Popeye Volume 2
Wimpy & His Hamburgers
$35.69
- Paperback
104 pages
- Release Date
19 February 2023
Summary
An irresistible alchemy of screwball comedy, tender romance, and rags-to-riches fantasy, Elsie Crisler Segar’s newspaper comic strip, starring Popeye the sailor man, captivated readers of the Roaring Twenties and beyond. Fantagraphics is thrilled to bring Segar’s whimsical world back into print, collecting the complete Popeye Sunday stories in four gorgeous full-color volumes, each packaged in a deluxe vertical slipcase.
Volume one highlighted the mercurial relationship between Popeye…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781683966685 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1683966686 |
| Author: | E.C. Segar, Kevin Huizenga |
| Publisher: | Fantagraphics |
| Imprint: | Fantagraphics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 104 |
| Release Date: | 19 February 2023 |
| Weight: | 734g |
| Dimensions: | 250mm x 289mm |
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Critics Review
“Perfect for a classic cartoon fan. Its focus on relatable themes like love, romance, and daffy humor make it a series readers should not miss.”
This [volume] features another two years of anarchic, comedic, romantic and frequently ultraviolent newspaper strips originally published in 1932 and 1933.– “The Slings & Arrows”
Nearly every episode collected here reveals Segar to be an absurdly hilarious master draftsman and wildly entertaining storyteller. … An essential volume of both graphic storytelling and early 20th-century art.– “Library Journal (Starred Review)”
Perfect for a classic cartoon fan. Its focus on relatable themes like love, romance, and daffy humor make it a series readers should not miss.– “Screen Rant”
E.C. Segar
E.C. Segar (1894-1938), creator of Popeye, is a member of the Will Eisner Awards Hall of Fame. He was born in Chester, IL in 1894 and passed away in his longtime home of Santa Monica, CA. The National Cartoonists Society created the Elzie Segar Award in his honor, which was awarded annually to a cartoonist who has made a unique and outstanding contribution to the profession.
Kevin Huizenga is a cartoonist living in Chicago. He has won awards for various comics and graphic novels starring his signature everyman, Glenn Ganges. His work has been featured in the Best American Comics anthologies and he currently publishes a monthly electronic magazine named “F” where he serializes new stories. His latest book is The River at Night.
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