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Thimble Theatre and the pre-Popeye comics of E.C. Segar, Sunday Press Books, 2018 (ISBN 978-0-98355-045-7), an oversized collection of Thimble Theatre Sunday pages spanning from January 1925 to March 1930 (marking Popeye's earliest appearance in the strip's Sunday continuity), including the entirety of a two-year storyline (March 1928 to March ...
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Cartoonist. Notable works. Popeye (1929–1938) Elzie Crisler...
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Thimble Theatre was created by King Features Syndicate comic writer/artist E.C. Segar, and was his third published strip. The strip first appeared in the New York Journal, a newspaper operated by King Features owner William Randolph Hearst, on December 19, 1919 before later expanding into more papers. In its early days, Thimble Theatre featured characters acting out various stories and film ...
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Popeye first appeared in Elzie Crisler Segar’s comic strip “Thimble Theater” in 1929. The comic strip was started in 1919 and revolved around the character Olive Oyl. After the addition of the popular character Popeye the title of the comic strip was changed to “Thimble Theater Featuring Popeye The Sailor.”.
Nov 30, 2018 · From its inception in January 1925, six years after the daily strip’s debut, the Sunday Thimble Theatre was a down-to-earth, rough-edged physical comedy, shot through with its creator’s school-of-hard-knocks philosophy. Segar’s is a violent world. Fisticuffs and domestic assaults abound in the strip and its topper, Sappo, which tells the ...
Popeye originally debuted in Elzie Segar’s syndicated newspaper strip Thimble Theatre on January 17, 1929. Popeye’s popularity exploded, and within five years, he became one of the most well-liked comic strip characters—with comic strip reprints, theatrical cartoon shorts, radio programs, and advertisements circulating the character to fans.
Jan 17, 2014 · On January 17, 1929, Popeye made his first appearance in E.C. Segar's comic strip Thimble Theatre, and the spinach-eating sailor with the oversized forearms and corncob pipe would not only go on ...
