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Published by: IDW Publishing / Yoe Books!
Writer: Bud Sagendorf
Artist: Bud Sagendorf
Cover artist: Bud Sagendorf
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So what are Popeye and his gang of numb nuts up to this month? The usual. Anyone want it any other way? Probably not. It's nice to have a politically incorrect comic book to read that is racist by today's standards. Innocent racism, sure, but it ought to offend the self-righteous for certain. Especially the Native Americans “ug†and “me am†dialogue. No “Injuns†in this issue though, and in fact no racism. It's still a good dumb and fun read though. Don't expect anything deep here, don't expect social commentary, and don't expect to be impressed by Popeye comics; with that in mind maybe it will be as enjoyable to you as it is for this reader. Maybe the draw here is the notion that Popeye is more like white trash than anything else. Per usual, three tales grace these pages, two Popeye and one of Sagendorf's original characters. Before revealing this month's high-velocity shenanigans, it should be noted this issue has an alternate cover, drawn by Shawn Pacheco. It's a good one, tasting a lot like Big Daddy Ed Roth's style, and Olive Oyl's bee-sting breasts make the image complete.
“The Happy Little Island†is about Popeye, Olive Oyl, Wimpy, and Swee'Pea sailing on vacation to the happy island only to find out the residents to be the exact opposite of happy. Miserable is more like it. Why? Every time someone expresses happiness a little man or two pops out of the ground and pounds the happy person's foot with a hammer. Popeye calls them “de-mings†(demons) and he figures out he needs to make them laugh. How to make them laugh? Put pictures of Olive in a bathing suit down into a bunch of holes in the ground. It works; the island is back to normal and Olive Oyl is going to kick Popeye's ass.
“Full Power†puts Swee'Pea in a spot where he wants to be as strong as Popeye. The sailor only eats one can of spinach per day, so imagine if Swee'Pea eats ten dozen cans…he'll be the strongest swab in the world. But when he eats all that spinach, his muscles act on their own and he springs all over the place beating up grown men against his will. Popeye can stop him, but he'll have to fight spinach with spinach. Using physics as his friend, he shakes the entire globe when the two spinach-fueled dummies collide.
“Axle and Cam on the Planet Meco†is a Bud Sagendorf original that kind of stinks really. A boy robot wants a dog, so he builds one out of old junk, and his robot bitch of a mother is irate. It's only after the robot dog dismantles some robot burglars in the robot house that the robot bitch mother comes around. Robot dumb, and not in a fun way. Just dumb. The other two stories are fun though.
