Hocus-Pocus : ein lustiges Verwandlungs-Bilderbuch
Hocus-Pocus is a German transformation picture book published around 1895 by Schwager & Steinlein, meant for children to mix and match the figures. The pictures are hand-coloured caricatures of stout, moustached men in outfits such as checked jackets, green waistcoats, and bowler or cap headwear, with the sections cut into horizontal strips so the heads, torsos, and legs can be swapped. A designer could take the strip-based modular construction and the bold, flat colour blocking for mix-and-match character design.
