RIP Hy Eisman

The Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art shared the sad news that onetime Popeye cartoonist Hy Eisman has passed away. Hy taught at the school from 1976 to 2019. Hy Eisman wrote and illustrated the Popeye Sunday comic strip from 1994 until 2022.

"It is with deep sadness that we share the passing of an incredibe artist, and a dear friend and instructor to many at the Joe Kubert School, Hy Eisman. 

His artistry and mentorship has helped to shape generations of creators. Hy’s influence will continue to be felt by all who had the honor of learning from him and by fans who enjoyed his incredible work."

I'd like to also offer my condolences to his fans, friends, and family. He had a spectacular take on our favorite Sailor Man that carried on the tradition.

- Scott

SEA SHANTY FUNNIES™ Comic Strip #4 - Two for Tuesday!

 

Public domain Green-Suited Wimpy appears as a derivative courtesy of the public domain cartoon "Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor" (1936).

SEA SHANTY FUNNIES™ Comic Strip #3 - 'Cause I'm the Taxman

 

SEA SHANTY FUNNIES™ Blog: Recommendation to Join the Official Popeye Fanclub

I'm guessing that we're all fans of Popeye if you're here at the SEA SHANTY FUNNIES website. As a fellow fan of Popeye, please allow me to give a recommendation for you to join the Official Popeye Fanclub that issues a nifty membership package including a few newsletters each year.

I love the newsletters with the articles that they publish and some of the reprints of the older Bela Zeboly strips you can read.

To join, go to http://www.popeyethesailor.com/club/main.htm for more information. If the link to pay online isn't working, you can mail a check (for $10 in the U.S.) to the Official Popeye Fanclub -  1001 State St. - Chester, Il. 62233, or call Debbie e at 618-826-4567 with a credit card.

It is about time for me to renew my own annual membership!

- Scott

SEA SHANTY FUNNIES™ Comic Strip #2 - Happy Popeye Day on his 96th B-day!

 

SEA SHANTY FUNNIES™ Blog: I've been collecting and reading original newspaper strips this past year from the Doc Winner and Bela Zeboly Years

Last year, I began collecting actual newspaper Sunday comic and daily strips of POPEYE from the years 1938 to 1946 after the premature death of Popeye's creator E.C. Segar in 1938.
 
My interest to discover POPEYE stories during those "lost years" after Segar's death and before Bud Sagendorf took over in the late 1950's led me to look online for actual comic strips because King Features (at least to my knowledge) has never reprinted the entire 1930's through 1950's comic strips. I guess here and there they might have been reprinted in an old comic or two.
 
Previously, I had never even seen or read the POPEYE comic strips with the Tom Sims (writer), Doc Winner (artist), Bill "Bela" Zeboly (artist), and Ralph Stein (writer) circa that twenty-year period between 1938-1958 that led me recently to acquiring some strips (thanks to eBay) from the World War Two era. (Though I have learned the the Official Popeye Fanclub is reprinting some of the storylines in their newsletter).
 
It has been pretty exciting to see and read. I've purchased some portfolios and I've been placing and curating them carefully in those.

 

SEA SHANTY FUNNIES™ Comic Strip #1 - Welcome Aboard, Swabbies!