The original Popeye the Sailor first appeared in the King Features comic strip Thimble Theatre on January 17, 1929. By the ...

Curiously, the Polish word ‘Figiel’ means ‘joke’ or ‘prank’, a rather fitting surname for the protoplast of a comic strip hero… But whether ... can find an engraving showing the original, 1929 version ...

The original author passed away ... the Ohatchee native spun off Popeye into it's own comic strip. Sim's father captained the 'Leota steamboat,' which called the Coosa home.