He was first published in 1862 in the Fliegende Blätter, an illustrated comic weekly, and from 1868 in the bi-weekly Münchener Bilderbogen.

[1] He also illustrated a number of books with text by Julius Beck, among them Neues Struwwelpeterbuch published by J.F.

Meggendorfer started working at the humor journal Fliegende Blätter (Flying Leaves), an illustrated comic weekly, in 1866.

[2] Meggendorfer also illustrated for the bi-weekly Münchener Bilderbogen (Munich Pictures) published by Braun & Schneider.

[3] Meggendorfer’s movable books were translated and sold not only in Germany but Belgium, Czechoslovakia, England, France, Hungary, Russia, Spain and the United States.