22.9 x 34.3 cm. (9 x 13.5 in.) Subscribe now to view details for this work, and gain access to over 18 million auction results. Purchase One-Day Pass ...

Thimble Theater had already been running in the New York Journal for a decade — Popeye was merely a one-arc guest character in the adventures of Ham Gravy (boyfriend to Olive Oyl) and Castor Oyl ...

As does director Robert Altman’s 1980 film, starring Robin Williams as Popeye and Shelley Duvall as his oft-fought-over sweetheart Olive Oyl. That movie was tepidly received initially.

As does director Robert Altman’s 1980 film, starring Robin Williams as Popeye and Shelley Duvall as his oft-fought-over sweetheart Olive Oyl. That movie was tepidly received initially.

A still from an unidentified Popeye film, c. 1945. Image: Paramount Pictures, courtesy of Getty Images ...

Swee’Pea — not introduced until 1933 — but he has to be strong to the finish because he... massages an exotic bird? Would that even be Popeye content at all? Fortunately, Jenkins told me ...