Popeye the Sailor man began life at the pen of Elzie Crisler Segar in 1929. Now the spinach-eating icon is making his return to the comics with a new book coming out next year from IDW Publishing.
The new comic book, which will hit bookshelves next year, will also feature some of Popeye’s well known friends. The Washington Post reports: “IDW co-founder and chief executive Ted Adams says the sailor with the bulging forearms will be have his own monthly series that will feature Olive Oyl, big and blustery Bluto along with hamburger-craving Wimpy and baby Swee’Pea, too.”
Various artists have adapted the comic in their own ways over the years including filmmaker Robert Altman in his film Popeye (the trailer is featured above). The new book will return the cartoon to Segar’s original style.