Popeye's 75th!

by Ben | April 12, 2004 9:05 am

Over at DVD Toons, the Ink And Paint Club[1] is a great place to brush up on cartoon history and discover a few rarities. This time around, Randall Cyrenne clocks in with an article on EC Segar’s amazingly popular and durable creation Popeye The Sailor, this year celebrating his 75th Anniversary. Starting with his origins in the Thimble Theater comic strip, the piece follows our favorite spinach-guzzling sailor through his adventures in the cartoon trade, a little known radio excursion, the 1980 live-action misfire and a future bound for the uncharted territories of CGI…

Source URL: https://animatedviews.com/2004/popeyes-75th/

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