POPEYE: THE CLASSIC NEWSPAPER COMICS BY BOBBY LONDON VOLUME 1: 1986-1989 • Famed Dirty Duck and Air Pirates cartoonist Bobby London's more than six-year run on the ISBN-13: 978-1-61377-874-6 Popeye newspaper strip has been hailed both as a unique original creation and as an homage Price: $39.99 ($49.99 CAN) Publisher: IDW Publishing to Elzie Segar's larger Thimble Theatre vision. "Segar was the seminal influence in my Imprint: Library of American career," the cartoonist said. London updated the strip to reflect current pop culture and also Comics brought back the extended story format favored by Segar. London gives us new yet familiar Writer: Bobby London versions of Popeye, Olive Oyl, Swee' Pea, and Wimpy, as well as Popeye's Pappy, Olive's Artist: Bobby London brother Castor, Eugene the Jeep, Bernice the Whiffle Hen, the menacing Sea Hag, Alice the Size: 8.5 x 7.5 Page Count: 344 Goon, and more! Format: Hardcover, • Bobby London's take on the Sailor Man has often been overshadowed by his being fired Black & White from the strip in 1992, ostensibly for presenting a storyline that was an allegory about Recommended Age: Young abortion. Now, 20 years later, Bobby London fans as well as Popeye fans can rejoice with Adult this first of two volumes that will collect every one of his daily Popeye strips. Comparison Title: Archie: The Complete Daily Newspaper Comics (1960–1963) (ISBN-13 978-1-61377-669-8, $39.99), Tarzan: The Complete Russ Manning Newspaper Strips Volume 1 (1967-1969) (ISBN-13 978-1-61377-694-0, $49.99), Gasoline Alley Volume 1 (ISBN-13 978-1-61377-440-3, $49.99) Genre: Comic Strip Collections Ship Date: 4/1/2014.