{"id":2379,"date":"2012-01-24T02:42:43","date_gmt":"2012-01-24T07:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=2379"},"modified":"2012-01-24T02:42:43","modified_gmt":"2012-01-24T07:42:43","slug":"hard-copy-all-new-popeye-comics-coming-from-idw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=2379","title":{"rendered":"Hard Copy: All New Popeye Comics Coming from IDW"},"content":{"rendered":"

IDW Publishing today announced that comic industry star Roger Langridge will write\"\"<\/a> the company\u2019s all-new POPEYE comic series, which will debut in April 2012. Expanding their partnership with King Features to include new material, IDW\u2019s POPEYE comics will offer all-new adventures with the famous \u201cSailor Man\u201d and his friends, including Olive Oyl, Bluto, Wimpy and Swee\u2019 Pea. Joining Langridge to bring Popeye back to comics is rising-star artist Bruce Ozella. The monthly POPEYE series will be co-edited by IDW\u2019s co-founder and chief executive officer, Ted Adams and renowned comics expert Craig Yoe.<\/p>\n

\u201cI grew up reading Segar\u2019s Popeye and we\u2019ll be bringing his sensibility to our new series,\u201d said Adams. \u201cEspecially now with our all-star creative team, I\u2019m really looking forward to launching this series in April.\u201d<\/p>\n

Throughout his more than twenty years in the comics industry, Langridge has garnered critical and fan acclaim for his work on an impressive list of projects, including the Harvey Award-winning Muppet Show Comic Book (Boom! Studios) and Thor: The Mighty Avenger (Marvel Comics).<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u201cEver 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,\u201d said Langridge. \u201cI\u2019m 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\u2019s 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!\u201d<\/p>\n

Created by Elzie Crisler Segar in January 1929, Popeye the Sailor Man quickly became one of the most popular and enduring comics characters of all time. In addition to headlining his own comic strip for over eighty years, Popeye has also been featured in television cartoons, video games, live action movies and countless merchandise.<\/p>\n

POPEYE #1 debuts in April, featuring a cover from Bruce Ozella, and a rare incentive cover from Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Jules Feiffer.<\/p>\n

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Visit IDWPublishing.com<\/a> to learn more about the company and its top-selling books.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

IDW Publishing today announced that comic industry star Roger Langridge will write the company\u2019s all-new POPEYE comic series, which will debut in April 2012. Expanding their partnership with King Features to include new material, IDW\u2019s POPEYE comics will offer all-new … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[715,4155,164,711,14,712,713,710,716,714],"class_list":["post-2379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hard-copy","tag-bruce-ozella","tag-hard-copy","tag-idw","tag-idw-comics","tag-james","tag-king-features","tag-olive-oyl","tag-popeye","tag-roger-langridge","tag-wimpy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2379"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2391,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2379\/revisions\/2391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}