COMIC ARTIST

E. C. Segar

1894 - 1938

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Elzie Crisler Segar (; December 8, 1894 – October 13, 1938), known by the pen name E. C. Segar, was an American cartoonist. He created Popeye in 1929, introducing the character in his comic strip Thimble Theatre. Charles M. Schulz said of Segar's work: "I think Popeye was a perfect comic strip, consistent in drawing and humor". Carl Barks described Segar as "the unbridled genius as far as I was concerned". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. E. C. Segar is the 62nd most popular comic artist (up from 63rd in 2019), the 4,147th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,479th in 2019) and the 17th most popular American Comic Artist.

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, E. C. Segar ranks 62 out of 226. Before him are Marjane Satrapi, Naoko Takeuchi, Masami Kurumada, Art Spiegelman, Kazuki Takahashi, and Émile Cohl. After him are Jerry Siegel, Yoshito Usui, Benoît Sokal, Guido Crepax, Takehiko Inoue, and Joe Shuster.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, E. C. Segar ranks 113. Before him are Ángel Romano, J. B. Priestley, Augustín Malár, Varvara Stepanova, Khawaja Nazimuddin, and Frans G. Bengtsson. After him are Aleksandr Khinchin, Werner March, Boris Pilnyak, Eduard Wagner, Henry Hazlitt, and Maksim Purkayev. Among people deceased in 1938, E. C. Segar ranks 107. Before him are Osman Aqçoqraqlı, Max Factor, Miguel Cabanellas, Émile Cohl, Gustav Klutsis, and Andrei Bubnov. After him are Jānis K. Bērziņš, Prince Arthur of Connaught, Boris Pilnyak, Kaarlo Castrén, George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven, and Rudolf Stammler.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, E. C. Segar ranks 4,147 out of 20,380. Before him are Jonathan Groff (1985), Jane Lynch (1960), Larry Wall (1954), Kamehameha V (1830), Ahmad Jamal (1930), and Stephen Cole Kleene (1909). After him are William Larned (1872), Jesse Jackson (1941), Robert Sapolsky (1957), Q-Tip (1970), Edward Bunker (1933), and David Duke (1950).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In United States

Among comic artists born in United States, E. C. Segar ranks 17. Before him are John Romita Sr. (1930), Don Rosa (1951), Will Eisner (1917), Bill Finger (1914), Winsor McCay (1867), and Charles Addams (1912). After him are Jerry Siegel (1914), Jim Davis (1945), Richard F. Outcault (1863), Al Taliaferro (1905), Robert Crumb (1943), and Lee Falk (1911).

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