He Comic Hall from Barcelona it is celebrated from May 15-18, 2014 and among the included programming there is a tribute to one of the pop culture icons. Is about Popeye a sailor who transforms into a superhero when he eats spinach and when he doesn't defend himself against Brutus is offering his love to Olivia and keeping your attention on Cocoliso. Popeye has turned 75, we remember that the other who has also fulfilled them has been Batman. Popeye stood out in the Cartoon for his pipe, his tattooed arms and his way of speaking.
In 1933 the movie was released Betty Boop presents Popeye the Sailor (Betty Boop introduces Popeye the Sailor) in which Popeye sang the song I'm Popeye the Sailor (Popeye the sailor I am) and in which he was already fighting with Brutus and his beloved Olivia appeared. In 1980 Robin Williams He played Popeye and Shelley Duvall Olivia, in a musical movie that I think our fellow Blog Blogs didn't like very much.
Although Popeye was strong without eating anything as time went by they decided give him powers eating spinach. I think it has been the best campaign to eat vegetables in history and that it is still the best way to encourage kids to eat this healthy food.
Popeye It is an icon of pop culture and at the 32nd International Comic Book Fair in Barcelona an affectionate tribute is paid with an exhibition where you can see comic strips from different eras, as well as vintage and current merchandising. In addition, more acts about this character are going to be celebrated all over the world, highlighting the Jeff Koons sculpture auction (in the picture) in Sotheby's within a group of works of contemporary art. The auction will be held on May 14 in New York. The monumental statue has an estimated price of about 25 million dollars, more than two meters high and represents Popeye in his best known pose, showing the muscles of his left arm and with a can of spinach in his right hand.
Also in the Comic Hall there will be space for schoolchildren because next to the exhibition where you can see national and international publishers that show their novelties and catalog funds, there will be exhibitions of varied themes, workshops, conferences, a space for strategy games and another for video games. And many more specific activities aimed at the educational field such as competitions and guided visits. The objective is that the comic be consolidated as a pedagogical reference of great utility and as a tool for reading comprehension, for the help of the ability to synthesize, as an element that provides a rich narrative language and as support for most curricular areas. For school groups that want to visit the Comic Hall and / or attend the Comic Workshop, I recommend checking the page of the Hall to know the conditions, prices and requirements for the Schools.
Finally, we inform you that the poster of the 32nd International Comic Book Fair in Barcelona is a work Cadiz artist Carlos Pacheco, born in San Roque, Cádiz in 1961.
We wish you a very happy Comic Hall and we hope that the kids find their inspiration in the ninth art and give free rein to their artistic abilities. Is a magnificent environment to contrast ideas, know references and enjoy the works of well-known authors.
