Popeye first appeared in cartoonist Elzie Crisler "E.C." Segar's nationally syndicated "Thimble Theatre" comic strip in 1929.

The early version of the cartoon sailor is now in public domain, and he's already the star of a slasher movie.

Popeye is a scrappy little seaman with bulging forearms ... of early-20 th-century Chester locals were awfully similar to other characters in Segar’s Thimble Theatre. Olive Oyl, is said to have been ...