iPhone app iPad app Android phone app Android tablet app

Popeye

7 Children's Characters Who Are Probably Stoners

Katy Hall | Posted 12.06.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: Scooby Doo, Cartoons, Puff the Magic Dragon, Marijuana Legalized, Marijuana, Children's Shows Marijuana, Looney Tunes, Pot, Speedy Gonzales, Popeye, Weed, Stoner Kids Shows, Cartoons Pot, Kids Shows Marijuana, Cartoons Weed, Stoner Shows, Cartoon Stoners, Entertainment News

Washington legalized recreational marijuana Thursday, but the makers of cartoons and children's shows have been getting stoned for decades. Here are a...

Read Whole Story

A Disturbingly Realistic Popeye

Posted 10.15.2012 | Comedy
Read More: Realistic Popeye, Popeye Drawing, Popeye, Lee Romao, Popeye Human, Video, Comedy News

Maybe Robert Altman's movie about the sailor man would have been a lot better if Robin Williams looked anything like this. Artist Lee Romao reached in...

Read Whole Story

PHOTOS: Complex's Top Ten Tattooed Comic Book Characters

Joy Yoon | Posted 01.18.2012 | Arts
Read More: Comic Books, Tattooed Comic Book Characters, Joy Yoon, Complex Magazine, Comic Geeks, Tattoos, Slidepollajax, Comic Characters, Darth Maul, Magneto, Popeye, Supergirl, Colossus, Arts News
Joy Yoon

From Popeye to Snake Eyes to Supergirl and Darth Maul, nowadays, inked characters are finding themselves getting inked.

Read Whole Story

Bachmann Denies Picking Descartes as Running Mate

Mark Steinberg | Posted 11.25.2011 | Comedy
Read More: Vice President, I Think Therefore I Am, Philosophy, Descartes, Michele Bachmann, Republican Nomination, Rene Descartes, News Cycle, Humor, Satire, Political Satire, Popeye, Republican Debate, Comedy News
Mark Steinberg

"Rene won't say anything until he can prove it, meaning that he'll pretty much always miss the news cycle. Let me tell you, if I had waited until I had facts to support everything I've said I'd never be where I am today."

Read Whole Story

WATCH: The Origins Of Popeye

Posted 10.30.2011 | Arts
Read More: History, Popeye the Sailor Man, History of Cartoons, Video, Olive Oyl, Fun, Cartoon History, Popeye Video, Popeye History, Popeye, Sweet Pea, Learning, Fun Video, Arts News

Spinach-swilling Popeye the Sailor Man is one of the most iconic cartoons ever produced. He has appeared in multiple cartoons and comic strips and was...

Read Whole Story

Ahab at Starbucks

Laurence Hughes | Posted 06.09.2011 | Comedy
Read More: Book News, Moby-Dick, Long John Silver, Ahab, Starbucks, Popeye, Carvel, Ishmael Beah, A Long Way Gone, Comedy News
Laurence Hughes

Whenever it was a damp, drizzly November in my soul, I would drop by Mr. Starbuck's for a steaming double-cupped grande vanilla latte with extra foam....

Read Whole Story

Best Worst Brands of the Week Nov 23-30

Alona Elkayam | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Read More: Evel Knievel, Joe Cocker, LG Accolade, Butterball Turkey Fryer, Lobbyists, General Motors, Bruce Willis, Cafe Milano, Joe's Jeans, Ermenegildo Zegna, Mandel Bread, Facebook, Statesman, Popeye, Style News
Alona Elkayam

Thanksgiving is met with fear every year, especially for those of us who have to face the recurring nudges of a Jewish family like "move your hair away from your face" or "you're not eating enough in New York."

Read Whole Story

LAST CALL: 5 Must See Art Events Ending Soon | From Damien Hirst's Skulls To Children's Books

Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Read More: Music Festival, Jazz, Children's Books, Jeff Koons, Monsters, Chicago, Slidepollajax, Skulls, Damien Hirst, Popeye, London, Ai Wei Wei, Paris, Berlin, Arts News

It's the time of year when we all begin to lose our minds with thoughts of stuffing our faces, buying presents and having visions of sugarplum fairies...

Read Whole Story

Astoria Characters: The Super-Human Handyman

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Astoria, Flea Market, Sead Cerovic, Divorce, Landlord, Bomb, Superintendent, Dsl, Dinosaur, Sarajevo, English, Soldier, Nancy Ruhling, Bosnia, Muslim, Stroke, Bull, Handyman, Flower Shop, Upholstery, Christian, New York News, Popeye, Rock Star, Pirate, Physical Therapist, Gym Teacher, Taxi, Prizefigher, New York News
Nancy Ruhling

Sead Cerovic, aka Cera the Bull, is a big guy. His 6-foot-2 frame stands on 240 pounds of monumental muscle.

Read Whole Story

In the tank for Scorsese?

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Jeffrey Wells, Pret a Porter, Martin Scorsese, O Brother Where Art Thou, No Country for Old Men, Kundun, Gosford Park, Coen Brothers, Hollywood Elsewhere, Marshall Fine Blog, Intolerable Cruelty, The Players, Fargo, Shutter Island, Nashville, Cookie?S Fortune, Blood Simple, New York Times, Robert Altman, Goodfellas, Burn After Reading, A.O. Scott, A Serious Man, Casino, Bringing Out the Dead, Popeye, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

My friend Jeffrey Wells recently ran a link to my review of Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island, which I really liked, on his always interesting website,...

Read Whole Story

"Identity Crisis"

Jerry Zezima | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Plastic Surgery, Sammy Davis Jr., Gas, Car, Ipod, Humor, Identity Theft, Bank, Atm, Debit Card, Newspaper, Itunes, Journalism, Popeye, Jerry Zezima, Lol, Healthy Living News
Jerry Zezima

At the risk of being sued by Popeye, I am what I am. Unfortunately, what I am can't be printed in a family newspaper. I don't even know who I am anymore. That's because my identity was recently stolen.

Read Whole Story

E. C. Segar Google Doodle: Popeye Logo Celebrates Comic Creator (PHOTO)

Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Why Is Popeye on Google, Popeye the Sailor Man, Pichunters, E.C. Segar, Popeye the Sailor, e.c. Segar Wikipedia, e.c. Segar S Birthday, E C Segar, Google Doodles Archive, e.c. Segars, Popeye, Google Doodle, Popeye Google, Segar, Technology News

Wondering why Popeye The Sailor Man is on Google's logo today? Today marks the 115th anniversary of the birthday of Popeye's creator, E.C. Segar. ...

Read Whole Story

Popeye The Sailor Google Logo Celebrates E.C. Segar (PHOTO)

Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Why Is Popeye on Google, Popeye the Sailor Man, Pichunters, E.C. Segar, Popeye the Sailor, e.c. Segar Wikipedia, e.c. Segar S Birthday, E C Segar, Google Doodles Archive, e.c. Segars, Popeye, Google Doodle, Popeye Google, Technology News

Wondering why Popeye The Sailor Man is on Google's logo today? Today marks the 115th anniversary of the birthday of Popeye's creator, E.C. Segar. In...

Read Whole Story

Big Brother 11: Hairy Potter & the Order of the Doofus.

Tallulah Morehead | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: The Early Show. Julie Chen, Survivor Samoa, Reality TV, Martin Landau, Survivor, Big Brother, Bela Lugosi, The Wizard of Oz, Lord of the Rings, Glen or Glenda, Ed Wood, Popeye, Entertainment News
Tallulah Morehead

This week on Big Brother 11: the saga of Jeff/Sarumoron's fall.

Read Whole Story