Mondo Popeye

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London, Bobby

Comic Strips

St Martins Pr

“This is a great collection in the same way that Frank King and Dick Moore's work on Gasoline Alley in the early sixties was beautiful.” - New York Journal of Books "This is among the funniest and most beautiful comic strips ever drawn. It is history unleashed and yet belongs in the future. In short, it is timeless." -The Scoop Famed Dirty Duck and Air Pirates cartoonist Bobby London's more than six-year run on the Popeye newspaper strip has been hailed both as a unique original creation and as an homage to Elzie Segar's larger Thimble Theatre vision. "Segar was the seminal influence in my career," the cartoonist said. London updated the strip to reflect current pop culture and also brought back the extended story format favored by Segar. London gives us new yet familiar versions of Popeye, Olive Oyl, Swee' Pea, and Wimpy, as well as Popeye's Pappy, Olive's brother Castor, Eugene the Jeep, Bernice the Whiffle Hen, the menacing Sea Hag, Alice the Goon, and more! Bobby London's take on the Sailor Man has often been overshadowed by his being fired from the strip in 1992, ostensibly for presenting a storyline that was an allegory about abortion. Now, 20 years later, Bobby London fans as well as Popeye fans can rejoice with this first of two volumes that will collect every one of his daily Popeye strips.

Popeye: The Classic Newspaper Comics by Bobby London Volume 1 (1986-1989)

IDW Publishing

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<li>When we say "complete," we mean COMPLETE! Bobby London's take on the Sailor Man has often been overshadowed by his being fired from the strip in 1992, ostensibly for presenting a storyline that was an allegory about abortion. In that ultimate tale, Olive had become addicted to the Home Shopping Network and ordered a Baby Brutus mechanical doll. When Popeye insists that she get rid of the "baby," two priests mistakenly believe that the baby is real and that Olive is going to exercise her pro-choice rights. King Features Syndicate pulled the final three weeks of strips and daily newspapers began running reprints. Story over in mid-stream.</li> <li>Now, twenty-two years later, thanks to the kind cooperation of the good folks at King Features, those three weeks will be included in this second volume of the IDW series. But wait...that's not all! Turns out that Bobby London produced an additional six weeks of strips beyond the three that were pulled from syndication! This book contains — for the first time anywhere — all nine weeks of "censored" Bobby London Popeye strips. Trust us, it's worth the wait!</li>
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Popeye: The Classic Newspaper Comics by Bobby London Volume 2 (1989-1992)

Popeye de Bobby London vol.1: Tiras diarias clásicas de Bobby London 1986-1989

Ediciones Kraken

Popeye de Bobby London vol.2: Tiras diarias clásicas de Bobby London 1989-1992

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