Robin Williams Dead of Apparent Suicide
Actor Robin Williams has died at the age of 63 from an apparent suicide.
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First Image From Genndy Tartakovsky’s ‘Popeye’ Reboot
Genndy Tartakovsky’s “Popeye” reboot is officially a thing now. While the film doesn’t have a production greenlight yet, Sony’s licensing division has begun to promote the property with concept art at the Licensing Expo in Las Vegas.
Did Jeff Koons Just Make $28 Million By Plagiarizing A Dark Horse Popeye Toy? [Update: No, He Had Permission To Copy]
Last night Jeff Koons sold a sculpture of Popeye for over $28 million. Today, evidence has emerged that Koons may not have designed the sculpture. In the comments of our previous post about the Popeye sculpture, Brew reader Alex Kirwan pointed out that Koons’s sculpture bears a substantial similarity to a Dark Horse-produced Popeye PVC figur released in 2002.
Some Lucky Person Will Pay $25 Million Tonight For Jeff Koons’s Popeye [UPDATED]
Tonight in New York City, Sotheby’s will auction a stainless steel, 2000-pound, six-and-a-half-foot-tall Popeye sculpture by Jeff Koons that is estimated to sell for between $25-35 million. Koons, who is already among the top three richest living American artists not to mention an avowed lover of “Croods,” made three of these Popeye sculptures, which probably represents the number of people who he thinks are dumb enough to pay between $25-35 million for a Popeye sculpture.
Sony Announces Genndy Tartakovsky’s ‘Can You Imagine?’ and ‘Hotel Transylvania 2’
Sony Pictures Animation announced today that Genndy Tartakovsky will direct Hotel Transylvania 2, scheduled for September 2015. …
Popeye and “One Piece”: Two Tattoos, One Idea
Take your pick: a tattoo of a classic Golden Age American cartoon character or a popular contemporary anime character.
Be Popeye This Weekend
Just in case you’re looking for something to do.
How To Draw Popeye
Scans of an entire how-to-draw Popeye book from 1939 have been published online.
King Features Holiday Greeting “Audition Reel”
The cleverest animated greeting I’ve seen this year came from King Features, the folks behind Popeye, Felix, and Betty Boop.
Popeye Comics Get Cool
Check out Craig Yoe’s cool new Popeye comic books with covers by Jules Feffier, Roz Chast, Tony Millionaire, Al Jaffee and others.
“Popeye The Sailor Man” by Billy Murray
Someone on ebay is selling brand new cylinder records – for those who still have working Edison Amberola phonograph machines…
What’s Next for Genndy Tartakovsky?
I spotted this poster on the wall during a visit to Sony Animation last week: With Hotel Transylvannia number #1 at the US box …
Protest Erupts Over Disney’s Skinny Minnie
Barneys New York has partnered with Disney for their Electric Holiday campaign, set to debut at Barney’s Madison Avenue flagship store on …
Betty Boop And Popeye In Europe
Classic American cartoon characters pop up throughout Europe in unexpected ways. A couple examples from my recent trip: Betty Boop …
Genndy Tartakovsky To Direct 3D CG “Popeye”
Apparently, Genndy Tartakovsky (Dexter’s Laboratory, Samurai Jack, Star Wars: Clone Wars, Sym-bionic Titan) impressed Sony Pictures …
Old Comics/New Books
I’ve been picking up a lot of good books lately and though they’ve been classic comics-related, all have animated cartoon connections. …
Popeye meets Wilco: “Dawned On Me”
King Features has collaborated with rock band Wilco on a comic strip/music video tie-in with Popeye. The sailorman and his crew crossed …
FASHION ALERT: Bloomingdale’s trendy overpriced Popeye merch
I love Popeye cartoons as much as the next guy – maybe a little more than the next guy – but even I can’t afford the new clothing line …
Popeye “Touch-A-Matic” phone commercial (1980)
I’m a sucker for ANY Popeye anything, especially if animated to Jack Mercer’s voice. Here’s one of his later TV spots, his voice so …
“Popeye Cook Book”
Coming soon: London-based graphic novels publisher Self Made Hero (Moomins) will be releasing this fall, an illustrated kids-skewing …
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