Popeye the Sailor is a famous comic strip character, later featured in popular animated cartoons. He was created by Elzie Crisler Segar and first appeared in the King Features comic strip Thimble Theatre on January 17, 1929. Popeye quickly became the main focus of the strip, which was one of King Features' most popular strips during the 1930s. Thimble Theatre, carried on after Segar's 1938 death by artists such as Bud Sagendorf, was renamed Popeye in the 1970s. Today drawn by Hy Eisman, Popeye continues to appear in first-run strips in Sunday papers (daily Popeye strips are reruns of older strips).

In 1933, Max and Dave Fleischer's Fleischer Studios adapted the Thimble Theatre characters into a series of Popeye the Sailor theatrical cartoon shorts for Paramount Pictures. These cartoons proved to be among the most popular of the 1930s, and Popeye at one time rivaled Mickey Mouse for popularity among audiences. After Paramount assumed control of the Fleischer Studio in 1942, they continued producing the series until 1957. Future Popeye cartoons were produced for television from 1960 to 1962 by King Features, and from 1978 to 1982 as well as 1987 to 1988 by Hanna-Barbera Productions.

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Popeye is an independent sailor with a unique way of speaking, muscular forearms with two (sometimes one) anchors tattooed on them, and an ever-present corncob pipe. His strange, humorous, and often supernatural adventures take him all over the world, and place him in conflict with enemies such as the Sea Hag and King Blozo of Brutopia.

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just had Popeye's chicken, now I feel fat and bloated. Dollar chicken day is going to be the death of me!
FreshWorks (Daniel Finlayson) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:29:07 -0000
just had Popeye's chicken, now I feel fat and bloated. Dollar chicken day is going to be the death of me!
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MarcSimpsonBK (Marcus Simpson) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:05:34 -0000
@therealMrCEO @HEAVENZSENT CHICKEN BOWL FROM POPEYE'S... Not that good.. smh YES MAN- WATCHING NOW!
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MTmikki (Mikki Tan) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:02:22 -0000
lagi lunching alone di popeye plangi en ada pere langsung duduk sksd di depan gw n minta sumbangan! hmm! cr gw beda tuh! bukan like that
Eating Popeye's at steph's heez
jjguevara (Joshua Guevara) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:58:42 -0000
Eating Popeye's at steph's heez
At popeye now. Love their seats!
kellyheartsyou (KellyGoh) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:52:37 -0000
At popeye now. Love their seats!

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