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Popeye the Sewer-man

October 1, 2007 12:05 am

Brew reader Jim Arnold sent in this shot of a remarkable Popeye rip-off mascot he spotted on a van in Syracuse, New York last week. Says Jim:

Look at that head! Even his forearms are swollen! Coincidence? It’s certainly comforting to know everyone’s favorite sailor is still finding work, regardless of how dirty the job is!

Calling King Features! This looks like a job for Lawyer-Man!

27 commentsshare posted in Cartoon Culture

10/1/07 3:43am	tom says:
	Well, that can’t be Popeye, ’cause Popeye doesn’t take sh-t from anybody!
10/1/07 5:35am	Ed says:
	Different character, this one’s Poopeye……..
10/1/07 8:53am	Nic Kramer says:
	Looks like a PD DVD/video cover that features “Floor Flushers”
10/1/07 9:42am	Christopher Cook says:
	Actually, this figure has hair, has both eyes open and is sporting no pipe. So unless he’s actually brandishing a can of spinach, King Features can’t do squat.
10/1/07 10:39am	Ron says:
	There is a really good illustration school in Syracuse University (I know because I went there) AND a really good animation studio too ( I know because I interned and then worked there) called Animotion inc. There is a small but very talented community up there. I wonder if any of those guys know who drew this. If so they’re probably pelting him/her with potatoes as we speak.
10/1/07 11:14am	joe s says:
	ron, they should be pelting with spinach not potatoes.
10/1/07 11:56am	Ron says:
	Good point Joe S. I stand corrected.
10/1/07 12:16pm	pat says:
	Ha. Hey Ron, I worked there too. No idea if anyone local made that. They forgot the anchor tattoos.
10/1/07 12:28pm	Stan says:
	That’s Poopeye, one of Popeye’s nephews. Good to see he found work away from show business. Wonder what Peepeye, Pimpeye and Pupeye are up to?
10/1/07 12:43pm	Patrick Dean says:
	It looks like some British comic character out of Beano. it’s weird seing a Popeye knockoff with, er, two fully functioning eyes.
10/1/07 2:44pm	red pill junkie says:
	Maybe Popeye got this weird viral infection in his eye for working down the sewers, and decided then to quit his job to become a sailor… That would explain the lack of tattoos.
10/1/07 3:15pm	Norm Abrahams says:
	Jack Kinney couldn’t bring himself to draw Popeye without two functioning eyes, either, which distinguishes the 1960 Popeye shorts he made from those done by others. Must’ve been his Disney training.
10/1/07 3:54pm	Chris Sobieniak says:
	> There is a really good illustration school in Syracuse University (I know because I went there) AND a really good animation studio too ( I know because I interned and then worked there) called Animotion inc. There is a small but very talented community up there. I wonder if any of those guys know who drew this. If so theyâ€™re probably pelting him/her with potatoes as we speak. Too bad if such a thing happened in my hometown, they’d probably wouldn’t do a thing, as it would just go unnoticed like a lot of other trademark knock-off characters I saw over the years. Still being reminded of seeing one for a house painting firm that used Elmer Fudd dolled up in a painter’s uniform in their ads.
10/1/07 5:19pm	Bobby D. says:
	It seems as though I might be the only one who feels this way, but I don’t see that much of a resemblance between Popeye and ‘Poopeye.’
10/1/07 8:36pm	John Paul Cassidy says:
	This has got to be one of the funniest bunch of comments for an equally funny post on Cartoon Brew! As long as KFS doesn’t sue, the only phrase that comes to mind is, “Imitation is the highest form of flattery.” :)
10/2/07 6:24am	Bugsmer says:
	Poopeye has grown tall, and is now even better looking than his uncle. I wonder how many times a day he flushes spinach down the toilet to unclog it…or eats spinach himself before blowing air through a pipe? Perhaps he excels at his work because he feels the green sludge he works with daily resembles spinach.
10/2/07 7:39am	Bill Field says:
	POPEYE? No Way— It’s the SEAHAG… after her recent “gender reassignment”, uhm- I guess NOW I must say HIS not HER.
10/2/07 1:06pm	Pete Emslie says:
	That’s not Popeye. It’s obviously a caricature of the jutting-jawed actor, Charles Napier, who used to costar with all those big bosomed gals in Russ Meyer’s films.
10/2/07 2:53pm	vzk says:
	He kind of looks like Stan Smith from American Dad!
10/2/07 4:27pm	Matthew Hunter says:
	He used to smoke pipes…now he cleans ‘em.
10/2/07 4:35pm	Gordan Calma says:
	Blow me down !!! Guess that CG special didn’t save the mariner’s career. Popeye the drain-man. Toot-toot! Still, it’s better than the ol’ runt’s recent attempts at being a pimp/rapper/gangsta’ as seen on all those crappy t-shirts that are sold on Ebay and all over the Net…
10/2/07 7:19pm	RODAN says:
	I do wonder if his cartoon pants ride as low as my plumbers….. Craaak-akk akkk akkk—akkk!!!
10/3/07 5:35am	Paul says:
	hey, here in Chile we have the Popeye Soap!!! the soap exists, for forty years!! here’s the pic!: http://www.fotolog.com/decultazo/26382597 enjoy! and it’s not made of spinach
10/3/07 7:24pm	Bobby Bickert says:
	>They forgot the anchor tattoos. If you click on the link to the company’s website, the lookalike DOES have anchor tattoos in the logos there.
10/4/07 10:46am	Matt Crosser says:
	In reference to this post, I just posted a photo on my blog that shows Popeye isn’t the only one who has found new work. http://mattsketchpad.blogspot.com/2007/10/wimpy-pizza-man.html
10/4/07 4:10pm	Michael Burton says:
	Please, please, just keep the lawyers out of it.
04/18/08 4:52pm	Shaw says:
	SIX months later, Popeye the Sewer-Man still lives http://www.drainman.net/home.html Maybe King Features just doesn’t care anymore?

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