Popeye debuted in the daily King Features comic strip “Thimble Theatre” on January 17, 1929. Though “Thimble Theatre” had already existed for 10 years, Popeye’s popularity led to him ...

My pal, :the great Popeye expert Fred Grandenetti, once noted: In the March 28, 1947, issue of the Chester Herald Tribune, there is an obituary for Mr. Fiegel, who died at his home in Chester on ...

July 26, 1931: In the Thimble Theatre comic strip, Popeye eats spinach for the first time to gain superhuman strength during a fight. ... 33,290 people played the daily Crossword recently.

Popeye the Sailor debuted in January 1929 as part of King Features’ daily comic strip. In short order, E.C. Segar’s creation became King Features’ most famous figure.

The comic also first appeared in the U.S. in 1929. Its signature bright colors — including Tintin’s red hair — didn’t appear until years later, and could, like Popeye’s spinach, be the ...

Popeye befriends an assortment of eccentrics and falls in love with Olive Oyl (Shelley Duvall), who already has a suitor, the bully Bluto (Paul L. Smith). Popeye also discovers an abandoned baby ...

Before Popeye Became a Comic Strip Staple, He Enlivened Cartoonist E.C. Segar’s ‘Thimble Theater’ Segar was honing a cockeyed brand of wordplay and a fascination with the grotesque, both of which have ...

Bill Zaboly Popeye Daily Comic Strip Original Art dated 12-16-42 (King Features, 1942)., ca. 1942–1959; 20.5 x 5 in. (52.1 x 12.7 cm.) close. Medium ink over graphite on Bristol board Size 20.5 x 5 in ...

Popeye the Sailor and the Belgian boy reporter Tintin lead the class of characters and works of art becoming public domain in 2025. On Jan. 1, 2025 the U.S. copyright ...