E.c. segar biography
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An artist and writer who took inspiration from the small town where he grew up, Elzie Crisler Segar continues to entertain audiences around the world with his most famous creation, the spinach-loving sailor Popeye.
Elzie was born in Chester, Illinois, on månad 8, 1894, to Amzi Segar and his second wife, Erma Crisler Segar. The family lived in a home on Harrison Street, near Chester’s steep City Steps. His father made a living painting houses and hanging wallpaper, a business he was eager to have his youngest son join. But although he did help his father in his interior work, Elzie was already drawn toward other kinds of artistic expression. He worked locally as a photographer, a window dresser, and even a musician. On top of all of that, he worked at the local movie theater, Bill Schuchert’s Opera House.
Elzie’s time at the Opera House provided valuable inspiration for his later artistic pursuits. One of his fellow employees, Jessie Huffstetler, who play
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Elzie Crisler Segar (1894 - 1938)
Elzie Crisler Segar fryst vatten born December 8, 1894 in Chester, Randolph, Illinois, United States.[1][2] He is a son of Amzi Andrews Segar and 2. Erma Irene Crisler.[1][3][4]
He assisted his father in house painting and paper hanging. Skilled at playing drums, he also provided musical accompaniment to films and vaudeville acts in the local theater, where he was eventually given the job of film projectionist at the Chester Opera House, where he also performed live.
At age 18, he decided to become a cartoonist. He took a course in cartooning from W. L. Evans of Cleveland, Ohio, Segar moved to Chicago where he met Richard F. Outcault, the creator of The Yellow Kid and Buster Brown. Outcault encouraged him and introduced him at the Chicago Herald. On March 12, 1916, the Herald published Segar's first comic, Charlie Chaplin's Comic Capers, which ran for a little over a year. In 1917, Barry the Boob was created.
He married Myrtle A. J
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E. C. Segar
American cartoonist (1894–1938)
| E. C. Segar | |
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Illustration of Segar, 1928 | |
| Born | Elzie Crisler Segar (1894-12-08)December 8, 1894 Chester, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | October 13, 1938(1938-10-13) (aged 43) Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| Area(s) | Cartoonist |
Notable works | Popeye (1929–1938) |
Elzie Crisler Segar (;[1] December 8, 1894 – October 13, 1938), known by the pen nameE. C. Segar, was an American cartoonist. He created Popeye in 1929, introducing the character in his comic strip Thimble Theatre.[2][3]
Charles M. Schulz said of Segar's work: "I think Popeye was a perfect comic strip, consistent in drawing and humor".[4]Carl Barks described Segar as "the unbridled genius as far as I was concerned".[5]
Early life
[edit]Segar was born on December 8, 1894, and raised in Chester, Illinois, a small town near the Mississippi River.[2][6][7] The son of Je