The Rube Goldberg Puzzle Book

by Leighton, Robert; Goldberg, Rube

• ISBN13: 9781454956723
• ISBN10: 1454956720
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2026-04-21
• Publisher: Puzzlewright Press
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Summary

Comical! Challenging! Collectible! This one-of-a-kind combination of puzzles and the crazy contraptions of the legendary Rube Goldberg will tickle your funny bone and your brain.

Cartoonist Rube Goldberg’s outlandish, hilarious inventions have entertained generations—and now they've provided the inspiration for a wild array of all-new brainteasers by puzzlemaster Robert Leighton. This celebration of creativity and ingenuity features puzzles based on classic strips as well as new cartoons specially created for this book. But it's not just inventions! Other surprises abound, including games based on Rube's many, many other comic strips and running gags, such as Old Man Alf of the Alphabet, Mike and Ike, Foolish Questions, and Bertha the Siberian Cheesehound. This unpredictable mash-up of old and new is truly not to be missed!

Author Biography

Rube Goldberg (1883–1970) was the most famous cartoonist of his time, best known for his comical inventions. He once described these zany contraptions as “a symbol of man’s capacity for exerting maximum effort to achieve minimum results.” A cartoonist, humorist, sculptor, author, engineer, and inventor, he had a 72-year career and wrote and drew nearly 50,000 cartoons, syndicated in newspapers around the world.
 
Robert Leighton has been creating and illustrating his own brand of one-of-a-kind visual puzzles since 1982, first in Games magazine, later in Disney Adventures, Nickelodeon Magazine, and a host of national advertising campaigns. He has created dozens of comics-based puzzles, including his original creation “Cross Comics.” He is part of the three-person puzzle-writing company Puzzability, which has authored many books. He is also an occasional children's book illustrator, television writer, and New Yorker cartoonist.