Back إلزي سيغار Arabic الزى سيجار ARZ Elzie Crisler Segar AST Elzi Kraysler Seqar Azerbaijani E. C. Segar Catalan E.C. Segar Danish Elzie Segar German Elzie Crisler Segar Spanish Elzie Crisler Segar Basque الزی کریسلر سگار Persian
| E. C. Segar | |
|---|---|
 Illustration of Segar, 1928 | |
| Born | Elzie Crisler Segar December 8, 1894 Chester, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | October 13, 1938 (aged 43) Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| Area(s) | Cartoonist |
Notable works | Popeye (1929–1938) |
Elzie Crisler Segar (/ˈsiːɡɑːr/;[1] December 8, 1894 – October 13, 1938), known by the pen name E. C. Segar, was an American cartoonist best known as the creator of Popeye, a pop culture character who first appeared in 1929 in Segar's comic strip Thimble Theatre.[2][3]
Charles M. Schulz said of Segar's work: "I think Popeye was a perfect comic strip, consistent in drawing and humor".[4] Carl Barks described Segar as "the unbridled genius as far as I was concerned".[5]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
funkwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "E. C. Segar", in Walker, Brian. The Comics: The Complete Collection. New York: Abrams ComicArts, 2011. (pp. 238–243) ISBN 9780810995956
- ^ "E. C. Segar", in Tumey, Paul C. Screwball! : The Cartoonists Who Made The Funnies Funny. San Diego : IDW Publishing, 2019 ISBN 9781684051878 (pp. 158-179)
- ^ Mendelson, Lee and Schulz, Charles M., Charlie Brown and Charlie Schulz: in celebration of the 20th anniversary of "Peanuts". New York: New American Library, 1971. (p. 35)
- ^ Barks, Carl, and Ault, Donald D. Carl Barks : conversations. Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2003 ISBN 9781578065011 (p. 133).