Popeye #12 Variant Cover (2012)
Art by Dave Sim
HERITAGE AUCTIONS:
The newest issue of
IDW's Popeye series, with a special variant cover by
Cerebus creator Dave Sim. Ink and graphite on illustration
board, with an approximate image area of 10.75" x 14.5". Also
included are five specially signed and numbered copies of the comic
book. All items are in Excellent condition.
DAVE SIM:
DAVE SIM:
(by fax, January 2013)
Drawing POPEYE was a dream come true. I used to watch at least an hour
of POPEYE every weekday morning as a pre-schooler. My mother used to
tell the story of me pointing in the windows of stores downtown and
saying "Buttaflow".."Buttaflow". And she's asking "Where? Where do you
see the butterfly." It took a while but she figured out that what I was
saying was "Buffalo" and that I was pointing at was the number "4". The
Popeye cartoons aired on WSEN, channel 4 Buffalo -- which they announced
at every station break with a big 4 on the screen. The syndication
package was the old Max Fleischer
cartoons mixed in with the later ones. I had them all memorised and
would go to sleep reciting the dialogue in my head. Like I say, this is
before the age of 5. Read the full article here...
1 comment:
That is "WBEN" not "WSEN" - the CBS channel 4 local affiliate in Buffalo New York, which you could get with a good roof antenna in Kitchener Ontario. The "BEN" stood for an acronym of the name of its newspaper owner, The Buffalo Evening News. Dave's parents' home was on a slight hill, so he was lucky. But then, too much Popeye at an early age can distort your understanding of the world. Would things have gone better with Deni if Dave hadn't watched Olive Oyl run her cartoon marriage bureau? Hmmm.... ah well, give the man a Segar!
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