The Spinach-eating sailor is coming back to comics this
coming April! IDW announced a new series that will be written by Roger
Langridge (SNARKED, MUPPET SHOW) with art by Bruce Ozella.
“I grew up reading Segar’s Popeye and we’ll be bringing
his sensibility to our new series,” said
IDW’s co-founder and chief executive officer Ted Adams, who will
co-editing the book with Craig Yoe. “Especially now with our all-star creative
team, I’m really looking forward to launching this series in April.”
“Ever since I was a kid, the two cartoonists who have had
the biggest influence on me have been Carl Barks and E.C. Segar, so getting a
chance to write Popeye is quite a thrill,” saidLangridge. “I’m especially
pleased that IDW have decided to go with a Segar-flavored interpretation. As
much as I like some of the later versions of the character, for me, it’s those
early strips where the magic really happened. Just as well Segar drew everybody
with big feet, because Bruce and I have some enormous shoes to fill!”
POPEYE #1 debuts in April, featuring a cover from Bruce
Ozella, and a rare incentive cover from Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Jules
Feiffer.