Popeye : the classic newspaper comics by Bobby LondonVolume 1,: 1986-1989

"This is a greatcollection in the same way that Frank King and Dick Moore's work on GasolineAlley in the early sixties was beautiful." - New York Journal ofBooks"This is among the funniest and most beautiful comic stripsever drawn.

It is history unleashed and yet belongs in the future.

In short, itis timeless."-The Scoop Famed Dirty Duck and Air Pirates cartoonist Bobby London'smore than six-year run on the Popeye newspaper strip has been hailed bothas a unique original creation and as an homage to Elzie Segar's largerThimble Theatre vision. "Segar was the seminal influence in my career,"the cartoonist said.

London updated the strip to reflect current pop culture andalso brought back the extended story format favored by Segar.

London gives usnew yet familiar versions of Popeye, Olive Oyl, Swee' Pea, and Wimpy, as well asPopeye's Pappy, Olive's brother Castor, Eugene the Jeep, Bernice the WhiffleHen, the menacing Sea Hag, Alice the Goon, and more!Bobby London's take on the Sailor Man has often been overshadowed by hisbeing fired from the strip in 1992, ostensibly for presenting a storyline thatwas an allegory about abortion.

Now, 20 years later, Bobby London fans as wellas Popeye fans can rejoice with this first of two volumes that willcollect every one of his daily Popeye strips.