Dark Hall Mansion, in partnership with Warner Bros. Consumer Products, King Features Syndicate and Fleischer Studios will release Tom Whalen's colorful take on the classic 1936 long-format Fleischer Studios cartoon classic that finds everyone's favorite sailor matching wits with Bluto (er, Sindbad!) in Max Fleischer's singular Popeye Color Special. We chose this very special Popeye short for DHM's first officially licensed Fleischer release as we're huge fans of the early groundbreaking Fleischer Studios shorts, and know this 16-minute Popeye special was so well received it was nominated for a 1936 Academy Award for the best short category: Cartoons. In addition, this short is formally recognized by no less than the United States Library of Congress as "culturally significant" and selected for preservation within the National Film Registry, as well as having been recognized as #17 among the Greatest Cartoons of all time by members of the animation field.
"POPEYE THE SAILOR MEETS SINDBAD THE SAILOR" limited-edition prints go on sale this Friday January 29th on Dark Hall Mansion's dedicated store page here: http://darkhallmansionstore.com/ at 9:30 AM PST!
"POPEYE THE SAILOR MEETS SINDBAD THE SAILOR" Standard edition of 280 $65
"POPEYE THE SAILOR MEETS SINDBAD THE SAILOR" Variant edition of 50 $100
"POPEYE THE SAILOR MEETS SINDBAD THE SAILOR" Foil edition of 10 (based on the Standard edition colorway) $150
"POPEYE THE SAILOR MEETS SINDBAD THE SAILOR" Foil edition of 10 (based on the Variant edition colorway) $150
All editions are strictly limited, measure 18" x 24," are screen printed, and hand numbered.
Is there really a market out there for Popeye merchandise? With a property that old, you would think the number of fans are dwindling as the years go by.
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