Happy Birthday, Popeye!
The iconic sailor is celebrating his 90th year today with the debut of his highly-anticipated “Popeye’s Cartoon Club.” First seen in the 1930s, the original “Popeye’s Cartoon Club” ran at the end of E.C. Segar’s “The Thimble Theater” comic strip and featured fan art that he personally selected. The Cartoon Club’s return pays homage to the original run by inviting top cartoonists from around the world, such as Erica Henderson, Liniers and Roger Langridge, to be part of the anniversary celebration with by creating original Popeye comic strips in their own unique styles.
“Popeye’s Cartoon Club” launches today on ComicsKingdom.com with an original strip created by the renown Argentinian cartoonist, Liniers, and fresh content from a different cartoonist will be posted on the site weekly throughout 2019.
The long list of talented artists participating in the series includes cartoonist superstars as well as some up and comers. Here are just a few of the creators you will see: Bill Bettwy (Take it From the Tinkersons), Jeffrey Brown (Star Wars: Darth Vader and Son series), Lar deSouza(Least I Could Do), Cat Farris (My Boyfriend is a Bear) & Jeff Parker (Flash Gordon, X-Men: First Class, Hulk), Jay Fosgitt (Dead Duck), Maddi Gonzalez (Welcome to Wanderland, Dream Daddy) & Vannotes(Adventure Time), Alex Hallatt (Arctic Circle), John Hambrock (The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee), Erica Henderson (Marvel’s The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl), Shing Yin Khor (The American Dream, Tiny Adventure Journal), Roger Langridge (Fred the Clown, IDW’s Popeye), Carol Lay(Story Minute), Liniers (Macanudo), Sandra Bell-Lundy (Between Friends), R. K. Milholland (Something Positive), Lonnie Millsap (bacön), Tom Neely (Henry & Glenn Forever), Jeff Parker (Dustin), animator Caro Ramsey, David Reddick (Intelligent Life, The Trek Life) and R. Sikoryak(Terms and Conditions).
You can find more info on Popeye’s Cartoon Club here.
Be sure to visit ComicsKingdom.com each Sunday for the latest “Popeye’s Cartoon Club” content and check out Popeye.com for additional updates on the 90th Anniversary Celebration!