Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Popeye, created by Elzie Crisler Segar, made his debut on January 17, 1929 as a part of a comic strip titled Thimble Theatre, and ...

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The Popeye character is in development for a new, live-action movie. ‘Sexy Beast’ TV scribe Michael Caleo is attached to write the script. Chernin Entertainment and King Features are behind the new ...

Popeye is turning 90 and to celebrate comic artists are coming together to draw their own fan strips of the spinach-loving sailor. Before Popeye was a cartoon on TV or portrayed by Robin Williams in ...

Scarfing down a long-neglected can of spinach, King Features Syndicate execs are reviving the “Popeye the Sailor Man” franchise, starting with a new 3-D animated special to air on Fox next year. King ...

Popeye may be famous for the confident credo “I yam what I yam,” but that doesn’t mean the Sailor Man says no to a good makeover. The spinach-gulping and bottle-armed comics hero turned 93 in January.

New online animated shorts starring classic characters looks to be a trend. Universal announced last month that they’re making new Woody Woodpecker cartoons, and now King Features is trying the same ...

Popeye is the latest character to hit public domain, so of course there’s a horror movie coming out called Popeye The Slayer Man. The “character-going-to-public-domain-to-baffling-horror-movie” ...

King Features Syndicate has appointed international licensing agent M.J.A. Licensing to expand the reach of iconic characters such as Popeye and Betty Boop across France and its territories. M.J.A.