Was Olive Oyl based on a woman who owned a general store in E.C. Segar's hometown? Elzie Segar grew up in Chester, Illinois in the late 19th/early 20th Century, and it seems clear that he did, in ...

Among the observations to be gleaned from a new volume edited by Peter Maresca, “Thimble Theater and the Pre-Popeye Comics of E.C. Segar,” is that Olive Oyl was not always a paragon of gangly ...

Shelley Duvall, scream queen of ‘The Shining’ and a well-cast Olive Oyl, dies at 75 Shelley Duvall, in 1971, died Thursday morning. The actor was known for her work in the horror classic ...

Olive Oyl, Popeye's spunky side-kick and sweetheart is already unbound from copyright. These songs are now public domain. Music from 1924 will also enter the public domain this year, ...

The cover is gray with yellow spotlight in center with image of Olive Oyl character in center in white, pink, and black. Olive magazine was published from 1982 until 2000 by Heibon Publishing Co., Ltd ...

We are just now learning that the 1980 movie “Popeye” had more going on during filming than has previously been revealed. Barry Diller, chairman of IAC, shared some tea about the film during a ...

LOS ANGELES — Shelley Duvall wasn't a stranger to rejection. In the '80s, television executives struggled to take the actor seriously as a producer when she pitched her idea to ...