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Classic Popeye #21
Published by: IDW Press / Yoe Books!
Released on: Mar. 19, 2014
Writer: Bud Sagendorf
Artist: Bud Sagendorf
Cover artist: Bud Sagendorf
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Reprinting the 1952 comic Popeye #21, written and illustrated by Bud Sagendorf, IDW and Yoe Books put forth another silly episode of the weird little sailor continuing to do all the stupid shit he does. And with help from a cast of equally stupid people, he has the boxing fight of his life and hones his wallpapering skills. And Sherman, Sagendorf's own creation, gets into yet another goofy situation, this time with his little Winky.
“Interplanetary Battle!†puts Popeye in a heck of a predicament. No one, but NO ONE, can beat Popeye in a prize fight, his bread and butter, and because of this there is no one left to fight him. Everyone is afraid to challenge him. His fat buddy Wimpy helps out by putting an ad on the radio, promising a big purse to anyone who can beat ol' Squinty. The radio broadcast reaches Mars, and they send their very best. This alien can change size and shape and is more than a match for Popeye. In fact, he has the sailor by the short hairs and Popeye is worried. Fight night: the alien knocks Popeye out of the arena and into a big patch of spinach (of course). As we all know, Spinach makes Popeye superhuman, but what will it do to the alien?
“Paper and Paste†is a doozy. Popeye's insane jealousy scares away (actually, he beats up) the wall paper hanger and leaves Olive Oyl in a bind: her parent's will be home from vacation soon (they live with her parents?) and the paper needs hanging. That guy Popeye assaulted was going to do it for a mere $500. Fuck that shit, says Popeye. He and Wimpy can do it for the cost of materials. After wasting valuable time with making a cake out of the paste, they learn hanging paper sucks and is worth every damned penny to have some other schmuck do it. But since that's not an option, Popeye falls back on his one true vice, which in this case seems more like speed than spinach.
And finally on Sherman, the little asshole ties his dog Winky to the doghouse instead of bringing him along for a walk and to play. Sherman's mother doesn't realize the dog in sleeping in the house and has someone take it and the dog to the dump. Meanwhile, Sherman is accosted by the local bully and gets a pummeling, until Winky finds him and saves his dumb self from further pain and degradation. There's a moral in there somewhere, I'm sure of it.
Per usual, a quick read that is fun and mindless. Time spent with Popeye is never time wasted.
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