An irresistible alchemy of screwball comedy, tender romance, and
rags-to-riches fantasy, Elsie Crisler Segar's newspaper comic strip,
starring Popeye the sailor man, captivated readers of the Roaring
Twenties and beyond. Fantagraphics is thrilled to bring Segar's
whimsical world back into print, collecting the complete Popeye Sunday
stories in four gorgeous full-color volumes, each packaged in a deluxe
vertical slipcase.
Volume one highlighted the mercurial relationship between Popeye and
Olive Oyl, while volume two shifts the focus to an even more dynamic
connection, between that of J. Wellington Wimpy and his one true object
of desire: a delectable hamburger. A notorious chiseler without a penny
to his name, Wimpy is forever scheming new ways to bamboozle the local
diner out of a mouth-watering morsel of his favorite meal. And the
audacious chicaneries Wimpy employs in pursuit of his greatest love are
as riotous today as they were when these strips first appeared in the
'30s.
Featuring laugh-out-loud gags, sensational slugfests, and an endearing
cast of characters, this Wimpy-centric volume of classic Popeye
adventures emphatically answers the question: Where's the beef? Plus, an
illustrated appreciation/deconstruction of this legendary comic
character by acclaimed cartoonist Kevin Huizenga!
