Droodles

A Drudel is a picture puzzle, in which the sitter has to be read from a drawing, the representation often used an unusual or extreme perspective, or an extreme cut.

For example, a box in which two parallel oblique lines are drawn; between the lines of spots are seen. Solution: a giraffe at a window passes (box = window, oblique lines = neck of the giraffe ).

History

The original Drudel concept was invented by the U.S. author, illustrator and publisher Roger Price, who published his first Drudel 1950 in a book called Droodle.

Price had previously worked as a writer for television series. After the creation of the Drudels he invented also along with Leonard Stern 's popular in the English-speaking since the 50s Mad Libs. These are cloze, where you blindly words fills to produce a nonsensical, hopefully funny and usually something kinky story. The commercial success of this work led to the founding of the publishing house Price - Stern - Sloan.

One original of Prices Drudeln with a large inclined and a small triangle served as a cover for Frank Zappa's 1982 album Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch ( ship that comes too late to save a drowning witch).

Precursors are especially picture puzzles of the 17th century, which date back to drawings of Annibale Carracci. There are extremely reduced, simple lines, but are already working in the spirit of Roger Price.

Word derivation

The word Drudel is the Germanized form of legally protected British art word droodle, a suitcase word, which was formed for " scribble " and riddle for " mystery " doodle from the ingredients. Thus, a Drudel is therefore a Kritzelrätsel.

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