Chasing the Blues

by Rube Goldberg

Excerpt from Chasing the Blues

Ammonia sat gazing out upon the moor. She did not hear the shrill cry of a lonely wolf. She was deaf.

Genres: Anthologies

100 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1912

About the author

Reuben Garrett Lucius Goldberg, known best as Rube Goldberg, was an American cartoonist, sculptor, author, engineer, and inventor.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rube_Go...

Reviews

[an infinite number of monkeys · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an early collection of cartoons and strips by the man later known as "Rube" Goldberg. I'm kinda surprised that Goldberg's work hasn't been collected and given the deluxe package treatment by Fantagraphics or some other like-minded company. Some of the material is, of course, dated, but absurdity is forever. There's plenty to snicker at in these pages. And plenty that would influence later artists, like a series of strips in which some plan goes awry and the protagonist prepares to kill himself over it in some way. Drinky Crow, anyone?