But it's impossible to deny that the physical characteristics, and the hat, and the corncob pipe ... it's important," Morena said of Popeye's birthplace. "Santa Monica-bred and I hope it continues ...

But the spinach-fueled seafarer called Popeye the Sailor sailed off a Santa Monica cartoonist’s drawing board and into world fame. By the time his character was fully launched, artist Elzie ...

The post showed a purported image of Smith wearing the sailor hat, holding a pipe in his mouth, with muscled and tattooed arms. Ahoy there! Set sail for a spinach-fueled adventure in "Popeye The ...

“The last line in his obituary was, ‘Also, he was also the physical model for Popeye,’” Harris recalls. The new edition of “The Santa Monica Pier” includes an afterword from former ...