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Popeye Golden Age illustration - Popeye, Bluto, Olive, Wimpy & Thimble Theatre cast

Artist: Fabio Celoni (All)

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Popeye Golden Age illustration - Popeye, Bluto, Olive, Wimpy & Thimble Theatre cast Comic Art

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Thimble Theatre - 17 Jan 1929

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Title:	Popeye Golden Age illustration - Popeye, Bluto, Olive, Wimpy & Thimble Theatre cast
Artist:	Fabio Celoni (All)
Media Type:	Mixed Media
Art Type:	Commission
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	1,410
Likes on CAF:	3 4
Comments:	7
Added to Site:	1/17/2023
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Description

Popeye was created by E.C. Segar and first appeared, as a minor character, in the Thimble Theatre comic strip on January 17, 1929.

In early 2019, La Nona Arte association started a project to create a Golden Age volume that included several illustrations (with Golden Age characters, of course) to be commissioned to different artists... I was really lucky to get what I most desired on that list, a Popeye by Fabio Celoni!!!

Being a huge fan of both Segar and Celoni, I was thrilled... and I was not wrong!!! Fabio's final piece is nothing less than stunning!
He tried to be as faithful as possible to Segar's while adding his magic... and the final result is a thing of beauty!

Love the overall composition, the color focus on Popeye doing what he does best, the fisticuffs, and Bluto paying the price while paying homage to so many wonderful characters from Segar's Thimble Theatre in the background (you can spot the Jeep, Poopdeck Pappy, Swee' Pea, Castor and Olive Oyl, Wimpy, King Blozo, the Sea Hag, the Goon, whiffle hen, Rough House, etc.).

Huge thanks to Fabio and La Nona Arte!!!

Paper size: 29.7 x 42 cm

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Andrea F.
Member Since 2008

1 - Posted on 1/17/2023

Sempre mitico Popeye! Bellissima!!

Guido T
Member Since 2021

1 - Posted on 1/17/2023

Uno sganasone come si deve

Davide G.
Member Since 2009

1 - Posted on 1/17/2023

Just brilliant! And I totally agree with you about the characters in the background: they're fantastic!

Will K
Member Since 2006

1 - Posted on 1/17/2023

Great collection characters !! I like how background characters are in the monochrome blue. Popeye and Bluto seem to be painted in an old school style but the colors palette seems more modern.

Carlo Volpicelli
Member Since 2019

1 - Posted on 1/21/2023

Fantastica!

David Blumer
Member Since 2018

1 - Posted on 3/29/2023

Magnificent piece!! Fun main image, but dang those lookee loos in the background really crank it up to 11! Congrats

William B.
Member Since 2004

1 - Posted on 4/13/2023

Un'illustrazione davvero spettacolare! ♥

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