Rob Stolzer UNITED STATES
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Gaar Williams - 1926 Our Secret Ambitions Panel - With Popeye-Like Character

Location: Williams, Gaar
Artist: Gaar Williams (All)

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Location: Williams, Gaar
Title: Gaar Williams - 1926 Our Secret Ambitions Panel - With Popeye-Like Character
Artist:  Gaar Williams (All)
Media Type: Pen and Ink
Art Type: Comic Strip
For Sale Status: NFS
Views: 15
Likes on CAF: 1
Comments: 1
Added to Site: 4/20/2026

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I really, really, really don't need another Gaar Williams panel in the collection, but had a hard time passing this one up.  For one thing, this 1926 Our Secret Ambitions panel is right in Williams' sweet-spot art-wise.  The pen work is lively and rich, as it so often was during the 1920s for Williams.  But the part that really sold me on the piece was the ship captain.  Check out those big forearms with the anchor tattoo.  And the squinty eyes.  And the pipe in his mouth.  Remind you of anyone?  E.C. Segar would not introduce Popeye to the world for three more years, and living in Chicago at the time, there's a chance he would have seen this panel.  Maybe subconsciously Segar was chaneling Williams.  Who knows?  But the possible association is cool.  

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Marcus Wai Member Since 2005
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Posted On 4/21/2026

This was when ships were still a vital form of transportation and the life of a train hobo would have been the same as hitching a ride on a ship.