Welcome to the battle for Popeye's origin story. In the left corner, hailing from Illinois, a Polish saloon worker, the reigning champion, Frank "Rocky" Fiegel. And on the right, a fisherman, a bona ...

New online animated shorts starring classic characters looks to be a trend. Universal announced last month that they’re making new Woody Woodpecker cartoons, and now King Features is trying the same ...

Cartoon and comic strip characters have favorite foods just like real people. Their tastes seem to be rather humble, too — pizzas, burgers, and sandwiches are often the craving, not filet mignon with ...

After the horror about Winnie the Pooh, it seems, nothing can scare (or amuse) the viewer anymore. But the movie Popeye The Slayer Man will break another wall in 2025. The film tells about a group of ...

Many people grew up watching the popular, classic cartoon “Popeye the Sailor Man,” which tried to make eating healthy spinach more appealing and taught many valuable lessons about bullying and how the ...

CHESTER — Entering it’s 38th year, Chester’s Popeye Picnic has evolved into not only celebrating its namesake, but also about the event’s evolving cast of characters. Debbie Brooks, the picnic’s ...

In our current age of cultural remix and reuse, cartoon characters like Popeye and One Piece’s Monkey D. Luffy are more alike than dissimilar, their iconic design qualities detached from their ...

Zachary Sosland is an SEO Entertainment Content Writer for Collider. Before joining Collider, Zack was a feature writer for the pop culture website Looper where he wrote about relevant pop culture ...