E. C. Segar
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Elzie Crisler Segar, known by the pen name E. C. Segar, was an American cartoonist. He created Popeye in 1929, introducing the character in his comic strip Thimble Theatre.
E. C. Segar's Sappo (1933)
E. C. Segar's Looping the Loop (1918)
Olive Oyl
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Olive Oyl is a cartoon character created by E. C. Segar in 1919 for his comic strip Thimble Theatre. The strip was later renamed Popeye after the sailor character that became the most popular member o
E. C. Segar
…the New York Journal, as the replacement for Wheelan's strip. The Thimble Theatre strip made its debut on December 19, 1919, featuring the characters Olive Oyl, Castor Oyl and Harold Hamgravy, whose name was quickly shortened in the strip to simply "Ham Gravy". They were the strip's leads for about a decade…
Olive Oyl and Hamgravy in a 1921 "Thimble Theatre" strip
Shelley Duvall as Olive Oyl in the 1980 Popeye film