You may have noticed that Popeye the Sailor Man has been in the news now that the character, or at least his earliest comic ...

The official trailer for Shiver Me Timbers teases a new public domain horror flick starring Popeye the Sailor Man arriving in ...

Popeye the Sailor made his first appearance in E.C. Segar’s Thimble Theatre comic strip published on January 17, 1929. But, interestingly enough, he wasn’t the star of the show just yet.

In his 2010 memoir, “Backing Into Forward,” he cited as influences the cartoonists E.C. Segar (“Thimble Theater,” the strip that introduced Popeye), Al Capp (“Li’l Abner”) and Milton ...

Created by Elzie Crisler Segar, Popeye the Sailor was first published in the “Thimble Theatre” comic strip. • Popeye’s catchphrases and distinctive appearance, including his muscular ...

After all, he yam what he yam! Popeye is 10 years younger than Olive Oyl! He walked onto her strip, “Thimble Theatre,” as a bit character in 1929. The information contained in South Florida ...

On this day, Ireland granted its first divorce in 1997. Meanwhile, the character of Popeye made its debut in the comic strip Thimble Theatre. As part of Firstpost Explainers’ History Today series, we ...