American cartoonist E. C. Segar being carried by actor Harry Foster Welch (1893 - 1973) as an incarnation of Segar's most famous creation, the indomitable sailor Popeye, circa 1935.

Eye Lie Popeye will mark the character’s first manga-inspired run, and it is fitting to see the sailor try the medium out for size. After all, this comic was inspired by a viral trend on social ...

A Sailor Man soulslike, perhaps. It worked for Pinocchio in Lies of P . Personally, I'm more excited about Dashiell Hammett's Red Harvest hitting public domain.

Popeye may be famous for the confident credo “I yam what I yam,” but that doesn’t mean the Sailor Man says no to a good makeover. The spinach-gulping and bottle-armed comics hero turned 93 ...

Popeye, who turned 90 years old last month, is still going strong, an iconic cartoon character who has nearly 10 million fans on Facebook. And for his birthday, he’s being reintroduced in comics ...

Segar needed a sailor for his long-running daily comic, "Thimble Theatre," for the Jan. 17, 1929, strip. Popeye was recruited from the local docks to take the main character, Castor Oyl, to an island.

The Popeye character is in development for a new, live-action movie. ... Since his debut in 1920s comic strips, the spinach-loving sailor man ...

With so many iconic franchises and characters getting new and enhanced treatments in the new era of the film industry, the famous Popeye the Sailor Man is getting a live-action adaptation for the firs ...

The iconic sailor man and spinach chugger, who first appeared in comic strips in the late 1920s, will be the subject of a new live-action feature film from Chernin Entertainment and King Features.