Does anyone read the Popeye comic strip?

[Perry White]

WTF ??? Is this really appropriate?

"In three panels, Popeye has managed to be more unsettling that the last 18 months of Zippy the Pinhead."
http://joshreads.com/?p=1133

 

[ondeadline]

Looks like the cartoonist is committing professional suicide.

 

[rallen13]

I did until that strip appeared. Won't anymore! Guess now I'll stick to Alley Oop and Lil Abner among the oldies.

 

[Songbird]

I'm still trying to figure out what Blondie sees in Dagwood Bumstead.

Also, I wish Cathy's husband would tell her to drink a big glass of STFU already.

 

[boots]

It's no worse than Popeye telling Olive "Well blow me down!"

 

[Songbird]

Or Popeye telling Olive Oil, "I rams what I rams, so get ready for a Bootsing!"

 

[alleyallen]

Popeye has had a bit of a history in controversy, if I recall. Back me up here Rallen13, but wasn't there long ago controversy surrounding whether or not Popeye and Olive Oyl were going to "keep" a baby, a reference to abortion?

 

[Moderator1]

Cathy got married?


And AA gets points. It is Oyl, not Oil. Don't **** with me on Popeye.

 

[Diabeetus]

Cathy's a stupid *****. I still can't figure out why she's still around.

 

[Songbird]

Cathy got married?


And AA gets points. It is Oyl, not Oil. Don't **** with me on Popeye.

She's never -- NEVER -- happy, always fretting.

 

[shotglass]

Is that Popeye cartoon for real, or is it a fake?

 

[Ashy Larry]

It's obvious that Popeye has been on the juice for years......there's no way spinach alone can keep the definition in those forearms. And OliveOil is obviously strung out.......she's a skeleton.

Don't even mention Pluto.......

 

[dargan]

Is that Popeye cartoon for real, or is it a fake?

Did it run in The New Yorker? Maybe it popped into Elaine Benes' subconscience.

 

[Perry White]

Is that Popeye cartoon for real, or is it a fake?

Real: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/popeye.asp?date=20070627

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Wait a minute -- Olive Oyl and Wimpy were an item??

 

[Mystery_Meat]

Popeye has gone bat**** crazy in the last couple of years. I think one storyline had Popeye openly hating Sweetpea, and another had Olive Oyl in disguise to be elected president of the Goons. Still better than Cathy, Dennis the Menace and For Better or For Inevitablity.

Also, Comics Curmudgeon (www.joshreads.com) is a quality time-waster.

 

[Perry White]

Popeye has had a bit of a history in controversy, if I recall. Back me up here Rallen13, but wasn't there long ago controversy surrounding whether or not Popeye and Olive Oyl were going to "keep" a baby, a reference to abortion?

Wow, I thought you were joking but I was wrong: http://www.comic-art.com/intervws/london.htm

 

[Batman]

I'm still trying to figure out what Blondie sees in Dagwood Bumstead.

He embraces their S&M lifestyle.
Whoever draws Blondie deserves some praise though. She's gotta be packing 38DDs up there. Good lord.