King Features Syndicate, a unit of Hearst and home to some of the world’s most popular entertainment characters, today announced expansion into new territories, Benelux, India and the Middle East, for ...

King Features Syndicate, a unit of Hearst, has announced that it is growing its global licensing programs for Popeye and Olive Oyl with a slate of new partnerships. The expansion extends across the ...

TOAR- The 20,000 year old caveman debuted as Popeye’s foe but soon became one of his most trusted friends. Popeye's Pups - Snits and Fido are early canine cohorts of the Thimble Theatre thespians. Hy ...

Brutus swindles Olive Oyl out of her game show winnings with a worthless oil well. It's up to Popeye to grease the path towards a happy ending. Popeye and Olive stop by Brutus's Garage after running ...

To those who love classic cartoon character Popeye and his entourage of Olive Oyl, Wimpy, Swee’Pea and others, the folks in Chester, Ill. have something to see. The sailor-themed town of Chester is ...

New online animated shorts starring classic characters looks to be a trend. Universal announced last month that they’re making new Woody Woodpecker cartoons, and now King Features is trying the same ...

You might know Popeye the Sailor from trawling YouTube for clips of theatrical cartoons from between the 1930s and the 1950s. You might know him from the handful of television series' built around him ...

They’re a bonded pair looking for a forever home. Popeye and Olive Oyl are 8-years-old. They love to chase laser pointers and lounging around in a cat tower. In the past the pair has done well with ...

Popeye the Sailor Man is pushing 100 these days, but he's still scarfing down spinach and clobbering bullies as readily as he was back in 1929. To celebrate Popeye's enduring pop culture appeal, ...

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