Popeye, Vol. 6: Me Li'l Swee'Pea

Popeye, Vol. 6: Me Li'l Swee'Pea

The final two years of Segarâ€™s classic feature the return of the Sea Hag and the Goon, plus more.
Alas, E.C. Segar, arguably the funniest cartoonist to ever lay ink on paper, died at the age of 44, leaving less that a decadeâ€™s worth of strips featuring his immortal creation Popeye â€• so this sixth volume of Segarâ€™s Popeye is in fact the final one, enabling collectors to add the last â€œEâ€ to the P-O-P-E-Y-E spelled out on the spines of Fantagraphicsâ€™ smashing collection.

This final volume starts off in grand style with â€œMystery Melody,â€ featuring the terrifying return of the shape-shifting Sea Hag. Olive Oyl, Wimpy, Poop-deck Pappy, the Jeep, the newly domesticated Goon, and Toar all appear in this four-month epic, as does Bolo, the latest in Segarâ€™s cast of massive Popeye opponents.

Other stories include the melodramatic â€œA Sock for Susanâ€™s Sakeâ€ (Popeye becomes the protector of a girl who lives on the streets), Popeyeâ€™s boxing duel with King Smacko, the return of Thimble Theatreâ€™s original star Castor Oyl as a detective who solves the case of â€œPlastic Pan,â€ the Poopdeck Pappy yarn â€œWild Oatsâ€ (culminating in a six-month prison sentence for the rambunctious oldster), â€œThe Valley of the Goonsâ€ (in which Popeye is shocked to discover who the new leader of the Goons is), and the self-explanatory â€œKing Sweeâ€™Pea.â€

And thatâ€™s just the dailies! Popeye, Volume 6, also includes 62 splendid full-page full-color Sundays, featuring further adventures of Popeye and an epically surreal six-month interplanetary voyage for Sappo, the star of Popeyeâ€™s â€œtop strip.â€ The supplementary features include two historical articles by Popeye expert Rick Marschall (one on Popeyeâ€™s translation to the world of licensing and merchandising, and one on Segarâ€™s place in comics and pop culture history), an illustrated Segar-written biography of Popeye originally serialized in newspapers of the time, and more rare art and photos. 80 pages of full-color and 86 pages of black-and-white comics
Country USA
Brand Fantagraphics
Manufacturer Fantagraphics Books
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9781606994832
ReleaseDate 2012-05-14
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781606994832

Country	USA
Brand	Fantagraphics
Manufacturer	Fantagraphics Books
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9781606994832
ReleaseDate	2012-05-14
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781606994832

Popeye, Vol. 6: Me Li'l Swee'Pea

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