Popeye facts for kids

Popeye
Author(s)	E. C. Segar (creator, 1929–1937, 1938) Doc Winner (1937, 1938) Tom Sims & Bela Zaboly (1938–1955) Ralph Stein & Bela Zaboly (1954–1959) Bud Sagendorf (1959–1994) Bobby London (1986–1992) Hy Eisman (1994–present) Portrayed by Robin Williams Voiced by English William Costello (1933–1935) Detmar Poppen (1935–1936, radio only) Floyd Buckley (Be Kind To Aminals, 1936–1937 radio appearances) Jack Mercer (1935–1945 and 1947–1984) Mae Questel (Shape Ahoy) Harry Foster Welch (1945–1947) Maurice LaMarche (1985–present) Billy West (Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy, Drawn Together, Minute Maid commercials) Keith Scott (Popeye and Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges) Scott Innes (commercials) Tom Kenny (2014 animation test) Japanese Kōichi Yamadera
Current status / schedule	New strips on Sundays, reprints Monday through Saturday
Launch date	December 19, 1919
End date	July 30, 1994 (date of last first-run daily strip, Sunday strips continue)
Syndicate(s)	King Features Syndicate
Publisher(s)	King Features Syndicate
Genre(s)	Humor, adventure

Popeye the Sailor is one of the most popular cartoon characters of all time. He first appeared in a comic strip called Thimble Theatre by EC Segar in 1929. Popeye is a sailor who smokes a pipe and mutters things under his breath. He has only one eye, he is short and uneducated, but when trouble occurs, usually saving his girlfriend, Olive Oyl from his arch-nemesis, Bluto/Brutus, he eats a can of spinach, and gets super-strength. He also appeared in a series of cartoons made for movie theatres by Paramount Pictures.

Images for kids

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  Tom Sims and Bill Zaboly's Thimble Theatre (December 2, 1951)

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  Popeye as he appeared in Drawn Together

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  Popeye Village

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  Popeye on a Spanish Republican Air Force Polikarpov I-16. Museo del Aire