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Off the Walrus

Snarked!, by Roger Langridge – When looking for information on the Popeye comics Langridge wrote, I saw some mentions of an earlier comic he both wrote and drew that I’d heard of before, which was sort of a re-imagining of … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Comics, Humor, Lewis Carroll | Tagged alice's adventures in wonderland, cheshire cat, Clyde McDunk, gryphon, j. wellington wimpy, mad hatter, red king, roger langridge, snarked!, the hunting of the snark, the walrus and the carpenter, through the looking-glass, white knight, Wilburforce J. Walrus |

The Spinach Cycle

Something I’d been meaning to check out but didn’t until recently was the recent series of Popeye comics written by Roger Langridge, with art by Tom Neely, Bruce Ozella, Ken Wheaton, and John Byrne. Last year, the series was wrapped … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Cartoons, Comics, Humor, Popeye | Tagged alice the goon, bluto, bruce ozella, castor oyl, elzie segar, george geezil, harold ham gravy, j. wellington wimpy, john byrne, ken wheaton, king blozo, o.g. wotasnozzle, poopdeck pappy, roger langridge, rough-house, sappo, sea hag, swee'pea, toar, tom neely |

Duck, Duck, Mouse

Mickey Mouse Outwits the Phantom Blot and Lost in Lands of Long Ago, by Floyd Gottfredson – These are the fifth and sixth volumes of Fantagraphics’ reprints of the classic Mickey strips. I still haven’t read the third and fourth, … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Comics, Popeye | Tagged carl barks, disney, donald duck, floyd gottfredson, gladstone gander, huey dewey and louie, j. wellington wimpy, lost in lands of long ago, mickey mouse, mickey mouse outwits the phantom blot, peg-leg pete, scrooge mcduck, trail of the unicorn, unicorns |

The Initial Problem

It’s sort of an unspoken rule that cartoon characters tend to have the middle initial J. It’s probably really not as common as you might think, but it does show up in quite a few unrelated cartoon franchises. In The … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Comics, Futurama, Popeye, Rocky and Bullwinkle, Television, The Flintstones, The Simpsons | Tagged abraham simpson, barney rubble, bart simpson, bullwinkle j. moose, donald duck, elmer fudd, fred flintstone, homer simpson, j. wellington wimpy, jay ward, lisa simpson, looney tunes, michigan j. frog, middle initial, middle name, nancy cartwright, philip j. fry, rocket j. squirrel, wile e. coyote |

Well, I’ll Be Popeyed!

As you may know, Popeye was first introduced in 1929 as a supporting character in Elzie Segar’s existing comic strip Thimble Theatre. He proved to be so popular that he returned in later storylines, and soon had essentially taken over … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Cartoons, Comics, Popeye | Tagged elzie segar, george geezil, j. wellington wimpy, king blozo, o.g. wotasnozzle, sappo, swee'pea, thimble theatre |

Who’s the Most Remarkable Extra-Ordinary Fellow?

When discussing Popeye, I would be remiss if I didn’t mention the three Technicolor two-reelers that came out in the thirties. Interestingly, all three were based on tales from the Arabian Nights, and I’m not sure why. I can think … Continue reading →

Posted in Arabian, Cartoons, Fairy Tales, Monsters, Mythology, Popeye | Tagged abu hassan, aladdin, aladdin and his wonderful lamp, ali baba, ali baba and the forty thieves, arabian nights, bluto, disney, genie, j. wellington wimpy, olive oyl, popeye the sailor meets ali baba's forty thieves, popeye the sailor meets sindbad the sailor, roc, sinbad the sailor |