'J. Wellington Wimpey' is a character in which comic strip?
"Olive falls for the ploy, but stops falling for it when Wimpy states that he forgot his hiding place. In yet another notable incident, Wimpy had his own lover, Waneeta, but only loved her because her father owned a herd of beef cows. J. Wellington Wimpy J. Wellington Wimpy, generally referred to as Wimpy, is one of the characters in the long-running comic strip ""Popeye"", created by E. C. Segar in 1934 and originally called ""Thimble Theatre"", and in the ""Popeye"" cartoons based upon the strip. Wimpy was one of the dominant characters in the newspaper strip, but when ""Popeye"""
"and named ""Swee'Pea."" Other regular characters in the strip were J. Wellington Wimpy, a hamburger-loving moocher who would ""gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today"" (he was also soft-spoken and cowardly; Vickers Wellington bombers were nicknamed ""Wimpys"" after the character); George W. Geezil, a local cobbler who spoke in a heavily affected accent and habitually attempted to murder or wish death upon Wimpy; and Eugene the Jeep, a yellow, vaguely dog-like animal from Africa with magical powers. In addition, the strip featured the Sea Hag, a terrible pirate, as well as the last witch on earth (her even more"
"the Chicago Art Institute. In a brief 1935 interview in ""The Daily Oklahoman"", H. Hillard Wimpee of Atlanta indicated that he was connected to the character, having worked with Segar at the ""Chicago Herald-Examiner"" in 1917. It became a custom in the office that whoever accepted an invitation for a hamburger would pay the bill. According to Wimpee, after seeing the character in the newspaper, he wrote Segar in 1922 about Wimpy, ""afraid of being connected with what [Segar] was doing with [the character]."" He said Segar replied, ""'You haven't seen anything yet.'"" Wimpy is Popeye's friend. In the cartoons,"
"the imagination of the Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki. In October 2006 ""A Trip to Tynemouth"" by Miyazaki was published in Japan. It is based on ""Blackham's Wimpy"", a story first published in Westall's collection ""Break of Dark"". The rival RAF crews in the story fly Vickers Wellington bombers. The nickname comes from J. Wellington Wimpy in the Popeye cartoons. According to WorldCat, participating libraries hold editions of Westall's books in 17 foreign languages. American Library Association 100 Best Books for Young Adults of the Last 25 years American Library Association Best Fiction for Young Adults Boston Globe–Horn Book Award runners-up"
"one occasion, Popeye almost makes the truth come out by remarking that Wimpy is a loafer, but then relieves Mrs. Wimpy by stating that Wimpy is actually a baker who ""makes loaves"" and that he was only having a good natured jest. In the daily strips, Wimpy was appointed general of Popeye's country, Popilania, and injured his head by saluting. Wimpy made two cameo appearances in the Segar universe outside of the Thimble Theater comic strip. He appeared once in the side feature ""Popeye's Cartoon Club,"" as an example of how not to behave, and once in a Sappo strip."
"George W. Geezil George W. Geezil, also known as simply Geezil, is a comic strip character created by E.C. Segar for the ""Thimble Theatre"" (now ""Popeye"") strip. Geezil made his first appearance in the strips in 1932, as an unnamed patron in Roughhouse's cafe. He re-appeared in 1933 as a Russian accented cobbler (later pawn shop owner) and regular customer of Roughhouse who held a dislike for J. Wellington Wimpy, although until his fifth appearance he went unnamed. Over time, he was named Mr. Geezer, Mr. Geezle, George G. Geezil, eventually settling as George W. Geezil by his 33rd appearance,"
"Whomp! (webcomic) Whomp! is a webcomic authored and drawn by Ronnie Filyaw. The comic centers around the life and antics of the overweight, junk-food-obsessed and socially inept nerd Ronnie, who is a fictionalized version of the author, and his female Asian roommate, Agrias (Li Ming Chui). The webcomic is released every Monday, Wednesday and Friday: its art-style, characters and storylines have evolved significantly since the strip's debut in 2010, starting from black and white strips to the full color comic it is today. Comic Book Resources has praised ""Whomp!"" as being ""consistently funny"", and described Ronnie as a ""modern day"
"into telling him ""how he beat that wabbit!"") Wallace Wimple, an expansion of Thompson's ""Breakfast Club"" role, was his most enduring character. Wimple was a timid birdwatcher, appropriately nicknamed ""Wimp"" by McGee, who lived in constant terror of his ""big old wife"", nicknamed ""Sweetie Face"", who was often mentioned but never heard. (The term ""wimp"" for an unmanly character was in common usage already, as with the cartoon character J. Wellington Wimpy). The character, whose greeting was a mild ""Hello, folks"", became very popular, and inspired animation director Tex Avery to build a dog character around the voice. This character,"
"over the hamburger's other ingredients. The hamburger was very popular among Americans during the postwar period following World War I, even in popular culture. An example of this was the prominent appearance of hamburgers in E. C. Segar's ""Thimble Theatre"" comic strip, which prominently featured a cartoon character named Popeye the Sailor who ate spinach to sustain his superhuman strength. Popeye's first appearance was as a supporting character on January 17, 1929 alongside many other characters. One of these characters was J. Wellington Wimpy (often shortened to just ""Wimpy""), a lover of hamburgers who was both polite and gluttonous. His"
"Connecticut, where he resides with his second wife, cartoonist Diane Noomin. ""Zippy"" books and comics are published by Fantagraphics Books. In January 2012, Fantagraphics published ""Bill Griffith: Lost and Found, Comics 1969-2003"", a 392-page collection of Griffith's early work in underground comics from the ""East Village Other"" to his pages for ""The New Yorker"" and the ""National Lampoon"" in the 1980s and 1990s. Bill Griffith William Henry Jackson Griffith (born January 20, 1944) is an American cartoonist who signs his work Bill Griffith and Griffy. He is best known for his daily comic strip ""Zippy"". The catchphrase ""Are we having"
"song ""Hurricane"" is played in the episode. There is a musical chase sequence through multiple doors and a hallway, inspired by late 1960s Saturday morning cartoons like ""The Archies"" and ""Scooby-Doo"", backed by the 1967 song ""Pleasant Valley Sunday"" by The Monkees. J. Wellington Wimpy, generally referred to as Wimpy (from the comic strip ""Popeye""), made a cameo appearance (as an in-gag to both his facial features; in the context of beef related heart disease and affinity for hamburgers) in the episode. The episode received mixed reviews. Ahsan Haque of IGN praised the episode, saying that it ""turns out to"
"handful of appearances in the ""Popeye"" cartoons, including ""A Clean Shaven Man"" (1936, nonspeaking role), ""Olive's Boithday Presink"" (1941), and ""Wimpy the Moocher"" (1960). In the 1980 ""Popeye"" film, Geezil was a greengrocer who was constantly arguing with Wimpy, but the two maintained a shaky friendship (at one point, he comments ""Phooey! The Commodore! Besides Wimpy, I hate him best!""). Geezil was played by Richard Libertini. George W. Geezil George W. Geezil, also known as simply Geezil, is a comic strip character created by E.C. Segar for the ""Thimble Theatre"" (now ""Popeye"") strip. Geezil made his first appearance in the"
"do so. Popeye tries to reform his character, being a good natured soul with a strong set of morals, but Wimpy never reforms. Popeye often becomes ""disgustipated"" with Wimpy, but puts up with him for the most part and sometimes even tricks Wimpy, although rarely. Wimpy first appeared in the Sunday comic storyline with Tinearo and Battling McGnat in 1929, as a referee, although he was skinnier and his facial features weren't as defined. He was also missing his trademark brown jacket. Hamburgers are Wimpy's all-time favorite food, and he is usually seen carrying or eating one or more at"
"he mainly plays the role of the ""straight man"" to Popeye's outbursts and wild antics. Wimpy is soft-spoken, romantic, very intelligent, and well educated, but also cowardly, very lazy, overly parsimonious and utterly gluttonous. He is also something of a scam artist and, especially in the newspaper strip, can be underhanded. However, his plans always succeed, and he lives off the land through his ill-gotten gains. Although Wimpy is almost a tramp, he pretends to be a member of a high social status. In addition to mooching hamburgers, he picks up discarded cigars from the sidewalk, but is embarrassed to"
"Willy Murphy William ""Willy"" Murphy (1936–1976) was an American underground cartoonist and editor. Murphy's humor focused on hippies and the counterculture. His signature character was Arnold Peck the Human Wreck, ""a mid-30s beanpole with wry observations about his own life and the community around him."" Murphy's solo title was called ""Flamed-Out Funnies""; in addition, he contributed to such seminal underground anthologies as ""Arcade"", ""Bijou Funnies"", and ""San Francisco Comic Book"", as well as the ""National Lampoon"". Murphy's work was of the ""bigfoot"" style of cartooning, with characters having long, droopy noses; and was characterized by strong, humorous writing. Murphy was"
"Bill Griffith William Henry Jackson Griffith (born January 20, 1944) is an American cartoonist who signs his work Bill Griffith and Griffy. He is best known for his daily comic strip ""Zippy"". The catchphrase ""Are we having fun yet?"" is credited to Griffith. Born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, Griffith grew up in Levittown, New York on Long Island. One of his neighbors was science fiction illustrator Ed Emshwiller, whom he credits with pointing him towards the world of art. Griffith began his comics career in New York City in 1969. His first comic strips in the ""East"
"in Whoppee one of the pupils leaves school and becomes a policeman. about a boy called Kit Katz who has numerous false limbs affixed on him, giving him super strength. Drawn originally by Vic Neill, and later by Robert Nixon and Trevor Metcalfe. Survived merger with Whoopee. about a football team; the players are Glenn Doddle, Cyril Breeches, Clemence Ray, Kenny Dogleash, and Dora Dribble. Drawn by Tom Paterson. Survived merged with Whoopee. Reprinted in 'Big Comic Fortnightly' (1988) and 'BVC' comic (1995). New story's in Wow! Special 1985. featuring puzzles done in the style of game shows with slightly"
"non-humor strips in the title; although Kardak only lasted until issue #30 (Nov. 1942). This change of emphasis to humor strips had been presaged in ""Top-Notch Comics"" #25 (March 1942) when ""Snoopy McGook, the Soapy Sleuth"" joined the roster. From issue #28 he was joined by ""Pokey Oakey"", ""Senor Siesta"", the boxing humor strip ""Canvas Back Corkle"", ""Percy The Three Monkey-teers"" and, from issue #29 (Sept. 1942), ""Gloomy Gus – the Homeless Ghost"". One of these new humor strips, ""Dotty and Ditto"" by Bill Woggon (best known for his ""Katy Keene"" comic) was unusual as it featured a continuing storyline"
"1912–1913 included William James Sinnott's ""Dickey Dippy's Diary"", Leo O'Mealia's strips ""Wedlocked"" and ""Little Pal"", and the syndicate's most notable strip, Arthur R. ""Pop"" Mormand's ""Keeping Up with the Joneses"". Columns syndicated by Associated Newspapers included the columns of ""New York Globe"" publisher Jason Rogers, H. H. McClure, J. G. Lloyd, and the Rev. Dr. Frank Crane. From 1924 to c. 1926 the syndicate distributed a semi-weekly series of ""human interest"" cartoons by a rotating cast of artists, including C. D. Batchelor, Sid Greene, Frank Moser, Robert Ripley, and John Terry. Associated Newspapers syndicated ""Ripley's Believe It or Not!"" panel"
"Wimpy and Eugene the Jeep. After prolonged illness, Segar died of leukemia and liver disease in October 1938 at the age of 43. Segar is widely regarded as one of the most influential and talented cartoonists of all time, among the first to combine humor with long-running adventures. A revival of interest in Segar's creations began with Woody Gelman's Nostalgia Press. Robert Altman's live-action film ""Popeye"" (1980) is adapted from E. C. Segar's ""Thimble Theatre"" comic strip. The screenplay by Jules Feiffer was based directly on Gelman's ""Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye the Sailor"", a hardcover reprint collection of 1936-37 Segar"
"Chicago. Skip Williamson Mervyn ""Skip"" Williamson (August 19, 1944 – March 16, 2017) was an American underground cartoonist and central figure in the underground comix movement. Williamson's art was published in the ""National Lampoon"", ""High Times"", ""the Realist"", ""the Industrial Worker"", the ""Chicago Seed"", ""Encyclopædia Britannica"" and others. His best-known character is ""Snappy Sammy Smoot"". Williamson was born in San Antonio, Texas, but later moved to Lynchburg, Virginia, and then to Canton, Missouri. Williamson's real first name is Mervyn; however when he was a child, he was a bit of a troublemaker, so his grandmother gave him the nickname ""Skip"""
"of Chester also are claimed to have served as inspiration for two other Segar characters including Dora Pascal, an uncommonly tall, angular lady who ran a general store in town. She even donned a hair bun close to her neckline. William “Windy Bill” Schuchert, a rather rotund man who owned the local opera house, was the seed for the character J. Wellington Wimpy. He would even send out his employees to purchase hamburgers for him between performances at a local tavern named Wiebusch’s, the same tavern that Fiegal would frequent and engage in fistfights. In 2015, businessman Greg Morena refuted"
"save money. Actually there might be something in that; Wellington (unlike the majority of comic characters) has noticed that he and his friends never seem to get any older. On those rare occasions when he cheers up a small raincloud usually appears to dampen his spirits. An Old English Sheepdog who lives with his boy, Wellington. Boot is a generally affable and mellow character, given to flights of fancy and daydreaming. In this respect, Boot is the UK equivalent of Snoopy from Charles M. Schulz's ""Peanuts"" strip. Boot is also convinced that he is in fact an 18th-century English lord"
"issue also featured a portfolio of Murphy's work. Murphy's work was also posthumously published in ""San Francisco Comic Book"" issue #5 and #7, published in 1980 and 1983 respectively. Murphy's work inspired later cartoonists like Gilbert Shelton, Paul Mavrides, and Wayno. Willy Murphy William ""Willy"" Murphy (1936–1976) was an American underground cartoonist and editor. Murphy's humor focused on hippies and the counterculture. His signature character was Arnold Peck the Human Wreck, ""a mid-30s beanpole with wry observations about his own life and the community around him."" Murphy's solo title was called ""Flamed-Out Funnies""; in addition, he contributed to such seminal"
"Vernon Simeon Plemion Grant Vernon Simeon Plemion Grant (April 26, 1902 – July 9, 1990) was an American illustrator known for his whimsical gnome characters and fairy tale drawings. Over seven decades, Grant created hundreds of illustrations for advertising (General Electric, Gillette, Hershey's. Kellogg's) and major magazines, including ""Judge"" and ""Ladies' Home Journal"". He is best known as creator of Kellogg's Rice Krispies cereal characters Snap! Crackle! and Pop! Grant was born on April 26, 1902, in Coleridge, Nebraska, to Oliver Simeon Grant and Chloe Barkley Grant. When Grant was six years old, his family moved to South Dakota where"
"Dave Fleischer, to have Popeye and the other ""Thimble Theatre"" characters begin appearing in a series of animated cartoons. The first cartoon in the series was released in 1933, and ""Popeye"" cartoons, released by Paramount Pictures, would remain a staple of Paramount's release schedule for nearly 25 years. One source of inspiration for the Fleischers were newspapers and comic strips, and they saw potential in Popeye as an animated star, thinking the humor would translate well onscreen. When the Fleischers needed more characters, they turned to Segar's strip: Wimpy debuted in the first regular ""Popeye"" cartoon, Swee'Pea, Poopdeck Pappy, the"
"even Mae Questel. Many of the ""Thimble Theatre"" characters, including Wimpy, Poopdeck Pappy, and Eugene the Jeep, eventually made appearances in the Paramount cartoons, though appearances by Olive Oyl's extended family and Ham Gravy were notably absent. Thanks to the animated-short series, Popeye became even more of a sensation than he had been in comic strips, and by 1938, polls showed that the sailor was Hollywood's most popular cartoon character. In every Popeye cartoon, the sailor is invariably put into what seems like a hopeless situation, upon which (usually after a beating), a can of spinach becomes available, and Popeye"
"horse racing and prize fights. The ""goggle-eyed, moustached, gloved and top-hatted, bulbous-nosed, cigar-chomping shrimp"" (according to comics historian Bill Blackbeard) was relentlessly henpecked by ""a wife three times his size"" (as the song lyric goes). The formidable Mrs. Lizzie Google, a.k.a. ""the sweet woman"", sued Barney for divorce and thereafter virtually disappeared from the strip. By October 1919, the strip was distributed by King Features Syndicate and was published in newspapers across the country. Beginning on July 17, 1922, the strip would take a momentous turn in popularity with the seemingly innocuous introduction of an endearing race horse named ""Spark"
"that for Liberty's sake."" Ernest Riebe (orig. 1913), ""Mr. Block: Twenty-Four IWW Cartoons"", (Chicago: Charles H. Kerr Publishing Company, 1984) and . Mr. Block Mr. Block is a United States comic strip character commemorated in a song written by Joe Hill. Mr. Block, who has no first name, was created November 7, 1912 by Ernest Riebe, a member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). Block appeared that day in the Spokane newspaper ""Industrial Worker"", smoking a cigar and wearing a checkered suit with top hat. Subsequently, Mr. Block lost the fancy clothes but often kept a hat, ten"
"Vernon Grant. Vernon Simeon Plemion Grant Vernon Simeon Plemion Grant (April 26, 1902 – July 9, 1990) was an American illustrator known for his whimsical gnome characters and fairy tale drawings. Over seven decades, Grant created hundreds of illustrations for advertising (General Electric, Gillette, Hershey's. Kellogg's) and major magazines, including ""Judge"" and ""Ladies' Home Journal"". He is best known as creator of Kellogg's Rice Krispies cereal characters Snap! Crackle! and Pop! Grant was born on April 26, 1902, in Coleridge, Nebraska, to Oliver Simeon Grant and Chloe Barkley Grant. When Grant was six years old, his family moved to South"
"of suburban couple John and Myrtle Sappo. However, Segar later added the character of inventor Professor O. G. Wotasnozzle to ""Sappo"". Wotasnozzle's bizarre machines soon became the focus of the narrative. On January 17, 1929, when Castor Oyl needed a mariner to navigate his ship to Dice Island, Castor picked up an old sailor in the docks named Popeye. Popeye's first line in the strip, upon being asked if he was a sailor, was ""'Ja think I'm a cowboy?"" The character stole the show and became the permanent star. Some of the other notable characters Segar created include J. Wellington"
"General Jumbo General Jumbo (called Admiral Jumbo for a brief period in the early 1970s) was a British comic strip, published in the comics magazine ""The Beano"" and originally drawn by Paddy Brennan and, subsequently, by Sandy Calder. It debuted in 1953. Alfie ""Jumbo"" Johnson was a 12-year-old boy who served as ""general"" to a remote control model army, navy and air force created by scientist Professor Carter. He also appeared in Nutty and Buddy in the early 1980s. The Buddy version called him Jimmy instead of Alfie. Storylines involved crime-fighting and/or rescue missions. Jumbo made his first appearance in"
"E. W. Kemble Edward Windsor Kemble (January 18, 1861 – September 19, 1933), usually cited as E. W. Kemble, was an American illustrator. He is known best for illustrating the first edition of ""Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"" and for his cartoons of African Americans. Kemble was born in Sacramento, California. In 1875, he was enrolled at a boarding school in Philadelphia, which was a center of artistic activity. His artistic talent was such that he was a successful contributor to periodicals by 1881. He became the major political cartoonist for the New York ""Daily Graphic"" while receiving his only formal"