NOTICE: “SEA SHANTY FUNNIES™” is *NOT* affiliated, endorsed, or associated in any way with King Features Syndicate, Inc., nor are any claims made against their trademarks. This is a Public Domain-Based Comic. Popeye and Olive Oyl were created by E.C. Segar.

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On January 1, 2025, Popeye the Sailor Man entered the Public Domain. On this day, comic creator Scott McCullar launched the comic strip called SEA SHANTY FUNNIES™ that is written and illustrated out of love, courtesy and respect of the original source material and creators inspired by these public domain vintage comic strips and cartoons. This independent series pays homage to those classic tales and art style in an "alternate universe retro timeline" for Popeye and his friends. 
SEA SHANTY FUNNIES™ is an unofficial FAN FICTIONESQUE WEBCOMIC series that is a DERIVATIVE WORK of a PUBLIC DOMAIN WORK where the original copyrights have expired and fallen into the public domain. This web comic uses SATIRE and is a PARODY using elements of the original work that falls under FAIR USE under the U.S. Copyright Act. This is an all-ages friendly comic strip and includes mild cartoon-like violence and possibly some cultural or social stereotypes associated with the characters' histories.
THE LATEST EPISODE. You can SCROLL and rewind to read previous episodes back going back to Episode 50 at this moment. Other previous episodes are forthcoming . Stay tuned. See below.

Catch Up and Read from the Beginning...

Sea Shanty Funnies #1
Collecting Episodes #1 - 41 plus "STRANDED: A POOKY JONES MINI-STORY."
Look for this collection to be available soon in both an online digital comic book to read here online for free as well as a printed comic book that you can own. Stay tuned as SEA SHANTY FUNNIES #1 will be out in a few weeks with details on how you can get a traditional printed four color comic.
Sea Shanty Funnies #2
Collecting Episodes #42-91

Look for this collection to be available soon in both an online digital comic book to read here online for free as well as a printed comic book that you can own. Stay tuned as SEA SHANTY FUNNIES #2 will be out in Late April with details on how you can get a traditional printed four color comic.
Are you new to SEA SHANTY FUNNIES and want to catch up? Perhaps you'd like to go back and re-read the remastered pages?
Sea Shanty Funnies #3
Collecting Episodes #92 - ?

"Who Ar' Ya Who Now?" Files

Disclaimer

“SEA SHANTY FUNNIES™” is not affiliated, endorsed, or associated in any way with King Features Syndicate, Inc., nor are any claims made against their trademarks. “SEA SHANTY FUNNIES™” uses PUBLIC DOMAIN-BASED characters and material where the original copyrights have expired and fallen into the public domain. 
“SEA SHANTY FUNNIES™” is an unofficial fan fictionesque webcomic strip that uses the public domain comic strips "THIMBLE THEATRE" (1919-1929), “SAPPO (aka THE FIVE FIFTEEN)” (1920-1930), and “THIMBLE THEATER STARRING POPEYE” (1929-1930), as well as later lapsed strips (i.e., 1931-1959) in the public domain as basis and inspiration, as well as all public domain "POPEYE THE SAILOR" cartoon shorts from Fleischer Studios, Paramount Studios, and/or Famous Studios , including but not limited to “Lets Sing with Popeye: I’m Popeye the Sailor Man” (1934), "Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor" (1936), "Little Swee'Pea" (1936), "Me Musical Nephews" (1942), and "Spree Lunch" (1957). Popeye, Olive Oyl, and related characters were originally created by the late Elzie “E.C.” Segar (1894-1938). 
“SEA SHANTY FUNNIES™” uses as basis and inspiration further comic strips from “THIMBLE THEATRE STARRING POPEYE” (1930-38) created by E.C. Segar where it has been deemed by The Center of the Study for the Public Domain at Duke Law that the copyright owners originally failed to have their original copyright notices renewed in 1958 - 1959 – twenty years after Segar’s death in 1938. 
"SEA SHANTY FUNNIES™” also uses as basis and inspiration further comic strips from “THIMBLE THEATRE STARRING POPEYE” (aka “POPEYE”) (1938 - 1959) by the successor comic creators Doc Winner, Tom Sims, Bill “Bela” Zaboly, Ralph Stein, and Bud Sagendorf for those works before 1964 that either failed to have their original copyright renewed after 28 years - including reprinted and original material presented in King Comics (1936 - 1949), (1966-1967), Dell Comics (1948-1962), "Western" Comics (1962-1966), and Charlton Comics (1969-1977). 
While “SEA SHANTY FUNNIES™” uses as basis and inspiration themes, content, situations, and characters mainly from Popeye-related stories that have fallen into the public domain, it also respectfully uses, from time-to-time, other public domain content, situations, and characters that may crossover from other comic strips, animated, or literary original sources including, but not limited to (as of January 1, 2026): “Steamboat Willie” public domain version of Mickey Mouse and other characters created by Walt Disney that fell into the public domain on January 1, 2025. “SEA SHANTY FUNNIES™” is not affiliated, endorsed, or associated in any way with The Walt Disney Company, nor are any claims made against their trademarks. "Palooka Joe" created by Ham Fisher that fell into the public domain on January 1, 2026. “SEA SHANTY FUNNIES™” makes no claims made against the trademarks held by any entities. "Blondie and Dagwood" created by Chic Young that fell into the public domain on January 1, 2026. “SEA SHANTY FUNNIES™” is not affiliated, endorsed, or associated in any way with King Features Syndicate, Inc., nor are any claims made against their trademarks.
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