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ComiXology All Over The World – Israel Feels Fear Itself, Popeye Takes China

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Rich Johnston

It looks like a Cable sale is being launched through Marvel and ComiXology on Friday, issues 1-25 of his most recent series are currently 99 cents each in the UK, as are issues 1-15 of the first X-Force series – …

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Hotel Transylvania 2 Loses What Made The First One Interesting – Genndy Tartakovsky

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Hannah Shaw-Williams

Hotel Transylvania 2 set for a September 2015 release.

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Genndy Tartakovsky’s Popeye Film To Be “As Artful And Unrealistic” As Possible

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

Perhaps the most exciting thing about Walt Disney’s Tangled was how the CG animation rigs for the characters became complex enough to offer up something more like the kind of extreme expressions and bold poses more familiar in 2D animation. …

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Popeye The Public Domain Man

Posted on July 4, 2012 by Rich Johnston

In the European Union, Popeye went into the public domain back in 2009, but not in the US It seems to be down to Popeye being labelled work for hire in the US, and thus a beneficiary of the “Disney …

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Genndy Tartakovsky Adds Popeye To Samurai Jack Movie On His To Do List

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

Showing some confidence in Hotel Transylvania, Sony have routed its director Genndy Tartakovsky to hop over and develop and direct their 3D Popeye movie. This is likely to cause, or at least exploit, further delay for his Samurai Jack picture. …

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And Finally… John Byrne’s Popeye Vs X-Men

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Or PVX as the modern vernacular would have it. A variant cover by John Byrne for the four issue of the ongoing Popeye comic from IDW.

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Tom Neely: Popeye, Danzig and The Devil

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Gavin Lees talked to Tom Neely for Bleeding Cool; Tom Neely has anchors tattooed on his forearms — that’s how much he loves Popeye. For the past few years, Neely has steadily been gathering momentum as one of the most …

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Thirteen Thousand Copies Of Popeye #1 Sell Out. Well, Whaddayaknow.

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Recent, IDW published a new Popeye comic book. The first in quite a while. And it sold. Sold well. And kept on selling. And I’ve got the numbers. The full, actual, honest numbers that count sales to the direct market …

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Wilco Create New Popeye Cartoon For Their New Video

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Rich Johnston

The band Wilco have released a brand Popeye cartoon to accompany their new single Dawned On Me. You can explore the accompanying website here, or just watch the video below. It’s not even a knock off or a parody, this …

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Roger Langridge Writes New Popeye, Takes On Superman

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Rich Johnston

    Roger Langridge, writer of The Mighty Thor and Muppets of late, but also known for his Fred The Clown, Knuckles The Nun and other more salacious characters, is to take on the tale of a violent, drunk, sailor, …

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Racist Popeye Cartoon Vanishes From The Airwaves With No Notice Or Acknowledgment – So Watch It Here Instead – UPDATED

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Brendon Connelly

LOOK WHAT YOU’VE JUST CLICKED THROUGH TO! (Sorry folks, we discovered this piece was being linked to by less than desirable folks. Here’s the article as it originally was.) TCM in the US were last night scheduled to play Popeye …

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Popeye Mandatory In Angoulême 24 Hour Comic Challenge

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Rich Johnston

The first event of the Angoulême Festival, the largest comics convention in the world, is coming to an end. The 24 hour comics event has hundreds of participants, professionals, amateurs and students, from across the world, creating a fully finished …

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What If EC Segar Had Created Raiders Of The Lost Ark?

Posted on October 27, 2010 by Rich Johnston

From Chuck (McBuck) Forsman…

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