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Thimble Theatre and the Pre-Popeye Comics of E.C. Segar

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Early comics and illustratinos from one of the true giants of American comics!

More than a decade before he created the world's most famous cartoon sailor, Elzie Crisler Segar began his comics career in the movies. He drew cartoons for silent movie theater slides, the Charlie Chaplin comic strip, and a daily strip about Chicago's movies and entertainment. Then, in 1919, he penned his own "small screen" creation for the newspapers, Thimble Theatre, where Popeye was to be born. This volume features examples of all of E.C. Segar's early comics and illustrations, and over 100 pre-Popeye Thimble Theatre Sunday pages, including the complete run of the famed Western desert saga, a series that rivals his later work in superb art, storytelling and humor. These comics, most of which have never been reprinted before, are now here for the whole popeyed world to see.

Pages: 144

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Sunday Press

Release: December 04, 2018

ISBN: 0983550468

ISBN 13: 9780983550464

Thimble Theatre and the Pre-Popeye Comics of E.C. Segar

4.4/5 ( ratings)

Early comics and illustratinos from one of the true giants of American comics!

More than a decade before he created the world's most famous cartoon sailor, Elzie Crisler Segar began his comics career in the movies. He drew cartoons for silent movie theater slides, the Charlie Chaplin comic strip, and a daily strip about Chicago's movies and entertainment. Then, in 1919, he penned his own "small screen" creation for the newspapers, Thimble Theatre, where Popeye was to be born. This volume features examples of all of E.C. Segar's early comics and illustrations, and over 100 pre-Popeye Thimble Theatre Sunday pages, including the complete run of the famed Western desert saga, a series that rivals his later work in superb art, storytelling and humor. These comics, most of which have never been reprinted before, are now here for the whole popeyed world to see.

Pages: 144

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Sunday Press

Release: December 04, 2018

ISBN: 0983550468

ISBN 13: 9780983550464

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