Sunday, February 23, 2020

A Really Bad Post

Sunday Sequel day.

I have shown Sappo before, but the 1939 Sappo in Reversia deserves a book edition in my opinion. It ran from February to November 1939.

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5 comments:

JMR777 said...

"Reversia is swell as long as it lasts. As a matter of fact, so is anything else."

Truth from a comic strip, the truth can be found in comic strips and comic books more often than we realize.

5:14 PM
comicstripfan said...

It seems clear during this period (1939/1941) that the main artist on all the Popeye features, including Sappo, was the underappreciated Bela (Bill) Zaboly. However, if it is the case that Bud Sagendorf was Segar’s assistant since the early ’30’s, then the reported claim of Sagendorf that he drew all the activity panels starting with Wiggle Line Movie (the predecessor of Wimpy's Zoo's Who appearing in these samples) must be seriously considered.

10:00 AM
Ger Apeldoorn said...

Some of the Popeye pages look more like Doc Winner to me, but I have no source for that statement. Who drew (or wrote) the inspired Reversia sequence is up for grabs of course. The activity panel is a even one step further away and if Sagendorf claims he did it, I believe him.

10:50 PM
comicstripfan said...

Several sources (including the controversial later Popeye artist Bobbly London) indicate that Charles (“Doc”) Winner ghosted Thimble Theater during 1938 and into 1939, but that Zaboly took over sometime later in 1939, teaming up with Tom Sims doing the writing.

7:04 PM
comicstripfan said...

Correction: that's "Bobby London" of course.

9:11 AM

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