Popeye. Volume One 1986-1989 Synopsis
"This is a great
collection in the same way that Frank King and Dick Moore's work on Gasoline
Alley in the early sixties was beautiful." - New York Journal of
Books
"This is among the funniest and most beautiful comic strips
ever drawn. It is history unleashed and yet belongs in the future. In short, it
is timeless."
-The Scoop
Famed Dirty Duck and Air Pirates cartoonist Bobby London's
more than six-year run on the Popeye newspaper strip has been hailed both
as a unique original creation and as an homage to Elzie Segar's larger
Thimble Theatre vision. "Segar was the seminal influence in my career,"
the cartoonist said. London updated the strip to reflect current pop culture and
also brought back the extended story format favored by Segar. London gives us
new yet familiar versions of Popeye, Olive Oyl, Swee' Pea, and Wimpy, as well as
Popeye's Pappy, Olive's brother Castor, Eugene the Jeep, Bernice the Whiffle
Hen, the menacing Sea Hag, Alice the Goon, and more!
Bobby London's take on the Sailor Man has often been overshadowed by his
being fired from the strip in 1992, ostensibly for presenting a storyline that
was an allegory about abortion. Now, 20 years later, Bobby London fans as well
as Popeye fans can rejoice with this first of two volumes that will
collect every one of his daily Popeye strips.
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