On January 7, 1929, american comic magazine published a comic strip called "Thimble Theater", and his author was Sieg, a cartoonist from Chester, Illinois, who mainly told the story of a protagonist named Popai, who repeatedly ate spinach to transform into a powerful warrior to defeat his opponent in order to protect his beloved girl Oliver
In 1933, the comic work of "Popeye" was widely circulated in the United States, some people said that he represented the spirit of the American civilian class of never accept defeat, and it was also in the same year that a film and television shooting agency in the United States adapted the "Popeye" comic into a short film, and the film was a great success as soon as it was on the shelves, and people admired the protagonist Bo Pai, who wore a sailor suit, smoked a cigarette bag, closed his eyes, and always looked up in the face of enemies stronger than himself
It is said that after the animated version of "Popeye" was released in the United States, it was deeply loved by children, and even greatly solved the problem of children's picky eating of vegetables at that time, especially the classic sentence: "I am Popeye Wave, I love to eat spinach, so I have infinite strength!" Indirectly affecting the children who watched, they also aspired to become a Wave-like figure, causing spinach throughout the United States to be almost completely out of stock after that year
After 1980, Sino-US relations began to return to normal, many film and television works in the United States also began to circulate to the mainland, of which classic animations such as "Popeye" were also translated by Shanghai Mei film studio, becoming the childhood memories of many 70s and 80s generations, and with the improvement of circulation, many domestic audiences also had a question, that is, in most cases, animation has a character archetype, in reality, Sig created the "Popeye", who is the prototype?
In fact, the comic "Popeye" was first born on the American small theater comic strip, Sailor Popeye only appeared as a supporting role at the beginning, the protagonists are still Oliver and Pluto, the result did not expect that because the image design of Popeye is outstanding, the audience's love for this role is quite high, and asked Seeger to add drama to each other, so the comic creation to the later stage, Seeger simply arranged a "superpower" for Popeye, by touching a magical hen, let him get divine power
In 1932, the United States ushered in an economic crisis, the national market was in a depression, and the niche comic of "Popeye" suddenly caught fire, and the Americans at that time were touched by the spirit of Popeye as an ordinary person but in order to protect the beloved girl, challenging the strong enemy again and again, and many entrepreneurs found hope in this comic, they revived their spirit and began to start a business, "Popeye" and Popeye also became the symbol of the American spirit for a period of time, thus being given a special meaning
After the success of Popeye, someone also interviewed Seeger and asked him what the prototype of the character was, and Seeger said that the prototype of Bopai had previously been a boxer
In 1927, Seeger lived in a small town in Illinois for a short time, because the comic book creation encountered a bottleneck, he stayed in the room all day but could not find inspiration, so he could only put down the brush to walk in the town, it was at this time that he met a man named Fogg, he was withdrawn, rarely communicated with people, every day except for the necessary work is to sit in front of the door of the wooden house in a daze, Seeger noticed him because this man's appearance is very peculiar, although very thin, muscled, full of explosive power
Fogg's character quickly made the cartoonist creative inspiration, he began to communicate with each other continuously, and soon became friends with Fogg, when the cartoonist put forward the idea of creating characters based on him, the two hit it off, Fogg also told a lot of stories that he did not know, it turned out that Fogg had been a professional boxer before, he had participated in 95 games in his life, only lost three times, the wooden house at home was full of trophies, and this old man who was already in his 50s, every time he talked about boxing, The eyes are extra spirited
Homer once said: "Once a man has a dream, just like a ship has a mast, the rudder of fate will turn."
Moved by Fogg's story, the cartoonist carved his image into the work, and successively included Oliver, the bakery owner and william Schucht, a small fat man who was also a small town, and the main character of Popeye was born
After 1937, the prototype of "Popeye" Fock died, people in order to commemorate him, in Texas erected a statue, and the town where he lived before his death called "the home of American spinach", and two years later, the prototype Schucht of Wenpi in Popeye changed his theater into a spinach collection and a Pope Museum, specifically promoting the comic "Popeye", around 1940, "Popeye" even replaced Mickey Mouse as the first comic in the United States, and then derived "Popeye" The game is sold out of stock
Until now, the influence of Popeye is still undiminished, because for us, sailors represent a group of unknown warriors who dare to pay and sacrifice, these people seem ordinary, but when the relatives and countries around them suffer, they dare to punch no matter how strong the opponents they face, whether it is a soldier or a hero, the Wave is an ordinary hero lurking around us
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