An animation cel of Swee’pea, Wimpy, Olive Oyl, and Popeye used in the production for the 1972 cartoon, “The Man Who Hated Laughter.” This hour-long adventure originally aired as part of “The ABC Superstar Movie.” Popeye the Sailor Man made his debut as an animated cartoon character on July 14, 1933. These 12 images honor the character’s long career.
Nostalgia

It’s Popeye’s Birthday!

Images honoring the Sailor Man’s debut as an animated cartoon

By Fred Grandinetti | July 14, 2023
A drawing of Bluto by Randy Milholland, the Popeye Sunday cartoonist, especially for Boomer Magazine
Nostalgia

‘It’s That One-Eyed Sailor Again!’

Ninety years of Bluto – or is it Brutus?

By Fred M. Grandinetti | October 5, 2022
cover of the book, 'Popeye The Sailor: The 1960s TV Cartoons' by Fred Grandinetti
Books

Those ‘Quickie’ Popeye Television Cartoons

Behind the variability of 1960s ‘Popeye’ on TV

By Fred Grandinetti | May 24, 2022
Doused with fear gas, Shame takes Batgirl hostage in 'The Great Escape' (1968). For article, TV’s Batgirl Was Emasculated and Humiliated
Nostalgia

“No, Batgirl, Get Out Quick!”

The watering down of a TV heroine

By Fred M. Grandinetti | October 4, 2021
Bewitched iconography for Reused Episodes of the Bewitched TV Series
Nostalgia

Bewitched, Bothered, and Recycled

Reused episodes of the classic ‘Bewitched’ TV series

By Fred Grandinetti | September 20, 2021
Wimpy eating lots of hamburgers, for Wimpy Celebrates 90 Years of Hamburgers
Nostalgia

90 Years with J. Wellington Wimpy

The hamburger-loving Popeye character celebrates his birthday

By Fred Grandinetti | July 27, 2021
Bela Zaboly's drawing session with children. Photo courtesy of Jonathan Lozovsky. In an early history of Popeye the sailor man
Arts & Entertainment

Popeye, The Wandering One-Eyed Sailor

How the strip changed over the years, 1954-1959

By Fred M. Grandinetti | May 7, 2021
Arts & Entertainment

Remembering the Original Batwoman

Gotham City’s estrogen-fueled crime fighter 

By Fred Grandinetti | August 22, 2019
Popeye
Arts & Entertainment

Happy 90th Birthday, Popeye!

"I yam what I yam"

January 4, 2019
Three personas of Popeye's archenemy
Arts & Entertainment

What Is Popeye's Archenemy's Name?

No, you’re not crazy – Popeye’s nemesis change names back and forth

By Fred Grandinetti | June 21, 2016

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