Popeye Volume 3 Format: Paperback

Volume three centers around the epic Popeye adventure, “Plunder Island,” in which our endearing cast of characters takes to the high seas in search of buried treasure ― but must contend with the ruthless Sea Hag and her strange sidekick, Alice the Goon. Steeped in shadow and gothic imagery, this tale is an atmospheric and suspenseful departure from the typical Popeye aesthetic ― with a little screwball comedy thrown in for good measure. Also in this volume, Popeye proves to be a one-man wrecking crew on the gridiron, Wimpy tries his unsteady hand at duck shooting (uh-oh!), and the crew ride out to the Wild West town of Slither Creek on a rip-roaring gold-hunting expedition. Plus, contemporary Filipino cartoonist Bong Redila pens a lighthearted comic homage to the iconic, eerie duo headlining this volume.

An irresistible alchemy of slapstick humor, tender romance, and rags-to-riches fantasy, Elsie Crisler Segar’s newspaper comic strip, starring Popeye the sailor man, captivated readers of the Roaring Twenties and beyond. Fantagraphics is thrilled to bring Segar’s whimsical world back into print, collecting the complete Popeye Sunday stories in four gorgeous full-color volumes, each packaged in a deluxe slipcase.

E.C. Segar (1894-1938), creator of Popeye, is a member of the Will Eisner Awards Hall of Fame. He was born in Chester, IL in 1894 and passed away in his longtime home of Santa Monica, CA. The National Cartoonists Society created the Elzie Segar Award in his honor, which was awarded annually to a cartoonist who has made a unique and outstanding contribution to the profession.

Bong Redila is a self-taught Filipino American illustrator and author based in Miami, Florida. Redila started his illustration career in the early ’90s in Guam, USA, as an editorial cartoonist for a local newspaper. In the early 2000s, he wrote and illustrated short stories set in a fictional town named Meläg, where phantasmagoric and peculiar events consistently unfold. These stories were compiled and published in the Philippines, garnering multiple accolades, including the Philippine National Book Awards for Best Graphic Literature, the National Children's Book Awards for Best Reads for Kids, and Komikon's Best Graphic Novel. Redila's work was also nominated for the prestigious Madrigal-Gonzalez First Book Award. In 2022, Meläg: Town of Fables was published in English by Fantagraphics.