Jimmy Wallin is a good friend and respected artist colleague. We used to share studio space in Seriestudion in Malmö. Jimmy has had the good taste to 1) start a brand new Popeye Comic Strip, and 2) to gather some friends and colleagues to make a Popeye Christmas Calendar.
The latter will consist of 24 ULTRA HIP Swedish comic artists’ personal interpretations of characters from the Popeye legacy. One artist/one Popeye character a day until christmas. The first torch runner is none other than Jonas Darnell, creator of Herman Hedning and one of Sweden’s most successful cartoonists.
Jonas chose J.Wellington Wimpy (Frasse), Popeye’s faithful hamburger eating friend, who were considered “too intellectual” for the animated series. If you like Popeye, make sure not to miss coming back to this great Popeye blog on a daily basis until christmas and check out the cool fan art. Yours truly will be represented in there somewhere with a super extraordinarily magnificent interpretation of…
