The Winter Olympics have just past, but excitement of winter sports go on forever – at least in cartoons. In fact there is much comfort to be had during uncertain times and we thought it would be worth looking back at some of the classic cartoon shorts that celebrate many of the sports featured in […]
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A “Short” Trip: Classic Cartoons on Vacation
June 15th, 2021 
Michael Lyons As the summer season approaches, are you still undecided as to what to do for vacation? After a year of being “stuck inside,” there is a need to get out and get away. But then, there are the costs and the plans and all of the other worries that now come with our world. If […]
Goal Setting: Football-Themed Cartoons
February 5th, 2021 Michael Lyons Like so much over the past year, the Super Bowl this weekend will be a much different experience, but it will still bring with it some traditions that don’t change: a large television audience, much-discussed commercials and mounds of buffalo wings, pizzas and nachos. To help set the mood for all that’s coming to this […]
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Update on “Popeye”: Comic Con Celebrates his 90th Birthday
August 1st, 2019 Jackson Murphy Today marks 25 years since the final daily “Popeye” newspaper comic was published. But the iconic Sailor Man is still going strong in other forms – and for new generations. For nine decades, audiences have been treated to the adventures of Popeye. And to celebrate his 90th Anniversary, Warner Archive and King Features held recently […]
Warner Archive Collection Releases “POPEYE THE SAILOR: The 1940s” Vol. 2
June 3rd, 2019 Jerry Beck More big news for classic cartoon fans, collectors and anyone who loves to laugh: Warner Archive Collection is releasing, on June 18th, 2019 the second set of restored 1940s Paramount Popeye cartoons POPEYE THE SAILOR: The 1940s Vol. 2. It’s a continuation of the Popeye cartoon series from Paramount’s Famous Studios – collecting the sailor’s […]
Warner Archive Collection Releases “POPEYE THE SAILOR: The 1940s” Vol. 1
November 21st, 2018 Jerry Beck Big news for classic cartoon fans, collectors and anyone who loves to laugh: Warner Archive Collection has just announced the release date – December 11th, 2018 – of POPEYE THE SAILOR: The 1940s Vol. 1. It’s a continuation of the Popeye cartoon series from Paramount’s Famous Studios in 1943-1945 – collecting the sailor’s the earliest […]
Classic Cartoonists Illustrate New Popeye Energy Drink
October 13th, 2017 Fred Grandinetti Popeye the Sailor has been associated with food and beverage products since the 1930’s. His latest endeavor is an energy drink. The artwork on the cans are by veteran Thimble Theatre cartoonists, Doc Winner, Bela Zaboly and Bud Sagendorf. I spoke with the C.E.O. of Popeye Energy Drink, Popeye-fan Jeremy Todd. Fred Grandinetti: What is […]
Happy 90th Birthday Wimpy!
J. Wellington Wimpy is considered to be one of greatest comic strip characters conceived. He first appeared in E.C. Segar’s Thimble Theatre comic strip in 1931. From his very beginnings he would con Popeye into buying him a meal. His famous catch-phrase, “I will gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today” is known all […]