Popeye the sailor man
Posted by Masakim on January 05, 2003
In Reply to: Popeye the sailor man posted by ESC on January 04, 2003
: : : Anyone
know popeye's first name? starts with an E.
: : : thx
: : I suspect his name was just Popeye. A few minutes of searching failed to turn up any other name for him even though some other characters in Thimble Theatre had full names--J. Wellington Wimpy, for instance. The original artist was Elzie Segar. There was an animal character called Eugene the Jeep.
: What an interesting question. And I have no idea what the answer is.
Popeye. The muscle-bound sailor man came into the
cartoon world in 1929 when the comic strip artist Elzie Segar created him for
his classic strip, _Thimble Theatre_. He was at first known as Ham Gravy, but
soon acquired his familiar sobriquet. [...]
From Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
- Popeye the sailor man masakim 01/05/03