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Popeye the Sailor made his first appearance, in a daily comic strip called 'Thimble Theatre', on January 17, 1929. He was created by Elzie Crisler Segar.Although the strip had already been appearing for ten years, he soon became the star and it was soon renamed to 'Popeye'.
Starting in 1933, the Fleischer Studios began creating a series of cartoon shorts featuring Popeye, for Paramount Pictures. These proved highly popular and continued in production, until 1957, later cartoons being produced by Famous Studios.
Today, Popeye is as loved as ever, even making appearances on the big screen.
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