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Upside Down Scenes
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Fragment from "The Mermaid and the Floating Mine". In het 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. The wigwam becomes the effect of the explosion. |
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This is a part of "A fish story", and Verbeeks most famous drawing. "The largest of the Rocs picks her up by the skirt." Turned upside down : "Just as he reaches a small grassy point of land, another fish attacks him, lashing furiously with his tail." |
Magician and rabbit |
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Now you see the evil, evil magician ... and now you see the rabbit coming out of his hat. Magic ? |
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One day, Lovekins and Muffaroo come to a beautiful lake, just like a mirror, and on its shores they see a lovely palace, toward which they make their way ... |
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It's the face of a clown, but when you turn it to the right it's also his circus. I could have put this one with the faces too, of course. |
Unfortunate Bertram Bowles - Peter Newell, 1893 |
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When Bertram Bowles fell off the dock, so loudly did he shout,
That Clarence Cowles leaned o'er the edge and hoisted Bertram out. |  Topsys & Turvys |
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A panel from "Exciting Times at the Sea-Shore". In panel 2, the beginning of the story, Little Lady Lovekins and Old Man Muffaroo are stepping into the dressing-rooms. In panel 11, near the end, they are leaving. |
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"I've hooked a fish !" cries hasty Hugh : "I'll land him, too. Now see !"
He gave a fling, and found the fish was hanging in a tree. |
The Thrilling Adventure of The Dragon - Gustave Verbeek, 1904 |
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Comic from the series of "The Upside-Downs of Little Lady Lovekins and Old Man Muffaroo". Lovekins and Muffaroo are startled by a load roar and a sound of whirring wings . . . |
Kaiser Bulldog Illusion |
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This is an illusion from the period of the First World War. The first picture shows the German Kaiser on the run, with his helmet on, caryying a large backpack. The caption was : "Who made him run ?". The anwser comes when you turn the picture around : the English bulldog. |
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