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The Complete E.C. Segar Popeye #3
The Complete E. C. Segar Popeye Volume 3: Sundays - 1934-36
Book by Segar, E. C.
120 pages, Paperback
First published July 1, 1985
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E.C. Segar
142 books34 followersElzie Crisler Segar was a cartoonist, best known as the creator of Popeye, a pop culture character who first appeared in 1929 in Segar's comic strip Thimble Theatre.
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February 25, 2021
I probably bought this in the late 1980s and would have read it several times over the years though I would not have recorded when. I am pretty sure that this was the first volume of this series (nine volumes in all) which I bought. This contains the pages as originally printed on each Sunday newspaper page so as well as Popeye you get Sappo. For a few months the Sappo strip shrank to accommodate two panels of Popeye's Cartoon Club then the Sappo strip stopped being a gag strip and became essentially a how to draw cartoon characters strip.
After the conclusion of the Sea Hag story line (continued from the previous volume) most of the Popeye pages are stand alone though there are some limited continued adventures. Geezil gets a bit more prominence as a supporting character and towards the end of the volume Swee'pea plays a major role. Even Castor Oyl makes a brief reappearance in a story line where Popeye, Olive, Swee'pea and Wimpy go prospecting for gold in the desert.
This is a really amusing read.
After the conclusion of the Sea Hag story line (continued from the previous volume) most of the Popeye pages are stand alone though there are some limited continued adventures. Geezil gets a bit more prominence as a supporting character and towards the end of the volume Swee'pea plays a major role. Even Castor Oyl makes a brief reappearance in a story line where Popeye, Olive, Swee'pea and Wimpy go prospecting for gold in the desert.
This is a really amusing read.
August 5, 2023
Hardcover is actually scratchy surface blue w/ gold words/art
He even shows off the versatility of his line-work at the end by making "Sappo" -the top supplement strip- a cartoonist who, through each of 26 days, turns a letter into an interesting looking character which proves to me that he is* the quintessential "cartoonist"- able to turn anything into a funny picture/scene!
The art is not technically great by any means but he tailored his style exactly to the needs of its function and it works better due to its ability to get a laugh out of nearly anything and creates truly singular characters aesthetically.
*Not "was"- just because one dies, ceasing creating cartoons, does not mean that they cease being a cartoonist.
He even shows off the versatility of his line-work at the end by making "Sappo" -the top supplement strip- a cartoonist who, through each of 26 days, turns a letter into an interesting looking character which proves to me that he is* the quintessential "cartoonist"- able to turn anything into a funny picture/scene!
The art is not technically great by any means but he tailored his style exactly to the needs of its function and it works better due to its ability to get a laugh out of nearly anything and creates truly singular characters aesthetically.
*Not "was"- just because one dies, ceasing creating cartoons, does not mean that they cease being a cartoonist.
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