Panel from May 7, 1959 Thimble Theatre comic by Ralph Stein and Bill Zaboly: Nonny the equine genius (tapping on a rock): Tap..you're wrong..tap.. Tap Tap
1959, Ralph Stein and Bill Zaboly
Panel from March 8, 2026 Thimble Theatre comic by Randy Milholland: Sea Hag's sister: But I have something more important on my mind than ruling over weak-minded masses... ...PETTY REVENGE!
2026, @choochoobear.bsky.social
Panel from May 5, 1959 Thimble Theatre comic by Ralph Stein and Bill Zaboly: Crewmate: Didn't y' want t' keep that smart horse y' kidnapped, Bluto? Bluto: Nah! That Nonny talked too much--he'd a turned me in to th' cops sooner or later!
1959, Ralph Stein and Bill Zaboly
Panel from February 2, 1959 Thimble Theatre comic by Ralph Stein and Bill Zaboly: Popeye (leaning on a wire fence with a KEEP OUT! sign on it and barbed wire on top with a rocket launch pad on the other side): Y'knows I wouldn do nuthin' UNLEGAL--not till dark, anyhow! We'll jus' hang aroun' here till th' sun goes down! Sir Promeroy: Heh! Heh!
1959, Ralph Stein and Bill Zaboly
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Panel from January 31, 1959 Thimble Theatre comic by Ralph Stein and Bill Zaboly: Popeye, Sir Pomeroy, and Dr. Klumpp are in home improvement store. Popeye (to clerk): I wants th' biggest pair o' WIRE CUTTERS y'got, mister! Pommy: For cutting wire fences!
1959, Ralph Stein and Bill Zaboly
Panel from January 30, 1959 Thimble Theatre comic by Ralph Stein and Bill Zaboly: Soldier 1: GET OUT! Soldier 2: OUT! Soldier 3: Throw them OUT! Soldier 4: They're nuts!
1959, Ralph Stein and Bill Zaboly
Come an' get it!! Lost Popeye Zine, Sundays Supplement Volume 20 is now available!! lostdailies.gumroad.com/l/lpzssv20
Newspaper photograph from January 5, 1959 issue of the Manchester Evening News: Photograph of a dozen children in party hats. Relocated text above: SH! EVERYBODY -- IT'S "POPEYE"
Just ran across this gem
Panel from June 8, 1958 Thimble Theatre comic by Tom Sims and Bill Zaboly: Popeye (talking to a goldfish): If you could talk I would tell you sumpin'!!
1958, Tom Sims & Bill Zaboly
Panel from March 6, 1958 Thimble Theatre comic by Tom Sims and Bill Zaboly: Swee'Pea (carrying an armful of tin cans): I always did want to be rich!! Erf Erf
1958, Tom Sims & Bill Zaboly
Panel from January 5, 1958 Thimble Theatre comic by Tom Sims and Bill Zaboly: Olive Oyl: A book!! Yes, a book!! A new book!!
1958, Tom Sims & Bill Zaboly
That's NO furnace! Lost Popeye Zine, Volume 85 is now available! lostdailies.gumroad.com/l/lpzv85
Popeye comic
Wow, great--and much needed--subject matter. At the Billy Ireland: "Financial Essentials for Cartoonists." Bonus: totally free!
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Panel from August 22, 1951 Thimble Theatre comic by Tom Sims and Bill Zaboly: Alice the Goon's child, Alice, and Alice's boyfriend all stand on an island shore. Alice (pointing out to the water): *speaks in Goonish* Alice's boyfriend: *gasps in Goonish*
1951, Tom Sims & Bill Zaboly
Panel from January 2, 1959 Thimble Theatre comic by Ralph Stein and Bill Zaboly: Popeye and Sir Pomeroy stand on a yacht looking out with a crane claw over each of them. Popeye: But what's it for? Pommy: I wonder!
1959, Ralph Stein and Bill Zaboly
Panel from November 8, 1958 Thimble Theatre comic by Ralph Stein and Bill Zaboly: Olive the dragon (off-panel right spitting fire): ROAR-R-R HISS-SS Sir Pomeroy and Popeye are thrown back by the flames. Pommy: That's NO furnace! Popeye: Me timbers is scorched!
1958, Ralph Stein and Bill Zaboly
Panel from December 2, 1958 Thimble Theatre comic by Ralph Stein and Bill Zaboly: Bluto's friends: EEK! He's tearing that steel cage apart! Popeye (ripping the cage bars apart with a twan-ng twang-g snap): I yam even TOUGHER!--An' I gets mad even EASIER!
1958, Ralph Stein and Bill Zaboly
I am exhausted FOR Popeye going through the Stein/Zaboly run
Closeup of a panel from November 29, 1958 Thimble Theatre comic by Ralph Stein and Bill Zaboly: Bluto: Put him into a li'l cage, too!
Closeup of a panel from September 30, 1958 Thimble Theatre comic by Ralph Stein and Bill Zaboly: Swee'Pea (peeking up from behind an artificial moon): Shiver me li'l timbers!
One of my favorite parts of the Ralph Stein run is his love for "li'l"
Panel from October 31, 1958 Thimble Theatre comic by Ralph Stein and Bill Zaboly: Popeye (leaning in a doorway): Okay, you guys, wha's on yer li'l minds? Talk FASK because I has a lotta restin' up t'do after comin' back from outer space! Kelsey: Oh, it isn't much--we just want you to slay a dragon.....
1958, Ralph Stein and Bill Zaboly
Panel from October 28, 1958 Thimble Theatre comic by Ralph Stein and Bill Zaboly: Narration: So, Smith gets his wish! Smith on his moon being thrown over the side of a warship with a SPLOSH.
1958, Ralph Stein and Bill Zaboly
I say, old boy! Lost Popeye Zine, Volume 84 is now available! lostdailies.gumroad.com/l/lpzv84
Lookit Swee'Pea with his books in a bookstrap! bsky.app/profile/oocp...
