#segar

2024-12-20

I don't think I've seen another cartoon career like Elzie Segar's.
Something quite different from common taking time and practice to grow into potential.
After a few youthful cartoons, he plugged away for a full decade at "Thimble Theater", an ok but rather middling strip.
Then it starts getting better. Then more better. Then exponentially better. Continuing to improve until Segar's young death in 1938.

#Popeye #Segar #cartoons

2024-12-20

‪This is the Popeye that becomes public domain on 1 January. Certainly not the one from Fleischer nor more recent animated cartoons.
The already public domain characters of Castor Oyl, Harold Hamgravy and the amazing Bernice the Whiffle Hen are joined by a scruffy old sailor sidekick.

#comics #cartoons #Popeye #Segar #PublicDomainDay

3 panel black & white comic strip from 1929.

1: Short man (Castor Oyl) and tall man (Harold Hamgravy) are a wharf with ship in the background. Castor says "You'll find the scum of the Earth right here in this port - So we've got to be careful in picking our crew." 
2: Castor walks forward carrying a suitcase and accompanied by a hen. He points in frontwards and says "Hey there! Are you a sailor?"
3: Standing man in sailor suit and cap, tattoo of an anchor on his arm, pipe in his mouth, and one eye squinted. It's the first appearance of Popeye the Sailor.  Sailor says: "'Ja think I'm a cowboy?"  Castor replies: "O.K. You're hired."
2022-11-30

Olive Oyl typing away - Popeye In Puddleburg - 1934 Saalfield - Art by E.C. Segar - Colors by me - Sep 2018

#oliveoyl #popeye #segar #ecsegar #coloring #comics #popeyeinpuddleburg #saalfield #digitalcoloring #comicscoloring #reporter #journalist #typing #typist #atrocities

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