tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post8917354018227315346..comments2024-03-17T19:22:37.877-04:00Comments on Mike Lynch Cartoons: POPEYE: Bobby London's Final WeeksMike Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06589354018554341768noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-66413319784758947172023-05-12T00:54:04.990-04:002023-05-12T00:54:04.990-04:00I don’t see how this series of strips got London f...I don’t see how this series of strips got London fired. I’m the published comics, the storyline ends on the Saturday of the second week you show here. The third week was u published - replaced with more generic gag-a-day strips. Also, these strips are from July of ‘92. London would stay on the strip until November of that year. I believe his final 4 weeks worth were unpublished at the time, however.Bob Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08688038221255535438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-71814991560753713592014-08-18T18:27:25.566-04:002014-08-18T18:27:25.566-04:001) I don't think that abortion should be a sub...1) I don't think that abortion should be a subject for fun.<br />2) I don't think that the strip was very funny anyway. Underground comics/alternative comedians have a habit of confusing "shock" statements with humor.<br />3) The artwork is pretty poor compared with that of E.C. Segar, who I'm sure wouldn't consider the subject in any way acceptable.Popeye Fanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00074298738226829698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-36830126097602781072014-05-04T19:42:53.681-04:002014-05-04T19:42:53.681-04:00I'm a big fan of Bobby. I remember this... I ...I'm a big fan of Bobby. I remember this... I read it when it come out and saw the news afterward. He never should have been canned imho. It did not warrant or justify termination. Once again. IMHOMike D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11814827714980192042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-3858072546468340562008-12-24T11:00:00.000-05:002008-12-24T11:00:00.000-05:00I think another reason the syndicate was upset wer...I think another reason the syndicate was upset were the panels poking fun at clergymen who talk incessantly about Satan.Shadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13826564923761657937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-22367555730482932162008-11-30T01:47:00.000-05:002008-11-30T01:47:00.000-05:00Is that all? The strip comes across as a misunders...Is that all? <BR/><BR/>The strip comes across as a misunderstanding a nosy busybody has from eavesdropping on Popeye's conversation. I can see why it would be considered "mildly disturbing" but clearly not bad enough to be fired over. And considering the decade in which the strip was drawn, I fail to see the problem. There were more families that openly discussed abortion when the strip came out than ever before. The scandal of abortion was pretty much done away with back in the 1970s, when the series "Maude" allowed one of the main characters to get rid of her baby. <BR/><BR/>I know that some of you out there are pro-life, but take into consideration how many starving kids are born into this world, to parents who didn't want them but had them ONLY because some nosy busybody forced them into making a decision they never wanted to make. How many unwanted kids are bouncing around in foster care right now, because their parents didn't want them? <BR/><BR/>Unless YOU want to adopt the baby that a woman wants to give up, then shut it. Abortion is only between the parents and the doctor, and I think it's unfair when people throw fits over the slightest mention of the term. <BR/><BR/>I also do not feel it was fair for Bobby London to be fired over a handful of panels. Certainly, he could have done much worse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-40509756890538932302008-04-19T23:38:00.000-04:002008-04-19T23:38:00.000-04:00It's a model of comedic construction and only beco...It's a model of comedic construction and only becomes indefensible once Olive's right to choose is so flamboyantly depicted as a hot button issue by the dense clergy. There is nothing wrong with it yet everything wrong with it simultaneously. Just illustrates how updating classic comic strip characters successfully can be so tricky to pull off. If the syndicate had a major beef with London, they should've worked with him rather than turning tail and running. You could carve a better backbone out of a turd, par for the course in corporate America, which has only grown worse in the ensuing years.Whithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07308880186307909986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-78276474038831239122008-04-19T07:03:00.000-04:002008-04-19T07:03:00.000-04:00My apologies, I forgot to give reference to Crumb;...My apologies, I forgot to give reference to Crumb; "-...comics have always lent themselves to the lurid and sensational...there is something rough and working class about comics."Kıvanç Sunarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02009349875425775553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-27001982893282428472008-04-19T07:00:00.000-04:002008-04-19T07:00:00.000-04:00My apologies, I forgot to give reference to Crumb;...My apologies, I forgot to give reference to Crumb; "-...comics have always lent themselves to the lurid and sensational...there is something rough and working class about comics."Kıvanç Sunarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02009349875425775553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-29734383218829248632008-04-18T17:46:00.000-04:002008-04-18T17:46:00.000-04:00Best Popeye strip I've read in a long time. That b...Best Popeye strip I've read in a long time. That both London was fired <I>and</I> nobody is surprised that he was, is testimony to the sorry state of syndicated comics strips in the modern era.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09640614150510375506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-86345555380959309382008-04-18T13:03:00.000-04:002008-04-18T13:03:00.000-04:00Those strips were rather enjoyable, and probably b...Those strips were rather enjoyable, and probably better than most of what else was on the comics page. I actually want to know what happens next. But yeah, abortion and Olive's sleeping around do seem a bit risky.Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738247262953826860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-348133830439788822008-04-18T10:03:00.000-04:002008-04-18T10:03:00.000-04:00This is wonderful stuff, comics love middle class ...This is wonderful stuff, comics love middle class thing and it has to be shocking and sensational.E.C.Segar knew it and so London.This is the way Popeye strips should be.I feel sorry for King Syndicate not for London. Very heroic attempt and a great tribute to Segar from London!Kıvanç Sunarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02009349875425775553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-11842459891987242712008-04-18T07:13:00.000-04:002008-04-18T07:13:00.000-04:00Those strips are hilarious. The syndicate should h...Those strips are hilarious. The syndicate should have had a spine.<BR/><BR/>That said, it does hit the triumverate for getting fired from a job: negative portrayal of clergy, reference to a hot-button issue (abortion/dumpster babies), and using the name of a large corporation which can breathe down your syndicate's neck. That London was fired doesn't come as any sort of surprise.Jason Michelitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05767079752049307802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-1905301340923851992008-04-17T17:19:00.000-04:002008-04-17T17:19:00.000-04:00Interesting. I have cartoons more "firable" than t...Interesting. I have cartoons more "firable" than this. But I will say topics like abortion and showing a baby, albeit a "toy", thrown in the garbage didn't feel right in a Popeye strip. Should London have been fired? No. The editors could have come up with a better solution.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com