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Mondo Popeye
1 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1989
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July 12, 2016
Fun little collection of some of Bobby London's run on the POPEYE daily comic strip from the 1980s (until London was canned because of a specific strip that *could* have been read as being about abortion).
London has a nicely stylized grasp on the characters - still resembling their original Segar designs but spiffed up a bit for the 80s - and he succeeds, surprisingly, at being able to get some laughs despite the fact that he's working with a two-panel structure (so, basically, one panel for set-up, one for payoff). He obviously knows and loves the characters and even resurrects some long-forgotten ones (Castor Oyl!) and introduces a few new ones (Nerdley, Olive's new beau and Sutra Oyl, Olive's sexy cousin with designs on Popeye!). Even more surprisingly, London even attempts ongoing serial narratives just like the original strip - an extended trip to the Jeep's fourth dimensional abode, a trip to Africa and a story involving the Sea Hag reinventing herself as a Reagan-Era Yuppie real-estate magnate who buys up and gentrifies Sweethaven! This was a fun read, seeing these classic characters counter-posed against 80's touchstones like cable tv, video games and progressive jazz!
London has a nicely stylized grasp on the characters - still resembling their original Segar designs but spiffed up a bit for the 80s - and he succeeds, surprisingly, at being able to get some laughs despite the fact that he's working with a two-panel structure (so, basically, one panel for set-up, one for payoff). He obviously knows and loves the characters and even resurrects some long-forgotten ones (Castor Oyl!) and introduces a few new ones (Nerdley, Olive's new beau and Sutra Oyl, Olive's sexy cousin with designs on Popeye!). Even more surprisingly, London even attempts ongoing serial narratives just like the original strip - an extended trip to the Jeep's fourth dimensional abode, a trip to Africa and a story involving the Sea Hag reinventing herself as a Reagan-Era Yuppie real-estate magnate who buys up and gentrifies Sweethaven! This was a fun read, seeing these classic characters counter-posed against 80's touchstones like cable tv, video games and progressive jazz!
January 19, 2025
So very 80s. Always nice to see characters named Myron.
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