Classic

Popeye goes PD?

According to this article in today’s London Times, Popeye the Sailor will lose its copyright protection in Europe on January 1. …

Events

A Popeye Pencil Test

J.J. Sedelmaier and Howard Beckerman are assembling rare materials for a forthcoming series of animation exhibits showcasing the legacy …

Classic

Vintage Popeye frame by frame

Your moment of Zen: Fleischer historian Leslie Cabarga put this Shockwave Flash (SWF) file together awhile ago from ALL the drawings in …

DVD

Popeye DVD Vol. 3

On sale tomorrow is Popeye Vol. 3. This 2-disc set features the classic wartime cartoons (banned from TV for several decades) with Popeye …

Classic

Popeye in 3-D??

I found this on You Tube. Someone took a public domain Popeye cartoon and created a anaglyph 3D version of it… or tried to. It’s not …

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A rare frame from Popeye Vol. 3

I admit it. I love seeing classic animation I’ve never seen before. I particularly go nuts for original title sequences of cartoons that …

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Popeye Vol. 3

Good news: Popeye Vol. 3 goes on sale September 30th. Will contain all the rest of the black and white Popeye cartoons including all the …

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Popeye meets Aladdin

One of the highlights of the forthcoming Popeye Vol. 2 DVD is the remastered print of the 1939 two-reel special, Aladdin And His …

Cartoon Culture

Popeyes in Puerto Rico

I can’t stand Popeyes Chicken, but if the restaurants looked like this one in Puerto Rico I might give them another try. This one, …

Cartoon Culture

Popeye Supplements

I do a lot of posts regarding Popeye’s current licensed (and unlicensed) merchandising activities. Who can forget Popeye the Sewer Man, …

Classic

A Popeye publicity photo

Speaking of Fleischer Studios (as I did in the post below), I love these Paramount publicity shots. Here’s a great photo from 1938 …

TV

Popeye and Friends

For Popeye completists only: To be released the same day (June 17th) as Popeye The Sailor Vol. 2, 1938-1940, Warner Home Video will be …

Classic

Popeye Vol. 2 Bonus Materials

Last week Warner Home Video announced the release date (June 17th) of Popeye Vol. 2. One of the bonus materials mentioned on the …

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Popeye DVD Vol. 2

It was officially announced today that Popeye the Sailor Vol. 2 from Warner Home Video will be released on June 17th 2008. Bonus …

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Popeye Ali Baba stills

It was common practice back in the golden age to release publicity stills for every Hollywood feature, short and cartoon. Cartoon …

Classic

The Popeye Club

Check out this informative post by John McElwee on his Greenbriar Pictures Shows blog. McElwee describes what a 1930s Saturday matinee …

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