Sometimes we don’t realize something is cool until months or years go by and then we catch up with it. There’s something going on right now that’s pretty darn cool and I want to call your attention to ...

Among the observations to be gleaned from a new volume edited by Peter Maresca, “Thimble Theater and the Pre-Popeye Comics of E.C. Segar,” is that Olive Oyl was not always a paragon of gangly ...

As of January 1, the 1929 comic strip adventures of Popeye have entered the public domain, which means that—as long as you tread carefully—you can, as noted at the outset, create your own Sailor Man ...

Next year, Popeye goes full public domain, like Winnie The Pooh and Steamboat Willie/Mickey Mouse. So in the final year of ownership, King Features has got Massive Publishing to pay the license for ...

Popeye remains the world's greatest spinach salesman nearly a century after he made his comic-strip debut on the eve of the Great Depression. The sailor man's legend is recounted every March 26, ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Dust off your cans of spinach and prepare a fresh plate of hamburgers for Wimpy, as IDW Publishing ...

Forrest “Bud” Sagendorf was E.C. Segar’s young assistant on Popeye in the 1930s. When Segar died in 1938, King Features Syndicate considered Sagendorf too young to take over the comic strip. Instead, ...

Popeye the Sailor Man is pushing 100 these days, but he's still scarfing down spinach and clobbering bullies as readily as he was back in 1929. To celebrate Popeye's enduring pop culture appeal, ...

What if artists ranging from Kelley Jones (Batman, The Sandman) to Sam & Max creator Steve Purcell created their own takes on the legendary comic strip and cartoon character Popeye? The result is ...

The world’s most popular sailor man may be “strong to the finish,” but he shows no signs of nearing the finish line any time soon. Popeye, who turned 90 years old this month, is still going strong, an ...

A Garden State artist celebrated “National New Jersey Day” in a truly Jersey way by combining the music of Bruce Springsteen with a famous comic strip icon. Frank Caruso, an artist with King Features, ...