Bud Sagendorf
Forrest Cowles Sagendorf (March 22, 1915 – September 22, 1994), better known as Bud Sagendorf, was an American cartoonist, notable for his work on King Features Syndicate's "Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye" comic strip. Personal life. Born in Wenatchee, Washington, Sagendorf was three years old when his father died. He arrived at age three in Santa Monica, California with his sister Helen and his mother, who opened a beauty parlor. It was Helen who gave him the nickname Bud. His first job was as a newsboy, selling the "Los Angeles Herald-Express" on the street. In 1940, he married  his high school sweetheart, Nadia Crandall, and they eventually moved to rural Connecticut. Career. He began his cartoon career while a teenager, working for $50 a week as the assistant of cartoonist E. C. Segar on his "Thimble Theatre" and "Sappo" comic strips. Following Segar's death in 1938, Sagendorf moved to New York and began illustrating marketing materials for King Features, while also developing "Popeye" toys and games. Section::::"Thimble Theatre". From 1948 to 1967, Sagendorf was the writer-artist of Dell's, Gold Key's, and King Comic's "Popeye" comic book. In 1959, he finally assumed command  of the "Thimble Theatre" comic strip. In 1964, he explained his working methods: A year after those remarks, he talked on television about "Popeye" when he appeared on "What's My Line?" (December 5, 1965). He continued the strip until 1986. Wanting to spend more time with his family and confronted with failing eyesight, Sagendorf reduced his output to Sunday strips while Bobby London continued with the "Popeye" dailies. Sagendorf wrote and drew the "Popeye" Sunday strips until his death. King Features continues to run reprints of Sagendorf's daily strips, while artist Hy Eisman writes and draws new Sunday  strips. Death. Sagendorf was 79 years old when he died in Sun City, Florida on September 22, 1994 from brain cancer. He was survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter. In 2011, Craig Yoe wrote a biographical profile of Sagendorf and collected a selection of his outstanding comic book stories in "Popeye: The Great Comic Book Tales by Bud Sagendorf".