July 14, 1933: Popeye makes his animated debut in Popeye the Sailor, a short produced by Fleischer Studios as part of the Betty Boop series. Spinach is prominently featured as the source of his ...

On July 14, 2023, Popeye celebrates the 90 th anniversary of his animation debut. He first appeared in the Thimble Theatre comic strip on January 17, 1929, created by E.C. Segar. When the comic strip ...

Well, blow me down. Check out this disclaimer on the wonderful and long-awaited collection of Max Fleischer’s “Popeye the Sailor Volume One 1933-1938” (Warner, $64.98): “The animated shorts you are ...

The Library of Congress has announced its 2004 additions to the National Film Registry, and there are two cartoons on it: Fleischer’s 1936 POPEYE THE SAILOR MEETS SINDBAD THE SAILOR and the 1951 ...

Fleischer POPEYENo, not yet. King Features has released a dvd boxed set of 1960s Popeye cartoons – some of the worst cartoons ever made. It’s parent company, Hearst, refuses to allow the release of ...

NEW YORK — “Guess you could say I hoard,” Tommy José Stathes said as he maneuvered around the shelves of his storage unit. Large enough to accommodate a minivan, it was stuffed with thousands of film ...

Maybe Popeye owes his longevity to all that vitamin-rich spinach. The "Ugg, ugg, ugg"-ing cartoon sailorman who gets his superior punching power by guzzling greens from a tin can is celebrating his ...

As any inquiring reporter from Mars would soon discover, the Earth’s most popular entertainers are not made of flesh & blood. They are a number of two-dimensional creatures whose native haunts are the ...

After years of living in the public domain, Popeye is going legit. The cartoon's famous spinach-eating sailor man is coming to DVD next year from Warner Home Video in a big, big way -- even bigger ...

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