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He drew cartoons for silent movie theater slides, the Charlie Chaplin comic strip, and a daily strip about Chicago’s movies and entertainment. Then, in 1919, he penned his own “small screen” creation for the newspapers, \u003ci\u003eThimble Theatre\u003c\/i\u003e, where Popeye was to be born a decade later.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis comprehensive volume features examples of all of E.C. Segar’s early comics and illustrations, with over 100 pre-Popeye \u003ci\u003eThimble Theatre\u003c\/i\u003e Sunday pages including the complete run of the famed Western desert saga, a series that rivals his later work in superb art, storytelling, and humor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNewly revised and expanded, this new printing contains ten additional pages plus a 1920s-style Sunday comics section insert paying tribute to Segar and his comic creations featuring \u003ci\u003eCharlie Chaplin’s Comic Capers\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePopeye\u003c\/i\u003e’s “The Jeep.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eText and illustrations offer an in-depth history and commentary on the life and work of E. C. Segar by historians Paul C. Tumey and Jeet Heer, and best-selling author and journalist Michael Tisserand. \u003ci\u003eThimble Theatre\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential part of any comics lover’s library.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eE.C. Segar\u003c\/b\u003e (1894-1938), creator of Popeye, is a member of the Will Eisner Awards Hall of Fame. He was born in Chester, IL in 1894 and passed away in his longtime home of Santa Monica, CA. The National Cartoonists Society created the Elzie Segar Award in his honor, which was awarded annually to a cartoonist who has made a unique and outstanding contribution to the profession.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Maresca\u003c\/b\u003e is the multiple Eisner and Harvey Award-winning publisher of high-quality, full-sized collections of classic American newspaper strips. His Sunday Press books represent a high-water mark in the reproduction and preservation of American comic strips. Maresca changed the concept of comic reprints in 2005 with his original-sized \u003ci\u003eLittle Nemo in Slumberland: So Many Splendid Sundays\u003c\/i\u003e, Winsor McCay’s groundbreaking strip. He continued with \u003ci\u003eSundays with Walt \u0026amp; Skeezix\u003c\/i\u003e (Frank King’s \u003ci\u003eGasoline Alley\u003c\/i\u003e), George Herriman’s \u003ci\u003eKrazy Kat\u003c\/i\u003e, Chester Gould’s \u003ci\u003eDick Tracy\u003c\/i\u003e, and a dozen others. Maresca lives a relatively non-virtual life in Palo Alto, CA.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul C. Tumey\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and artist in Seattle, WA. 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