POPEYE HEAD SKETCH SKETCH BY BUD SAGENDORF.
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$86.97 (Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
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Wednesday, January 18, 2023 9:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Wednesday, January 18, 2023 9:00:00 PM)
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Session II January 2023 Comics
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Item Description
4x6" card has 3" tall marker head sketch of Popeye the Sailor Man. He sports his hat and pipe and shirt collar. Personalized to Arlene and nicely signed and dated '93. Lt. aging. Exc. He began his cartoon career while a teenager, working as the assistant of cartoonist E. C. Segar on his Thimble Theatre and Sappo comic strips. Following Segar's death in 1938, Sagendorf moved to New York and began illustrating marketing materials for King Features, while also developing Popeye toys and games. From 1948 to 1967, Sagendorf was the writer-artist of Dell's, Gold Key's, and King Comic's Popeye comic book. In 1959, he finally assumed command of the Thimble Theatre comic strip.
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