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Published by: IDW Press / Yoe Books!
Released on: Mar. 19, 2014
Writer: Bud Sagendorf
Artist: Bud Sagendorf
Cover artist: Bud Sagendorf
IDW continues with reprinting the 1950s comic book “Popeyeâ€, issue for issue, as presented by Yoe Books. These comics were written for children (obviously) and they are amazingly mindless to the adult reader, and that's not a bad thing. Bud Sagendorf provides the art and the writing on all the stories and they move along at lightning speed. Before you know it the book is finished.
“Here Comes the Bride†has Popeye vacationing in the wastelands of the desert. The fact that he decides that the desert is the place he goes to get away from it all isn't so much the odd thing about how this one starts. What's weird is that it mentions Popeye owns a ship AND a railroad. Popeye owned a railroad?? Well, things heat up when he's attacked by “wild Indians†who mutter things like “ugh†and “glubdubâ€. They mistake him for a turkey, try to cook him, and then have him marry the hottie of the teepee village. Olive Oyl senses something is up with her Popeye and his cheating ways, and she finds him in no time, handing him his dignity in a poop scoop.
This next tale has a double title: “Little Kids Should Have Ice Cream†or “Swee'Pea Gets Itâ€. Little Swee'Pea wants another ice cream, so he tries to con Popeye into buying him one. That doesn't work, and neither does pitching a fit, so the tyke cries himself to sleep and dreams of Ice Cream Land. He tries stealing from a cone farm and gets apprehended by a giant policeman, landing himself in jail. He quickly realizes this jail made out of ice cream bricks and he eats his way to freedom but it becomes a nightmare of pain and discomfort. Guess what happens when Popeye gives in and lets him have all he wants? Yep.
“Shermanâ€, Bud's own creation, decides to make his measly $1 bill look like a big ol' bank roll by wrapping it around a roll of paper, in “Rolling Along.†Sherman's wad (of cash) catches the eye of a car salesman who tries to swindle the kid out of his money. Taking it for a test drive with the salesman, Sherman crashes into a tree and hands the salesman the wad paper and takes off. Then he dumps salt on the guy's wound by offering him a ride back to the dealership on his bicycle.
Mindless stuff, but fun to read, Classic Popeye delivers the goods, if said goods are dumb stories about an even dumber sailor.
