tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post6857829409872540392..comments2024-02-25T03:15:48.893-05:00Comments on News and Views by Chris Barat: Book Review: E.C. SEGAR'S POPEYE, VOLUME 6: "ME LI'L SWEE'PEA" by E. C. Segar (Fantagraphics Press, 2012)Chris Barathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06845538037091279990noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-38444407706540138722012-05-08T15:56:55.278-04:002012-05-08T15:56:55.278-04:00Joe,
I honestly didn't mind the fact that &qu...Joe,<br /><br />I honestly didn't mind the fact that "King Swee'pea" wasn't finished. Fantagraphics was simply following the lead of the Nemo paperback collections of Segar's POPEYE when it chose to cut off the narrative at the point that it did. <br /><br />ChrisChris Barathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06845538037091279990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357793224370188597.post-67364562813812927192012-05-07T22:20:48.330-04:002012-05-07T22:20:48.330-04:00Chris:
It’s impossible to read that final volum...Chris: <br /><br />It’s impossible to read that final volume and not have Segar’s passing hanging over it. <br /><br />But, beyond the tragic loss of a genius-level cartoonist, we are left to play the “What If” game. Yes, what would Segar’s ‘40s, ‘50s, and even ‘60s Popeye have been like. I’d like to think that Bud Sagendorf carried on the tradition… but fandom largely disagrees with that opinion. <br /><br />And so later Segar Popeyes, are left to accompany ‘50s Tashlin and Clampett Looney Tunes and Eisenhower through Nixon-era Gottfredson Mickey Mouse continuities in that “Great What-If Folder” of our imaginations! <br /><br />There IS something I strongly object to in this final Fantagraphics volume…<br /><br />…The non-completion of the “King Swee’pea” continuity. <br /><br />It would appear that Fantagraphics was more concerned with a memorial showcase for Segar, than with presenting the stories! And, honestly, I feel cheated out of the ending of that continuity – whether or not it was handled by others. It SHOULD have been allowed to complete as originally presented. <br /><br />The non-Gottfredson “Death Valley” material was presented in FG’s Mickey Mouse hardcovers. They didn’t just pick it up once Unca Floyd got rolling. Why take that approach here? <br /><br />How do others feel about this, I wonder? <br /><br />Joe.Joe Torciviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.com