Upside-down pictures

UPSIDE DOWN PICTURES

Gustave Verbeek upside down stripe stories Published in early 20 th century In New York Herald First read the strip and turn 180 degree (upside down) and continue the reading for the second and final half of the story (Second half is available in the next slide)

Muffaroo warns Lovekins But she does go and By falling off the

not to go near water alarms a nice lady embankment

Old man Muffaroo And throws it to The boat strikes the

brings a boat Little Lady Lovekins water with a splash

And a big wave takes All seems well When suddenly a great

her into the boat duck comes along

And takes Little Lady Old man Muffaroo jumps Both on shore, she gets

Lovekins in to the rescue scolded all the way home

Lovekins and Muffaroo in They enter through Genie says “ Open the right

a lovely palace with a lake the front door closet but not the left”

Genie vanishes and He opens the right door. Fairies left. Lovekins wants

two closets appear Little fairies greet them to open the left closet

Lovekins opens the left Hobgoblins appear and Hobgoblins leaves and

closet throw them up in the air terrible sound comes

Huge bullock tosses them And throws them through They climb down

with his horns the door to the tree and run away

An enormous fish Lovekins takes the fish Fight with a sword fish

caught by them and Muffaroo goes again

Sword fish fight ends Near the land another Canoe sinks and

fish-fight Muffaroo jumps ashore

Meanwhile big birds came A Big bird picks her up She was carried in air

towards Lovekins

Muffaroo saw Lovekins Muffaroo raised the fish Lovekins is dropped.

Bird took the big fish.

One day they are A fierce tiger They escape

walking along pounces out from by leaping

when all at once a pile of stones into the sea

Finding a raft they Here they come to And suddenly a huge

made for the shore a marsh with grass snake confronts them

They ran Get caught in Find shelter until it stops,

a shower they proceed further

The tiger appears again Old Muffaroo kills him And all ends well

Lovekins rescues a And Muffaroo helps him The little boy is glad

little long-haired boy across the river to be safe on shore

Lady Lovekins He bounces on her But is saved

is seen by the bird by old Muffaroo

Some Fragments from Gustave Verbeek

Decided to climb up the tree Muffaroo got tired and

decided to give umbrellas

Lady got the umbrellas Walking on a big solid cloud

Fragment from "The Mermaid and the Floating Mine". In the beginning of the story, Lovekins and Muffaroo have built a boat and a wigwam. To the end of the story, they hit a mine and they're thrown in the air