A NOTE ON OPERATING THE COVER TAB: Sliding the pull-tab on a sequential action panel can be compared to holding the
strings of a marionette: The reader may add his or her own personal touch by moving the tab at a variable rate—slowing
down momentarily to enhance the more subtle movements, or speeding up for dramatic effect. Readers may be
interested to know that movable-book pioneer Lothar Meggendorfer was also a puppeteer.

“SIMPLE WAY TO GET FRESH ORANGE JUICE UPON AWAKENING”
RUBE GOLDBERG’S SIDE SHOW, 1939

PAPER ENGINEERING: Andrew Baron,
    Popyrus Studio, Inc., www.popyrus.com
COVER CONCEPT: Charles Kochman
COVER DESIGN: Sara Corbett
COVER COLORING: Frank M. Young
PRODUCTION: Alison Gervais
RIVETS: Tor Lokvig
PRINTER: Toppan Excel

BACK COVER:
Top:“Try Our Patent Back-Scratcher” (1921).
Middle right: Detail from Boob McNutt (May 23, 1926).
Bottom left: Detail from “Christmas Greetings from All
Our Little Boobs” (December 25, 1923).
BACK ENDPAPER:
Detail from Boob McNutt (September 17, 1933).