measuring approx. 5" x 18", Rube Goldberg was at his best and wackiest when he made his miscellany pages, such as 'Rube Goldberg's Sideshow', his last strip effort in 1939. He then focused on his editorial cartoons, which won him a Pulitzer Prize. He was additionally an essayist, poet, and playwright. In 1945 he co-founded the National Cartoonists' Society, becoming its first president. In 1954 the prestigious "Reuben Awards" (originally named the Billy DeBeck Awards, after Billy DeBeck) were named after him. At the age of 80, Goldberg embarked on a new career as a sculptor. Rube Goldberg died in 1970. Rube Goldberg was an influence on Al Capp, Al Jaffee, Harvey Kurtzman, William Heath Robinson and Basil Wolverton. The design of Bertha the dog in 'Boob McNutt' inspired Hergé to Tintin's faithful dog Milou (Snowy). Goldberg's comic series 'Foolish Questions' influenced 'Those Ridiculous Questions' by Raymond Crawford Ewer.Two celebrity fans of Goldberg were French painter Francis Picabia and film director Orson Welles.

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