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‘Popeye’ Comic Strip Getting Woke Makeover with ‘More Characters Who Aren’t Heterosexual’
Breitbart ^ | 07/06/2022 | David NG

Posted on 07/06/2022 4:49:49 PM PDT by DFG

After nearly a hundred years in existence, the Popeye comic strip is reportedly getting a woke makeover, with the strip’s latest cartoonist promising more ethnic diversity and “more characters who aren’t heterosexual.”

Cartoonist Randal K. Milholland described the Popeye character as being “gender fluid,” citing old episodes in which the plot required Popeye to dress in drag.

“I [want] to bring in more characters who aren’t heterosexual,” Milholland said in an interview with the San Antonio Express-News. “I don’t live in that purely straight white world, and I don’t think a lot of other people do either.”

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: blowmedown; culturerot; cylinda; homofascism; milholland; popeye; randalmilholland; woke
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To: DFG

Next year: Popeye comic strip comes to an end after 101 years of entertainment.


41 posted on 07/06/2022 6:51:55 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Bus No. 2525)
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To: cuban leaf

There’s actually an old “Far Side” cartoon in which Olive Oyl reacts with shock seeing Popeye dressed in a house dress. Popeye simply replies: “I yam what I yam!”


42 posted on 07/06/2022 6:53:09 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Bus No. 2525)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

In 1988, I bought a comic book at my college’s bookstore called “Mondo Popeye.” It was funny as hell, putting Popeye, Olive Oyl and Bluto in these modern-world situations. As for the Sea Hag, she was running a predatory corporation.


43 posted on 07/06/2022 6:55:06 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Bus No. 2525)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks; Extremely Extreme Extremist

OK, according to Amazon, it is from 1989, and you can collect a good copy of it if you somehow have $310 after spending so much on food and gas.


44 posted on 07/06/2022 6:57:27 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Bus No. 2525)
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To: DFG
The Popeye character was first seen in 1929 in the Thimble Theatre comic strip.

That means that the copyrights expire and enter the public domain in 2024. So, it is apparently time to destroy them.

45 posted on 07/06/2022 7:24:58 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (Dementia Joe is Not My President)
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To: DFG

There’s still a Popeye comic strip?


46 posted on 07/06/2022 7:26:06 PM PDT by al_c (Democrats: Party over Common Sense)
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To: ealgeone

Popeye has been a success for 93 years and the liberals want to put a stop to it.
Thor 4 I hope will be the next movie to bomb.

Natalie Portman Loves that Disney’s ‘Thor 4’ Is ‘Gayest’ Marvel Movie Ever
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2022/07/06/natalie-portman-loves-that-disneys-thor-4-is-gayest-marvel-movie-ever/


47 posted on 07/06/2022 7:26:28 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: DFG

How is that going to work?

2 gays popping in each other’s eyes?

Sounds like a heck of a comically adventure.


48 posted on 07/06/2022 7:44:03 PM PDT by Hypo2
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To: Southside_Chicago_Republican
Are you certain that Mr. Mulholland isn't thinking of someone else?

49 posted on 07/07/2022 1:24:54 AM PDT by jmcenanly (You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.” ― Winston)
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To: DFG

“I yam what I yam” takes on a whole new meaning


50 posted on 07/07/2022 5:50:08 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: jmcenanly

You might be on to something there!


51 posted on 07/07/2022 7:30:56 AM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog. )
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To: DFG

Popeye is NOT a buttpuncher.
Disgusting if they try to make him one.


52 posted on 07/07/2022 7:41:00 AM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (Have you seen Joe Biden's picture on a milk carton?)
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To: DFG

Faggotry expands to the funnies.


53 posted on 07/07/2022 1:09:36 PM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: jmcenanly

Is that Mammy Yokum?


54 posted on 07/07/2022 1:18:33 PM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: DFG

🙄


55 posted on 07/07/2022 7:27:33 PM PDT by Allegra
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To: JimRed

Sho ‘nuff is. I don’t know if Al Capp intended for her to evolve into a Popeye doppelganger.


56 posted on 07/09/2022 3:55:25 PM PDT by jmcenanly (You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.” ― Winston)
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