1936: Popeye surpasses Mickey Mouse in popularity at the box office. 1937: Popeye the Sailor Meets Sinbad the Sailor, the first two-reel Technicolor Popeye cartoon, is released. (Original Caption ...

which showed Popeye the Sailor Man cartoons. Captain Jim was played by Jim Martin, who is now a puppeteer for Sesame Street. The series was described as a "classic" in 2005, by Bob Karlovits of ...

As characters like Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh fall into public domain, they become eligible to be given a new life. Popeye is the latest of cartoon ... with such a classic character.