"Popeye the Sailor Man"

Did'ja think he was a cowboy?

When I was a little boy the sailor was written and drawn
in comics books by the great Bud Sagendorf.
I loved his artwork and would copy it all the time.
Still do.
















There were other great artists
who worked on the Popeye strip as well--
Doc Winner, Joe Musial and another favorite of mine Bill Zaboly.
Here's a sample of Bill's version...

Here's a recent attempt
at drawing the sailor...
while (still) copying Sagendorf art.
All images TM & © King Features Syndicate

1960's "Mr. Magoo"

I don't remember the 'Mr. Magoo' comic strip from 1964. There were plenty of other diversions vying for a 12 year old's attention in those days. But I did like the Magoo animated shorts. You can come to your own conclusions about the strip. These images were scanned from the 1967 Pyramid pocket book edition.

writing & drawing comics...

I thought it might be fun to go from very old artwork to very new artwork.
These are a few pages of thumb-nails and early roughs from a story I'm working on.

early days...

1961-1964

1969...