Thimble Theatre and Popeye comic strips

PopeyePopeye's first appearance in Thimble Theatre, January 17, 1929.Thimble Theatre was created by King Features Syndicate comic writer/artist E.C. Segar, and was his third published strip. The strip first appeared in the New York Journal, a newspaper operated by King Features owner William Randolph Hearst, on December 19, 1919 before later expanding into more papers. In its early years, the