Popeye the Sailor, created by Elzie Crisler Segar, is now public domain. Popeye is among a slew of 1929 characters and works, as well as 1924 sound recordings, that entered the public domain on ...

1936: Popeye surpasses Mickey Mouse in popularity at the box office. 1937: Popeye the Sailor Meets Sinbad the Sailor, the first two-reel Technicolor Popeye cartoon, is released. 1940s: Wartime patriot ...

The spinach-gulping childhood icon Popeye the Sailor Man's crazy journey from comic strips to cartoon – now live-action film. Faring past the waves of iconic nostalgia, Popeye is sailing back for more ...

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