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| Born | Forrest Cowles Sagendorf (1915-03-22)March 22, 1915 Wenatchee,Washington, U.S. |
| Died | September 22, 1994(1994-09-22) (aged 79) |
| Occupation | Cartoonist |
| Known for | Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye |
Forrest Cowles Sagendorf (March 22, 1915 – September 22, 1994),[1] better known asBud Sagendorf, was an Americancartoonist, notable for his work onKing Features Syndicate'sThimble Theatre Starring Popeyecomic strip.
Born inWenatchee, Washington, Sagendorf was three years old when his father died. He arrived at age three inSanta 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 theLos Angeles Herald-Express on the street.
In 1940, he married his high school sweetheart, Nadia Crandall, and they eventually moved to rural Connecticut.[2]
He began his cartoon career while a teenager, working for $50 a week as the assistant of cartoonistE. C. Segar on hisThimble Theatre andSappo 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.
From 1948 to 1967, Sagendorf was the writer-artist of the ongoingPopeyecomic book across three different publishers (Dell,Gold Key, andKing Comics). In 1959, he finally assumed command of theThimble Theatre comic strip.
In 1964, he explained his working methods:
A year after those remarks, he talked on television aboutPopeye when he appeared onWhat's My Line? (December 5, 1965).[4]
He continued the strip until 1986. Wanting to spend more time with his family and confronted with failing eyesight, Sagendorf reduced his output toSunday strips whileBobby London continued with thePopeye dailies. Sagendorf wrote and drew thePopeye Sunday strips until his death. King Features continues to run reprints of Sagendorf's daily strips, whileR. K. Milholland writes and draws new Sunday strips.
Sagendorf was 79 years old when he died inSun City, Florida, on September 22, 1994, from brain cancer. He was survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter.[5]
In 2011, Craig Yoe wrote a biographical profile of Sagendorf and collected a selection of his outstanding comic book stories inPopeye: The Great Comic Book Tales by Bud Sagendorf.
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