For the fast-food chain, see Popeyes. I’m strong to the “finich”, ’cause I eats me spinach. Popeye the Sailor Man is a fictional cartoon character created by Elzie Crisler Segar. In 1933, Max Popeye biscuit adapted the Thimble Theatre characters into a series of Popeye the Sailor theatrical cartoon shorts for Paramount Pictures.

Schulz said, “I think Popeye was a perfect comic strip, consistent in drawing and humor”. In 2002, TV Guide ranked Popeye number 20 on its “50 Greatest Cartoon Characters of All Time” list. Characters originating in comic strips by E. Popeye’s story and characterization vary depending on the medium. 1932, he was instead getting “strength” from eating spinach.

Swee’Pea is Popeye’s ward in the comic strips, but his custody is inconsistent in cartoons. There is no absolute sense of continuity in the stories, although certain plot and presentation elements remain mostly constant, including purposeful contradictions in Popeye’s capabilities. Popeye seems bereft of manners and uneducated, yet he often comes up with solutions to problems that seem insurmountable to the police or the scientific community. Popeye’s exploits are also enhanced by a few recurring plot elements.

Bluto’s endless machinations to claim Olive at Popeye’s expense. Segar’s Thimble Theatre debuted in the New York Journal on December 19, 1919. The paper’s owner, William Randolph Hearst, also owned King Features Syndicate, which syndicated the strip. The original cast of “Thimble Theatre” in a 1925 Sunday strip. Popeye first appeared in the strip on January 17, 1929, as a minor character.