comic strips and advertising work, and his later sculpture and Pulitzer Prize–winning political cartoons. Also included are essays by noted comics historians, rare photographs, letters, memorabilia, and patents, many reproduced here for the first time. Brilliantly designed and packaged to capture the inventiveness of Rube Goldberg’s work, The Art of Rube Goldberg is a coffee table book the whole family can enjoy. From Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary: Rube Gold·berg. adjective \rüb-'gol(d)-?b?rg\: accomplishing by complex means what seemingly could be done simply ; also: characterized by such complex means. also: Rube Gold·berg·i·an

(A) Inventive (B) Cartoon (C) Genius

The Art of Rube Goldberg

A Retrospective Exhibition of His Work with Memoirs and Annotations

Rube Goldberg Vs. the Machine Age

A collection of more than 90 humorous inventions which have appeared in the author's cartoons during his career.

The Best of Rube Goldberg

Rube Goldberg's classic collection of his Foolish Questions newspaper comic is available again. Foolish questions deserve foolish answers to these quirky folk, and witty sarcasm reins supreme.

Foolish Questions

Maynard Frank Wolfe

A collection of Rube Goldberg's wackiest inventions features more than two thousand "schematics" from the immensely popular comic for everything from suicide machines to a pick-pocket device designed for politicians.

Rube Goldberg

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