Popeye Volume 4: Swee'Pea & Eugene the Jeep (The E. C. Segar Popeye Sundays) - Softcover

E.C. Segar

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798875000010

Publisher: Fantagraphics, 2024

Synopsis

In the fourth and final volume of the E.C. Segar Popeye Sundays, meet the most whimsical character of the Popeye universe!

This dynamic concluding volume introduces a curious creature from the fourth dimension — Eugene the Jeep! The minute this mysterious marvel with the power of teleportation arrives on the scene, the strip is infused with an oddball, otherworldly quality. Elsewhere, Wimpy continues his befuddling antics; the wily orphan Swee’Pea and the patriarch Poopdeck Pappy cause domestic hijinks; and Popeye does battle with the big bad Man from Mars! Plus, contemporary artist Kayla E. pens a comic homage to the topsy-turvy character headlining this volume.

An irresistible alchemy of screwball comedy, tender romance, and rags-to-riches fantasy, Elsie Crisler Segar’s newspaper comic strip, starring Popeye the sailor man, captivated readers of the Roaring Twenties and beyond. Fantagraphics is thrilled to bring Segar’s whimsical world back into print, collecting the complete Popeye Sunday stories in four gorgeous full-color volumes, each packaged in a die-cut vertical slipcase.

About this title

About the Authors

E.C. Segar (1894-1938), creator of Popeye, is a member of the Will Eisner Awards Hall of Fame. He was born in Chester, IL in 1894 and passed away in his longtime home of Santa Monica, CA. The National Cartoonists Society created the Elzie Segar Award in his honour, which was awarded annually to a cartoonist who has made a unique and outstanding contribution to the profession.

Kayla E. is a Texas-born artist and designer of Mexican American descent. She works as creative director at Fantagraphics and is a recipient of a 2023-24 Princeton Hodder Fellowship. Precious Rubbish, her experimental graphic memoir, will be published by Fantagraphics in 2025. She lives in North Carolina.

Edition details

• Publisher: Fantagraphics
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798875000010
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 148