Purely History on Instagram: "Newer cartoons will never be this funny 😂 Popeye is one of the most recognizable cartoon characters of the 20th century, and his world grew into a huge part of early animation history. He first appeared in 1929 in the Thimble Theatre comic strip, and his sudden popularity pushed studios to bring him to the screen. Fleischer Studios began producing animated shorts in the 1930s, and those black and white films became the version most people remember. They had a loose