Popeye [E.C. Segar's Popeye]

Fantagraphics’ Popeye series (2006–2012) collects E.C. Segar’s classic newspaper strips in six handsome hardcover volumes, preserving the original run’s rough-hewn humor and inventive storytelling. Edited by Donald Phelps and Richard Marschall, the series showcases Segar’s singular art and writing, capturing the sailor’s pre-cartoon heyday with all its eccentric supporting cast and wild adventures. It matters as a definitive archival treatment, returning Segar’s foundational work to print in a format that honors its manic, wordy charm.