{"product_id":"thimble-theatre-the-pre-popeye-comics-of-e-c-segar-revised-and-expanded","title":"Thimble Theatre \u0026 the Pre-Popeye Comics of E.C. Segar: Revised and Expanded","description":"More than a decade before he created the world's most famous cartoon sailor, Elzie Crisler Segar began his comics career in the movies. He drew cartoons for silent movie theater slides, the Charlie Chaplin comic strip, and a daily strip about Chicago's movies and entertainment. Then, in 1919, he penned his own \"small screen\" creation for the newspapers, \u003cem\u003eThimble Theatre\u003c\/em\u003e, where Popeye was to be born a decade later. \u003cp\u003eThis comprehensive volume features examples of all of E.C. Segar's early comics and illustrations, with over 100 pre-Popeye \u003cem\u003eThimble Theatre\u003c\/em\u003e Sunday pages including the complete run of the famed Western desert saga, a series that rivals his later work in superb art, storytelling, and humor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNewly revised and expanded, this new printing contains ten additional pages plus a 1920s-style Sunday comics section insert paying tribute to Segar and his comic creations featuring \u003cem\u003eCharlie Chaplin's Comic Capers\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePopeye\u003c\/em\u003e's \"The Jeep.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eText and illustrations offer an in-depth history and commentary on the life and work of E. C. Segar by historians Paul C. Tumey and Jeet Heer, and best-selling author and journalist Michael Tisserand. \u003cem\u003eThimble Theatre\u003c\/em\u003e is an essential part of any comics lover's library.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Fantagraphics Sunday Press Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50900813578514,"sku":"9781683967705","price":71.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f1bdecb4-9665-4222-8478-3a59352b05b6.jpg?v=1738398032","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/thimble-theatre-the-pre-popeye-comics-of-e-c-segar-revised-and-expanded","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}